Amherst stays undefeated in Level two of the playoffs

AMHERST-In Level Two of the WIAA football playoffs, the undefeated Amherst Falcons faced the 7-3 Elk Mound Mounders at home on Oct. 30.

The Falcons jumped out to an early 7-0 lead with a drive that put them on the Mounders 13-yard line, and running back Ayden Nerdahl scored on a handoff that he took to the end zone.

Nerdahl gave the Falcons a 13-0 advantage on Amherst’s next drive with a 33-yard touchdown.

Elk Mound got on the board in the second quarter with a 25-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jaxson Fixel to Parker Rhude as the deficit became 13-7.

Amherst responded as they took a 20-7 lead when Nerdahl took a handoff 49 yards for a touchdown.

Nerdahl scored his fourth touchdown in the third quarter of the game when he took a direct snap from one yard out to make the score 27-7.

The Mounders took the bait as a fake handoff to Nerdahl led to quarterback Tyler Loken running in a touchdown for himself and making the final score 35-7.

Loken on the play, “I was able to get the stiff arm and three guys dove at my legs, and I just hit a little jump, and I had green grass from there.”

Nerdahl finished with 180 rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead the Falcons to their 11th win of the season as they will take on Grantsburg on Nov. 6.