ABERDEEN – The Northern State Wolves were firing on all cylinders on Saturday.
The Wolves cruised past Minot State for a 46-9 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference victory in the Gypsy Days football game at Dacotah Bank Stadium.
“I’m just really super happy for the guys today and they deserve this. They earned it,” Northern State head coach Mike Schmidt said of the win.
The Wolves’ established the running game early, scoring four first-half rushing touchdowns, with Stanley Haskins, Jr. scoring the opening touchdown on an 11-yard run, followed by three rushing touchdowns by Brett Brenton, as Northern built a 25-3 halftime lead.
Brenton was quick to give credit to his teammates for the success in the first half.
“My offensive line, it’s really on them,” Brenton said. “They really were doing their job, making holes really easy for me to see, and I was just following them and they took me to the promised land.”
Brenton scored rushing touchdowns of 1,
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