just confusing when he’s juking ….

just confusing when he’s juking around and we’re trying to find someone to block without getting in his way,” center Zack Marion said of Krizan’s occasional backand- forth runs. “They are hard runners,” Rosemeyer said. “They have to keep their ball security up. That sometimes scares me because they’re spinning off tacklers, going backwards a little bit. Julian will get that blindside hit so we just have to be careful with that. Keep working hard, but make sure we’re still safe with the ball.”

Gilman got a fourth-down stop in Prairie Farm territory to start the second half and took advantage with a short 38- yard drive that ended with a 15-yard scoring run for Duellman that put the running clock into effect. Kroeplin spun out of a tackle and broke loose for a 57yard scoring run with 10:30 remaining for Gilman’s seventh consecutive touchdown.

“We’re pretty confident,” Marion said of the offense’s success. “We have a good running team and a good line that can block really well. It is really fun.”

Gilman finished with 492 total yards, including 337 on the ground. Kroeplin had 113 yards on just nine carries and Duellman added 35 yards on seven attempts.

Rassbach did his best to keep Prairie Farm in it, rushing for 127 yards on 18 attempts, which includes a handful of sacks. He completed 10 of 25 passes for 84 yards despite losing one of his top targets, Tucker Clemetson, to injury on Gilman’s first drive of the game. Prairie Farm gained 283 total yards.

“They have some talent, I’ll tell you that,” Ustianowski said. “They lost one of their better receivers on the first drive. That took a lot away from their passing game.”