Raiders hand Bulldogs second loss of the season
News | Published on September 30, 2026 at 7:03pm EDT | Author: Kendall Koenen
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Otter Tail Central scored first, but Lake Park-Audubon rattled off 31 unanswered points to hand the Bulldogs their second loss of the season on Friday night by a score of 31-6.
Keaston Thorpe put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard on Friday night when he scored on a five-yard touchdown run to put OTC up 6-0.
From there, it was all Raiders as Jadon Askelson scored on an 11-yard run in the second quarter to tie the game at 6-6, before Noah Abbott found the end zone on a 14-yard pass from Eli Carlson to put the Raiders in front 12-6.
The Raiders found the end zone two more times in the third quarter when Austin Francis scored on a one-yard run and the defense got into the action with a 38-yard fumble recovery that was returned for a touchdown to make the score 25-6 in favor of LPA.
Carlson connected with Brody Hanson in the fourth quarter on a 38-yard pass to make the score 31-6 in favor of the Raiders.
Offensively, LPA outgained OTC by a 304-248 margin, with all-but eight yards for the Bulldogs coming on the ground. The Bulldogs were 4-12 on third downs and 3-5 on fourth down attempts, while the Raiders were 4-10 on third downs and a 3-3 on fourth downs.
Erik Stans led the way through the air as he went 1-6 for eight yards, while Thorpe led the ground attack with 18 rushes for 111 yards and one touchdown. Trystan Loghry rushed 13 times for 70 yards and Daniel Kerzman caught the lone completed pass for eight yards.
With the loss, OTC fell to 2-2 on the season and will host undefeated and eighth ranked Breckenridge on Friday night at Don Seipkes Field in Henning for the annual homecoming game. The Cowboys come into the game averaging 26 points per game on offense, while giving up just 7.5 points per game on defense. Last week Breckenridge defeated Wadena-Deer Creek by a score of 35-0.
OTC is averaging 16 points per game on offense, while giving up 18.8 points per game on defense.
PASSING (comp-att-yds-td-int)- E. Stans 1-6-8-0-0
RUSHING (att-yds)- K. Thorpe 18-111-1, T. Loghry 13-70, A. Kerzman 3-19, R. Christensen 1-11, L. Hochstein 1-11, E. Stans 2-6, D. Kerzman 1-4, J. Saurer 1-4, D. Rogers 2-4
RECEIVING (catch-yds)- D. Kerzman 1-8