Area football: Pepin-Alma 36, Cornell 0

Game recap: Pepin-Alma rolled over Cornell on Friday in what P-A coach Mike Olson dubbed the "mud bowl." The Eagles offense started slow and didn't score in the first quarter but exploded for 22 second-quarter points on the road.

Difference maker: P-A managed to handle the muddy conditions and didn't have a turnover while Cornell fumbled six times - losing four of them - and threw one interception.

Top players: Olson said that after Danny Kujak scored on a 69-yard pass from Jacob Lerum in the second quarter, the offense started to play better. Kujak caught two balls for 86 yards. Ryan Erickson had a huge game on the ground for Pepin-Alma; he carried the ball 23 times for 132 yards and one score. Lerum scored twice on running plays from the 1-yard line.

Next up:Lake Holcombe vs. Pepin-Alma (2-3 overall, 1-2 South Lakeland) in Alma, 7 p.m.

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