The Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] Cougars football squad scored 34 points and limited the visiting New Salem Holsteins to 0 in the Cougars league triumph on Friday.

The Cougars now sport a 5-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to South Border co-op [Wishek/Ashley] for a 9-Man Region 8 (9 Man) test on Friday, September 27. Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 48-13 league loss to Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock/Strasburg/Zeeland (Linton, ND). The Mustangs record now stands at 4-1.

With the defeat, New Salem drops to 3-2 on the campaign. The Holsteins travel to Kidder County co-op [Steele-Dawson/Tappen] (Steele, ND) to clash with the in a 9-Man Region 8 (9 Man) test on Friday, September 27. The come into the test with a record of 0-5. Kidder County co-op [Steele-Dawson/Tappen] lost 52-12 in their recent league test against Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter (Napoleon, ND)