Park Rapids lost against Barnesville back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Park Rapids Panthers came up short against the Barnesville Trojans, falling 32-12. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Trojans are ranked 20th).
When it comes to explaining why Park Rapids lost, don't look at Carter Hirt. Despite the final result, he rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 72 yards and a touchdown. Those 114 rushing yards gave Hirt a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Park Rapids and nudges their season record down to 3-3. As for Barnesville, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Park Rapids will welcome Frazee at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Park Rapids is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season. As for Barnesville, they and Crookston are set to duel on Friday. Barnesville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Crookston likes a good challenge.
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