Live scores and updates from Week 4 football around Minnesota
Strib Varsity reporters will provide updates from games at Minneapolis Washburn, St. Thomas Academy and Edina.

By Cassidy Hettesheimer, Jim Paulsen and Alicia Tipcke
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Week 4 high school football has plenty of interesting matchups, including Minneapolis North at Minneapolis Washburn, Maple Grove at Edina and Chanhassen at St. Thomas Academy.
We’ll have scores and updates from other games around Minnesota:
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2Q: St. Thomas Academy 14, Chanhassen 13
The Cadets have shown some big-play ability in the first half. They take a 14-13 lead on a 10-yard pass from Tristan Karl to Luke Hudson, who leaped over Chanhassen defenders to haul in the pass.
— Jim Paulsen
Final: Minneapolis North 34, Minneapolis Washburn 20
The Polars run down the clock on the final drive and roll out of Washburn after another impressive passing performance from quarterback Logan Lachermeier and a crew of receivers. The Millers made this a narrower margin than recent matchups, but North ground it out.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
Updates from around Minnesota
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Moorhead 28, Wayzata 27: Austin Dryburgh’s pass to David Mack for a 30-yard TD with 1:15 left in the game gives the Spuds the lead.
Edina 7, Maple Grove 6: Third quarter. Defenses are taking the day in a game pitting two Class 6A powers.

2Q: Chanhassen 13, St. Thomas Academy 7
After a slow start, offenses have taken center stage. Chanhassen went 80 yards in 10 plays, taking a 7-0 lead on a 15-yard pass from Nathan Ramler to James Kopfmann. St. Thomas answered with a 10 play drive of it own. Dominic Baez capped the drive, breaking free to go 42 yards to pay dirt, tying the score 7-7. Chanhassen came right back. Ramler and Kopfmann hooked up for 51 yards for a 13-7 lead after one quarter.
— Jim Paulsen
4Q: North 34, Washburn 27
With 2:34 left to play, Andrew Backhaus completes the easy, breezy 3-yard lob up the middle to tight end Everett Eichten to make this a one-score game for the hosting Millers.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
Updates from around Minnesota
Wayzata 27, Moorhead 21: It’s getting hot in Moorhead, where the 0-3 Trojans have taken a fourth-quarter lead with three minutes to play. Jaxon Brown ran for a TD not long after he and Thor Soukup connected on a TD pass that tied it.
Orono 22, Westonka 0: Rory Kvern has two TD runs for Orono, No. 7 in Class 4A.
Fergus Falls 14, Zimmerman 10: Eston Bethel has passed for two touchdowns to Isaiah Holmes, giving Fergus Falls a halftime lead. Fergus Fall is ranked fourth and Zimmerman sixth in Class 4A.
Eden Prairie 18, St. Michael-Albertville 10: The Knights’ Zach Marble kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, leaving STMA only a score behind.
4Q: North 34, Washburn 20
With seven minutes to play, it’s the first multi-possession lead of the night for either team as Tyshone Jenkins rushes for a 5-yard score for North.
—Cassidy Hettesheimer
Updates from around Minnesota
Eden Prairie 18, St. Michael-Albertville 7: The Knights fumbled on their first play after they stopped Eden Prairie at their 1, and the Eagles recovered at the 3. Andrew Johnson scored on the next play, with 62 seconds left in the half.
Alexandria 32, Elk River 8: Alexandria’s Talen Witt ran for a second-quarter TD and passed for one, and this rematch of the 2024 Class 5A title game is looking like a blowout.
1Q: Chanhassen at Thomas Academy

St. Thomas kicks off to start the game, at 7:54 pm. Only two hours late.
— Jim Paulsen
3Q: North 28, Washburn 20
The Polars waste no time on the opening drive of the half, with Logan Lachermeier finding receiver Jeremiah Jackson, who muscles off multiple defenders to barrel into and through the Millers’ red zone for a 48-yard North touchdown. Snuffing out the two-point conversion keeps this a one-possession game for Washburn.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
Updates from around Minnesota
Rosemount 3, Shakopee 3: You expected defense from these two, yes? Two second-quarter field goals, a 33-yarder by Shakopee’s Quinn O’Fallon and a 38-yarder by Rosemount’s Bennett Simmering, account for the score. Shakopee is No. 3 in the Minnesota Top 25 and No. 4 in Class 6A.
Edina 7, Maple Grove 6. James Engle ran 24 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter for the Crimson. Mason West’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Sammy Stephenson had give the Hornets a first-quarter lead. Maple Grove is the No. 1 team in the Minnesota Top 25 and in Class 6A; Edina is No. 11 in the Top 25 and No. 8 in Class 6A.
Eden Prairie 12, St. Michael-Albertville 7: STMA scores on a 70-yard TD pass from Tyler Haring to Dylan Faucher and adds the PAT with 5:38 left in the first half.
Moorhead 21, Wayzata 14: Jaxon Brown gets Wayzata within a touchdown with a 7-yard run in the third quarter.
Alexandria 24, Elk River 8: This rematch of last season Class 5A title game is producing offense. Alexandria has three touchdown runs. Perhaps more important is that Elk River, averaging 56 points per game, has only one.
Game at Mahtomedi cancelled
Mahtomedi’s game against Bloomington Kennedy was cancelled because the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was searching for a suspect nearby.
An official statement on the school’s Facebook page reads: Due to ongoing law enforcement activity near our school campus, and on the advice of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, we are cancelling tonight’s football game out of an abundance of caution to protect the safety of our community. All electronic ticket purchases will be refunded. Thank you for your understanding and partnership.
End of 1Q: Edina 7, Maple Grove 0
Edina scores first on the undefeated Maple Grove Crimson.
— Alicia Tipcke
Updates from across Minnesota
Moorhead 21, Wayzata 7: Moorhead scores two TDs in the final four minutes of the first half, Taye Reich taking it in twice, the second time with nine seconds left in the half. Wayzata had tied the score on Thor Soukup’s pass to John Evans with 3:54 left in the half.
Eden Prairie 6, St. Michael-Albertville 0: Senior running back Andrew Johnson’s touchdown gives Eden Prairie a 6-0 lead with 6:25 left in the first quarter.
Halftime: North 22, Washburn 20
North retakes the lead just before half in what’s been an entertaining back-and-forth battle so far. Polars reciever Anthony Deline spun a defender for 28 yards after a catch to set his offense up on the Millers 10-yard line, and Logan Lachermeier found receiver Cordae Williams for another touchdown pass before converting the two-point conversion. North got its second interception of the half with a minute to play and nearly rubbed salt in the wound by piling on another touchdown, but its final pass was caught just out the back of the end zone as time expired.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
2Q: Washburn 20, North 14
A blocked North punt by Washburn’s Tory Riddlespringer gives Washburn great field position on the Polars 29-yard line. Quarterback Andrew Backhaus has been dodging, weaving and scrambling all half, and he does it again, rushing for Millers a red-zone first down before, on the next play, slipping through the North defense for a 14-yard score, his third rushing touchdown of the year. Extra point no good with under four minutes to go in the half
—Cassidy Hettesheimer
(Weather delay) Chanhassen at St. Thomas Academy
Just after the teams took the field they were told to leave again, and fans have been asked to clear the stands. It will be a while before we play. No truth to the idea that Chanhassen, nicknamed “Storm,” prefers these conditions. The MSHSL guideline for lightning comes from the National Federation of High Schools policy of “If you can hear it, clear it.”
— Jim Paulsen
2Q: Washburn 20, North 14
A blocked North punt by Washburn’s Tory Riddlespringer gives Washburn great field position on the Polars 29-yard line. Quarterback Andrew Backhaus has been dodging, weaving and scrambling all half, and he does it again, rushing for Millers a red-zone first down before, on the next play, slipping through the North defense for a 14-yard score, his third rushing touchdown of the year. Extra point no good with under four minutes to go in the half
—Cassidy Hettesheimer
Updates from across Minnesota
Moorhead 7, Wayzata 0: The Spuds scored with 8:57 left in the second quarter, Austin Dryburgh passing 12 yards to David Mack. Dryburgh is the 6-foot-7 replacement for injured Jett Feeney. Mack is a receiver on a lot of Division I recruiting lists.
2Q: Washburn 14, North 14
It’s happening quickly now. The Millers’ leading rusher, senior Henry Eichten, barrels 42 yards up the middle to set up Heston Anderson’s second receiving touchdown of the night, this one from 6 yards out. Eichten does it all, kicking extra points, too.
Earlier, Logan Lachermeier’s state-best 14th passing touchdown of the season — this one a 39-yarder to reciever Anthony Deline — gave North a 14-7 lead early in the second. The two-point conversion pass to J’Marion Sanders was icing on the cake.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
(Weather delay) Chanhassen at St. Thomas Academy
Here’s an update on the starting time in this weather-delayed game: Teams are taking the field now. They have 30 minutes of warmup time. So, pending further delays, the earliest time to for opening kickoff is 7:10.
— Jim Paulsen
Updates from across Minnesota

Holy Angels 14, DeLaSalle 0: That’s after one quarter. Better news for the home fans: the rain passed over and the sun is shining downtown.
Moorhead 0, Wayzata 0: They’re scoreless after the first quarter at Moorhead, where the Spuds, ranked ninth in the Minnesota Top 25 and in Class 6A, are trying to regain their footing after losing last week to Minnetonka. Quarterback Jett Feeney is sitting out injured again; he’s being evaluated week to week. The game is being streamed by Strib Varsityhere.
East Grand Forks 28, Warroad 7: East Grand Forks rolled in an afternoon start against Warroad, which came into the game with two wins in a row after falling to Pillager (No. 6 in Class 2A) in the opener. East Grand Forks improved to 2-2.
1Q: Washburn 7, North 6
Now it’s the Polars’ time for some jumping and shoulder-bumping as quarterback Logan Lachermeier finds receiver Cordae Williams for a long touchdown pass after running back Tyshone Jenkins keeps it moving on the ground. But the extra point is blocked.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
1Q: Minneapolis Washburn 7, Minneapolis North 0
We’ve got a little sun and a lot of shine from the Millers on this opening drive. The hosts strike first, converting a red-zone fourth-and-5 as senior quarterback Andrew Backhaus scrambles to find Henry Eichten with a low pass. From the 13-yard line, Backhaus finds senior receiver Heston Anderson for his first receiving touchdown of the year.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
Pregame: Maple Grove at Edina
The sky was clearing up at Edina for the Hornets’ battle with Maple Grove, but some sun showers falling now. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Edina is coming off a 40-19 loss to Eden Prairie. Maple Grove, the defending Class 6A champions, have won 16 straight games. Edina’s 35-24 win over Maple Grove in the second round of the playoffs in 2023 was the Crimson’s last loss.
— Alicia Tipcke
Updates from across Minnesota, afternoon edition
Minneota 46, Lakeview 0: They’re playing Friday afternoon football in Cottonwood, home of Lakeview. Minneota, ranked first in Class 1A, is well on the way to its 37th win in a row.
Mountain Iron-Buhl 52, East Central 0: More Friday afternoon action, and this score is final. Mountain Iron-Buhl is ranked sixth in Class 1A after reaching the Nine-Player state semifinals last season.
Pregame: Minneapolis North at Minneapolis Washburn, 6 p.m.

Here at Minneapolis Washburn, it’s hard to tell whether rumbling overhead is a plane landing at the airport or thunder. Hopefully, it stays just planes for now so that we can watch Washburn (2-1) host Minneapolis North (3-0).
North, a 3A team that won its first state title in 2016, is led by one of the most productive arms in the state this season, that of senior quarterback Logan Lachermeier. He’s passed for 319.7 yards per game and 13 touchdowns, often finding targets Anthony Deline, J’Marion Sanders, Cordae Williams and Jeremiah Jackson. Junior running back Tyshone Jenkins leads the squad on the ground, with 486 total yards and eight touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Washburn, the 1972 and 1977 champ, presents a balanced, if somewhat less explosive, offense. Dante Morales and Everett Eichten lead Washburn with 18 total tackles on the other side of the ball.
— Cassidy Hettesheimer
Pregame: Chanhassen at St. Thomas Academy

Kind of serendipitous that the game was originally scheduled for 6 p.m., considering the lightning spotted in the vicinity of Mendota Heights, where St. Thomas Academy is located. Kickoff time has already been pushed back roughly 45 minutes. The few fans in the stadium have been evacuated, and the teams and cheerleaders have moved into the locker rooms. The last time these two met was memorable.Chanhassen beat St. Thomas Academy 34-31 in overtime in the Class 5A state championship game in 2023. Chanhassen tight end Kade Bush, an Arkansas commit, was a sophomore on that team and caught the winning touchdown pass from Brayden Windschitl.
— Jim Paulsen
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