{"id":1885,"date":"2025-08-25T15:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:58:29","slug":"bulldogs-hang-tough-but-fall-in-football-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/2025\/08\/25\/bulldogs-hang-tough-but-fall-in-football-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs Hang Tough, but Fall in Football Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The Baltic Bulldog football team kicked-off the 2025 season on the road in Beresford on Friday, August 22nd.\u00a0 The Bulldogs hung tough, but the Watchdogs came away with the 27-12 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Beresford got on the board first in the opening quarter.\u00a0 Dexton Miller scored on a nine-yard touchdown run with :52 to play in the opening quarter, which was the second drive for the Watchdogs.\u00a0 Payden Hoffman made the extra point for a 7-0 lead.\u00a0 The Bulldogs scored on their third drive of the game early in the second quarter.\u00a0 After a couple of big plays, Aaron Nordbye scored on an eight-yard run with 10:53 in the first half.\u00a0 The two-point conversion was no good, and Beresford led by just one point, 7-6.\u00a0 The Watchdogs scored on their next possession.\u00a0 Malachi James ran for 46 yards for a touchdown with 8:45 to go.\u00a0 The extra point attempt was no good, and Beresford increased their lead to 13-6.\u00a0 Neither team scored again in the half.<\/p>\n<p>Beresford added to their lead on their opening drive of the third quarter.\u00a0 James scored on another big run, this time from 34 yards, with 9:22 to play in the quarter.\u00a0 Hoffman made the extra point to make the score 20-6.\u00a0 After forcing the Bulldog into a turnover on downs, Beresford struck again.\u00a0 Hayden Schilling had a nine-yard touchdown run with 6:14 to play.\u00a0 Another made extra point extended the lead to 27-6.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs were able to add another score late in the ball game.\u00a0 Gavin Skotvold connected with Ben Erickson on a couple of passes for a total of 27 yards on a drive that set up a two-yard touchdown run by Jackson Goehring with 2:30 to play in the game.\u00a0 The two-point conversion failed for a 27-12 score.<\/p>\n<p>Baltic finished with 130 yards of total offense, 103 rushing yards and 27 passing yards.\u00a0 Beresford had 294 yards of total offense, 196 rushing yards and 98 passing yards.\u00a0 The Bulldogs finished with 11 first downs in the game compared to 15 for Beresford.<\/p>\n<p>Goehring had 13 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 Nordbye had eight carries for 39 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 Dylan Runestad added five carries for 26 yards.\u00a0 Skotvold was 2-6 passing for 27 yards.\u00a0 Erickson had both catches.\u00a0 Bradyn Hanson had six tackles in the game.\u00a0 Tyler Kennedy, Goehring, and Cooper Breyer all had four tackles each.\u00a0 Skotvold finished with three tackles.\u00a0 Trevor Cuperus had a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltic Bulldog football team kicked-off the 2025 season on the road in Beresford on Friday, August 22nd.\u00a0 The Bulldogs hung tough, but the Watchdogs came away with the 27-12 victory. 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