Quarterback Ashton Lloyd carries the ball for a gain during BEA’s football game against JCC. Against LSH, Lloyd completed 13 of his 20 passes for 155 yards. He also threw two touchdown passes.

The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers struck on the ground and through the air on their way to a 42-7 victory over the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants in a battle of Section 2AA foes on Friday, Sept. 23.

The visiting Buccaneers took a 6-0 lead in the opening quarter before erupting for 30 points in the second quarter to take a 36-0 halftime lead.

BEA would add a final score in the second half and the Giants would also find the end zone for their only points of the evening.

Running back Parker Meyers opened the scoring for the Maroon and Gold with 6:35 remaining in the opening quarter. The senior took the ball on a handoff from quarterback Ashton Lloyd and plunged into the end zone for the touchdown. The extra point kick was blocked so BEA’s lead was 6-0.

Only 10 seconds had run off of the clock in the second quarter when Meyers ran the ball in from 34 yards out for his second touchdown of the evening.

The Bucs opted to try a two-point conversion and were successful with Meyers rushing past the goal line to increase BEA’s lead to 14-0.

A 41-yard touchdown pass from Lloyd to wide receiver Jack Norman with 9:32 left in the first half, followed by a failed two-point conversion attempt had the Bucs on top 20-0.

Meyers continued his solid night of running with his third touchdown of the evening with 1:14 remaining until halftime. Meyers’ run covered 29 yards and Lloyd passed to Norman for a successful two-point conversion and a 28-0 lead.

The Bucs got the ball back and Lloyd completed a four-yard pass to Abe Kokos for a touchdown with four seconds to go before intermission. Lloyd connected with Norman for a successful two-point conversion and a 36-0 BEA lead heading into the second half.

The Bucs’ only score of the final 24 minutes came on a five-yard run by Caleb Langager. The extra point kick was no good but BEA had a commanding 42-0 lead.

The Giants scored a touchdown in the closing minutes to make the final score 42-7.

BEA dominated the statistics with 458 yards of total offense while gaining an average of 10.2 yards per play.

The Buccaneer defense held the Giants to 141 yards of total offense and a 3.4 yards per play average.

The Bucs gained 303 yards on the ground with Meyers leading the way with 96 yards rushing and three touchdowns.

Max Loge ran for 86 yards on five carries and Noah Johnson ran the ball once for 46 yards.

Jacob Grandgenett picked up 32 yards on two rushing attempts and Langager finished the evening with one rushing touchdown while carrying the ball six times for 27 yards.

Lloyd completed 13 of 20 pass attempts for a total of 155 yards and two touchdowns. He also had one interception.

Kokos led BEA with four receptions for 64 yards and one touchdown.

Norman also scored a touchdown while catching three passes for 61 yards.

Meyers also had three receptions which resulted in 21 yards gained.

Blue Earth was host to Sibley East for their homecoming game on Friday, Sept. 30.

The Bucs will travel to Maple River on Saturday, Oct. 8, for a 3 p.m. contest with the Eagles. This game was originally scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7, but was moved to Saturday due to a lack of available officials.