Edina tops Moorhead with record-tying performance in Minnesota high school football Class 6A Prep Bowl

The Hornets defeated the Spuds with a memorable performance from senior running back Chase Bjorgaard

Mason West throws a pass in the 2023 Class 6A Prep Bowl / Jeff Lawler

MINNEAPOLIS – After an offseason of preparation. After 12 weeks of a football season. After a week to craft a game plan, the 2025 MSHSL Class 6A Prep Bowl was defined by one fundamental skill: tackling. 

The Moorhead Spuds defense could not tackle Edina running back Chase Bjorgaard. The senior ran for 320 yards and four touchdowns. He also caught two touchdowns, and his six total touchdowns tied a Prep Bowl record as the Edina Hornets (9-4) defeated the Moorhead Spuds (8-5) 42-35 on Friday at U.S. Bank Stadium. 

“We thought the key to the game was going to be making tackles,” Moorhead head coach Kevin Feeney said. “We struggled to just tackle. They have a very good offensive line, a great running back, but ultimately you’ve got to get off the field.”

Edina scored a touchdown on six of its seven drives in the game, and five of those drives lasted four or fewer plays. Bjorgaard finished with touchdown runs of 26, 59 and 24 yards, among other explosive runs.

“We just struggled to tackle,” Moorhead junior running back and defensive back Taye Reich said. “I don’t know what it was, but we just didn’t wrap up as well as we should’ve. If that would’ve happened, we could have minimized those big plays and those big touchdowns.”

Bjorgaard himself is the primary reason why the Spuds couldn’t tackle. He is 5-foot-11, 215 pounds, a mulit-sport athlete, and he ran with a point to prove to himself. In 2023, Bjorgaard couldn’t convert a 2-point attempt, and the Hornets lost the Prep Bowl to Centennial. On Friday, he redeemed himself, and he can wash himself clean of the two years of guilt he carried, however motivating.  

“It's that extra motivation and want to win, and it makes it all the better when you actually do it,” Bjorgaard said. 

Edina needed each one of Bjorgaard’s six touchdowns. Led by junior quarterback Jett Feeney, who threw for a Prep Bowl record 373 yards, the Spuds moved the ball, but an interception and two turnovers on downs were enough to swing the game in favor of the Hornets. 

Head coach Kevin Feeney was aggressive and tried to gain an additional possession with an onside kick in the second half, but they were called for a penalty on it. The Spuds failed two fourth down conversion attempts, including one deep in their own territory in the first half. 

“I didn’t feel great about being able to stop them anyways,” Kevin Feeney said. “I’ve got a lot of confidence that if we get four downs, we can pick up 10 yards. […] We were just trying to get more possessions.”

The Hornets lost four games this season, which is uncommon for a state champion, including one to Moorhead in October. 

“We knew that those losses didn’t define us,” senior wide receiver Jabari Strader said. “We were able to build off of those in practice and learn from our mistakes. A lot of those games came down to a couple of plays we should’ve made.”

For Edina, the state championship is the first official Prep Bowl title in school history, although Edina West won in 1978.

“It’s been coming for a long time,” Edina head coach Jason Potts said. “There’s a lot of people who invested a lot of time, energy, and finances to get to where we are today. I’m incredibly grateful and appreciative for those people. They’re state champs tonight too.”

Edina tops Moorhead in Minnesota high school football Class 6A Prep Bowl: Live score recap — November 21, 2025

Edina won the coin toss and will differ to the second half.

First Quarter Updates

Moorhead receives the opening kickoff and will start at its 20-yard line.

The Spuds are inside the Edina 10-yard line and amidst a 71-yard drive. The Moorhead run game has worked well on its opening drive — 5:35 1Q

Possible touchdown for Moorhead. Quarterback Jett Feeney runs for a 9-yard touchdown. He scrambled, and his helmet flew off as he was hit at the goal line. The play is under review to see if he was down at the 1-yard line — 4:43 1Q

After review, Feeney was ruled 1-yard short of the goal line. It is 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN MOORHEAD! Taye Reich runs for a 1-yard touchdown to finish a 17 play, 80-yard opening drive for the Spuds — Moorhead 7, Edina 0 — 4:30 1Q

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! The Hornets answer with a 26-yard touchdown run from running back Chase Bjorgaard. He had a 41-yard gain on the first play of the drive. The Hornets drove 80 yards in three plays — Moorhead 7, Edina 7 - 3:37 1Q

END OF FIRST QUARTER: Moorhead 7, Edina 7

Second Quarter Updates

For the second time, Moorhead is putting together a long drive. The Spuds are at the Edina 21-yard line — 6:53 1Q

TOUCHDOWN MOORHEAD! Feeney runs for a 7-yard touchdown to finish a 17 play, 90-yard drive for the Spuds that lasted nine minutes. Moorhead converts the 2-point attempt after holder David Mack fumbles the ball while trying to hold for the kick, but he picked it up and ran to the pylon for a touchdown — Moorhead 15, Edina 7 — 6:04 2Q

After that Moorhead drive, The Spuds now have a time of possession advantage of 17 minutes to the Hornets' one minute.

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! Quarterback Mason West throws a 24-yard touchdown pass to Bjorgaard on a swing pass. The Hornets could not convert the 2-point attempt. Edina drove 60 yards in eight plays and two minutes, 22 seconds — Moorhead 15, Edina 13 — 3:42 2Q

Moorhead chose to go for it on 4th-and-7 from its own 26-yard line, and Feeney failed to connect with an open Mack in the middle of the field. Edina will take over with great field position — 2:07 2Q

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! West floats a pass to a wide open Bjorgaard in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown pass. That's Bjorgaard's third touchdown of the game — Edina 20, Moorhead 15 — 1:22 2Q

INTERCEPTION BY EDINA! Feeney's pass, intended for Mack, is overthrown and intercepted at the goal line by Edina's Henry Couchman, who returns it to the Hornets 26-yard line — 0:18 2Q

HALFTIME: Edina 20, Moorhead 15

Halftime Team Stats

Moorhead
Rush yards: 86
Pass yards: 143
Turnovers: 1
T.O.P: 19:35

Edina
Rush yards: 102
Pass yards: 61
Turnovers: 0
T.O.P: 4:25

Third Quarter Updates

Edina receives the second-half kickoff, which the Spuds squibbed, so the Hornets will take over on their 42-yard line to start the second half.

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! Bjordgaard runs for a 4-yard touchdown. It's his second rushing touchdown and fourth total of the game. He had a 49-yard run earlier in the drive. The Hornets drove 59 yards in four plays — Edina 27, Moorhead 15 — 10:05 3Q

TOUCHDOWN MOORHEAD! Feeney connects with Mack for a 36-yard touchdown pass. Mack was wide open down the field. It's a 75-yard touchdown drive in five plays for the Spuds — Edina 27, Moorhead 21— 8:45 3Q

Moorhead stuffs Bjorgaard on 4th-and-1 from the Spuds' 28-yard line. Logan Olson and Taye Reich stop Bjorgaard for a loss and a turnover on downs — 1:52 3Q

END OF THIRD QUARTER: Edina 27, Moorhead 21

Fourth Quarter Updates

TOUCHDOWN MOORHEAD! Feeney runs for a 4-yard touchdown on a quarterback draw. Moorhead takes the lead with an 11 play, 72-yard drive — Moorhead 28, Edina 27 — 9:13 4Q

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! On the first play of the drive, Bjorgaard runs for a 59-yard touchdown. He broke a tackle and then outran defenders to the end zone. It's his fifth total touchdown of the game. The Prep Bowl record is six total touchdowns — Edina 34, Moorhead 28 — 8:56 4Q

Edina stops Moorhead on 4th-and-8 at the Spuds' 36-yard line. Feeney was looking for Mack, but he was double-covered, and Edina's Samuel Hoy deflected the pass. Edina takes over — 5:08 4Q

TOUCHDOWN EDINA! Bjorgaard runs for a 24-yard touchdown. That's his sixth total touchdown of the game, which ties the Prep Bowl record. Bjorgaard also converts the 2-point conversion by taking a direct snap into the end zone — Edina 42, Moorhead 28 — 3:33 4Q

TOUCHDOWN MOORHEAD! Feeney throws an 86-yard touchdown pass to Zak Walker. It's the quick touchdown the Spuds needed — Edina 42, Moorhead 35 — 2:51 4Q

That touchdown pass gives Feeney the record for most passing yards in the Prep Bowl with 373, so far. It breaks the record of 368 yards previously held by Isaac Heard of Edgerton/Ellsworth in 2011.

Bjorgaard converts a first down, and the Hornets just need to kneel to win.

FINAL: Edina 42, Moorhead 35

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