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Rosemount extends its undefeated season with a victory over Prior Lake

By Mike Randleman, SportsEngine , 10/14/22, 5:45PM CDT

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Chance Swansson scored the Irish's game-winning touchdown and grabbed an interception on the next drive to seal the 27-17 win.


Sophomore quarterback Gavin Caswell stepped out of a tackle on his way to a fourth-quarter gain. He threw the game-winning touchdown pass a few plays later. Photo by Mark Hvidsten, SportsEngine

For swaths of the game, Prior Lake’s size in the trenches was wearing down Rosemount.

It was time for a change.

The unbeaten Irish have buttered their bread this season through a punishing ground game, but a switch to a spread attack paid dividends. The Irish fended off Prior Lake 27-17 on senior night on Friday in Rosemount. 

Senior wide receiver and defensive back Chance Swansson is proud of how his team played on both sides of the ball.

“It feels great,” Swansson said. “We showed a lot of perseverance. Our offense played well, our defense played well and all together we just meshed."


Rosemount receiver Chance Swansson got a lift from a teammate after scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a pass from Gavin Caswell in the fourth quarter. Photo by Mark Hvidsten, SportsEngine

First report

Soon after catching the go-ahead touchdown, Chance Swansson hauled in an interception with under four minutes to go to help Rosemount walk away with a 27-17 victory and keep its undefeated season alive.

It was a back-and-forth game throughout with Rosemount leading 6-0 after one quarter but trailing Prior Lake 14-12 at halftime. Neither team mustered a first down on the opening three possessions.

Grayson Spronk rushed 14 times for 73 yards and two touchdowns inside the 5-yard line for Prior Lake (4-3) in the first half. He had just two carries for nine yards in the second half.

Rosemount (7-0) switched quarterbacks late in the first half. Sophomore Gavin Caswell provided a spark going 2-for-2 for a quick 61 yards and a 33-yard touchdown to Darion Gildersleeve in the Irish’s final drive of the half.

In the third quarter, Logan Lehrer extended the Lakers’ lead to 17-12 with a 26-yard field goal.

Caswell added 85 rushing yards on nine carries, all in the second half, and hit Swansson streaking down the right side for a 34-yard touchdown pass with 4 minutes, 27 seconds remaining to retake a 20-17 lead. Caswell finished 5-for-9 for 114 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

Swansson came up with an interception on a deep ball on the ensuing possession. Rosemount drove down field and scored on a 22-yard touchdown rush by William Priest with 1:12 to go. Priest ran 10 times for 67 yards.

Prior Lake’s Luke Crosby finished 8-for-14 for 55 yards and an interception. Levi Eiter ran 10 times for 46 yards, all in the second half, for Prior Lake.



Prior Lake running back Grayson Spronk got a celebratory lift from teammate Zach Ellis after scoring the game's first touchdown. Photo by Mark Hvidsten, SportsEngine

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