Brian’s Best – Andover vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In one of the weirdest sequences you will see in a high school football game, the Andover Huskies took control of the game against Sauk Rapids-Rice to win going away 29-7. 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