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Pierz Pioneers vs Grand Rapids Thunderhawks Section 7AA Wrestling Championship 2026

The Pioneers captured the Section 7AA Championship with a thrilling 33-27 win over Grand Rapids in Milaca. The Pioneers won just 6 matches but every one of them carried bonus points to lift the Pioneers to the State Tournament! Henry Hoffman sealed it with a pin at 285 to break a 27-27 tie.

Pierz Pioneers vs Milaca Faith Christian Section 7AA Team Wrestling 2026

The Pioneers defeated the Wolves 69-6 in the Section 7AA Semifinals in Milaca, highlighted by Carter Young's 200th career victory, making him just the 3rd Pioneers wrestler to reach that mark!

Pierz Pioneers vs North Branch Vikings Section 7AA Team Wrestling 2026

The #1 seed Pioneers opened the Section 7AA Team Tournament in Milaca with a 75-0 win over the North Branch Vikings.

Pierz Pioneers vs Pequot Lakes Patriots Section 7AAA Football 2025

The 3rd ranked Pioneers blanked the #2 ranked Patriots 35-0 in Brainerd to win the Section 7AAA Championship, their first Section title since 2019. The Pioneers defense was suffocating, holding the Patriots to only 41 yards of total offense and just 2 first downs. Jayden Zajac had the games only turnover with a 2nd quarter interception. Sawyer Lochner ran for 60 yards and 2 touchdowns, Brayden Foust ran for 74 yards and a touchdown and caught 2 passes for 21 yards, and Liam Hennessy ran for a touchdown and found Bo Woitalla for a 27 yard touchdown pass. Preston Saehr was a perfect 5-5 on extra point kicks. Pierz is now 10-0 and advances to the Class AAA State Tournament against Section 8AAA Champion Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

Pierz Pioneers vs Esko Section 7AAA Football Semifinals 2025

The Pioneers beat Esko 42-6 to advance to the Section 7AAA Championship game. Brayden Foust ran for 4 touchdowns (1, 12, 7, 35 yards), and Liam Hennessy ran for a touchdown and threw a 9 yard scoring pass to Jaxsen Hardy as Pierz improved to 9-0 for the season. Liam Hennessy had 8 tackles and Nick Virnig, Jayden Zajac, Tyler Fischer, Sawyer Lochner and Carter Young had 7 tackles each. 

Pierz Pioneers vs Sauk Centre Mainstreeters Section 6AA Volleyball 2025

The Pioneers season came to an end with a 3-0 loss to the Mainstreeters by scores of 23-25, 11-25, 19-25. Autumn Jones had 8 kills, 10 digs and an ace serve, Brooklyn Hanneken 16 assists and 3 ace serves, Amber Boser had 4 blocks, 5 kills and was 8-8 serving, Macy Sadlovsky was 8-8 serving and had 5 kills and Sophie Leidenfrost had 27 digs, including breaking her own school record for digs in a season. Pierz ended the year with a record of 8-19. 

Pierz Pioneers vs Milaca Wolves Football

The Pioneers finished off an undefeated regular season with a 62-6 win over the Wolves in Milaca. Liam Hennessy had a monster 1st half, throwing for 4 touchdown passes to 4 different receivers, finding Bo Woitalla, Tyler Kimman, Nick Virnig and Brayden Foust. Sawyer Lochner ran for 2 touchdowns and Grady Young, Paul Nieman and Brayden Foust also rushed for touchdowns. On defense, Preston Saehr recorded his first career interception and Jayden Zajac led the team with 8 tackles. 

Pierz Pioneers at Albany Huskies Volleyball 2025

The Pioneers closed out their regular season with a loss at Granite Ridge Conference Champion Albany, but the bright spot was that the Pioneers did manage to take a set from the Huskies, losing 11-25, 27-25, 14-25, 13-25. Amber Boser and Autumn Jones had 6 kills each, Brooklyn Hanneken had 20 assists, Sophie Leidenfrost had 18 digs while Autumn Jones had 16 and Macy Sadlovsky was 9-9 serving with 1 ace. Pierz finished the regular season with a record of 8-18.

Pierz Pioneers vs Holdingford Huskers Volleyball 2025

The Pioneers went to Holdingford on a Monday night and came home with their 2nd straight 5-set win, defeating the Huskers 3-2 by scores of 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 18-25, 15-13.  Brooklyn Hanneken handed out 39 assists, Eva Schlieman had another big night with 17 kills and Autumn Jones also reached double-figures in kills with 12. Amber Boser had 7 blocks and was 23-24 serving. Autumn Jones had 4 ace serves and Shelby Pulak was 18-19 serving with 1 ace. Sophie Leidenfrost led a trio of Pioneers in double-digit digs with 25 while Shelby Pulak had 14 and Autumn Jones 13.

Pierz Pioneers vs Rockford Rockets Football 2025

The Pioneers improved to 7-0 with a 34-0 shutout win at Rockford. Brayden Foust ran for a 54 yard touchdown and caught a 6 yard scoring pass from Liam Hennessy in the 1st half as Pierz built a 14-0 lead. In the 2nd half, Paul Nieman made it 21-0 with a 1 yard scoring run in the 3rd quarter.  In the 4th quarter, Brayden Foust socred his 3rd touchdown of the game on a 7 yard run, then Sawyer Lochner finished off the scoring with a 5 yard touchdown run.