Valley City, ND (NEWSDAKOTA.com) – The (RV) Valley City Hi-Liners continued their winning ways as they took down the Devils Lake Firebirds by a score of 53-7.

The game started off strong for the Firebirds after being the first team all season to prevent the Hi-Liners from scoring on the opening drive they were able to follow it up by being the first team to have a lead over them as well. Beau Brodina found Wylee Delorme for a 62 yard pass that brought them to the Hi-Liner 1 yard line where Brodina would finish the drive with the touchdown run. That would be the only points scored by the Firebirds all night.

The Hi-Liners woke up after that and after Zach Sykora running the ball for most of the plays in the ensuing drive capped it off with a Sykora 8 yard touchdown run to tie it. The quarter would end tied at 7 apiece.

The second quarter is when the Hi-Liners truly turned it on. Bryce Heck found Ethan Miller wide open on the nearside endline and made a 32 yard touchdown pass and catch for them to take the lead. They would follow it up with a Sykora 2 pt conversion. Miller would not be done and in the next Hi-Liner drive he would score on a 12 yard touchdown run. He would score one more time on the next drive scoring on a 41 yard touchdown run after a Gavin Gerhardt interception. The half would end with Valley City up 29-7.

The third quarter would be more of the same for the Hi-Liners. They would score after forcing Devils Lake to go 3 and out on a Gerhardt 33 yard touchdown run and 2pt conversion. The next drive for the Firebirds would result in a safety after a bad snap to punter Gage Meyer resulted in the ball being in their own endzone. The Hi-Liners would again capitalize on their drive after getting the ball back after the safety. Sykora would find the endzone one more time on a 8 yard touchdown run. The quarter would end 46-7.

The fourth quarter saw the Hi-Liners eat up a lot of clock and score on a 2 yard touchdown run by freshman quarterback Jacksyn Thornton. The game would end with the score of 53-7.

Valley City’s defense was stout all game only allowing 113 yards in total offense. While their own offense yard 399 yards with 330 of those yard coming on the ground.

Ethan Miller was named the Ivy Real Estate Group player of the game after rushing for 113 yards, receiving for 32 yards, and having 3 touchdowns.

The Hi-Liners now travel out to Dickinson on Friday. Kickoff is a 7:00 pm. You can catch the game on 1490AM/96.3FM KOVC or on NewsDakota.com.