The No. 3 seeded Blooming Prairie football team knocked off No. 2 Rushford-Peterson (8-2 overall) 21-20 in a Section 1A semifinal in Rushford Saturday.

The Trojans had the ball inside BP’s 30-yard line late in the game when the Awesome Blossoms came up with a stop on downs. BP allowed just two offensive TDs and it held RP to 250 yards of offense.

“It’s a great, great victory for our defense,” BP head coach Chad Gimbel said. “Our defense played extremely well, especially against the run.”

BP took a 21-12 lead into the fourth quarter after Seth Peterson threw a 13-yard TD pass to Matthew Pryor and a 16-yard TD pass to Colin Lerum in the third quarter.

BP will play Goodhue in the Section 1A title game in RCTC Saturday at 5 p.m. The Wildcats (10-0 overall) beat BP 35-13 Sept. 29.

BP STATS

Rushing: Seth Peterson, 17-for-115, TD; Max Romeo, 10-for-80

Passing: Peterson, 15-for-25, 156, 2 TDs

Receiving: Tim Wolf, 4-for-55; Matthew Pryor, 2-for-28, TD; Colin Lerum, 4-for-29, TD