Colin Avery did just about everything for St. Croix Lutheran on Friday night, and that was enough to carry the Crusaders past St. Paul Johnson 39-20 at Harding High School.

The senior running back — whose team improved to 2-0 — got on a roll from the get-go, scoring on a 26-yard touchdown run on the game’s opening drive.

Johnson answered right back when senior Justice Moody caught a short pass on the second play of his team’s first possession and evaded a host of tacklers en route to the end zone on a 51-yard touchdown pass.

The extra point attempt was blocked, leaving the score 7-6.

The Governors (1-1) caught a break when they recovered a fumble at their own 9-yard line. Two plays later, however, Johnson senior quarterback Ali Farfan was tackled in the end zone for a safety and St. Cr

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