Norway’s Owen Baij (20) gains yardage along the sideline against Gogebic on Friday night at Ronberg Field in Norway. Baij rushed 22 times for 258 yards and threw for three touchdowns in the Knights’ 60-32 win. (Mary Spera photo)

NORWAY — Top-ranked Norway kept its perfect record intact here Friday night in a 60-32 football triumph over the third-ranked Gogebic Miners in an eight-player, Division 1 regional opener.

Norway, which improved to 10-0, hosts Pickford (9-1) in a regional final at 6 p.m. Friday. Gogebic finished 8-2.

Gogebic got within 36-26 on a 32-yard interception return by junior defensive back Jayden Verrett early in the third quarter.

The Miners, however, didn’t have an answer for senior quarterback Owen Baij, who scored on a 20-yard touchdown run around left end for a 44

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