 After losing their first game, the Brainerd football team rebounded in a big way, winning their next four games to get off to a four-and-one start. The Warriors had Friday night off, but hosted Class 5A's sixth-ranked Alexandria Cardinals Saturday for a homecoming matchup. And we're in the first 10 minutes in this one, the Cardinals had a 15-nothing lead and to keep their lead, here's Michael Empton, taking the pass intended for Brainerd's Pat Gravanik, but the Warriors wouldn't settle that easily. Here's Kiwan Jackson now breaking up this plane return to defend the Warriors' home turf, and there was nothing short about this carry from quarterback Will Peabody here. He loses control of the ball for a few seconds, but then he is off, and the Cardinals eventually catch up to him but only inches away from the end zone, and then with momentum on their side, the catch right here from Gravanik would help keep the Warriors in this game. But unfortunately the Warriors fall in this one to Alex, 59-to-45 in a very tough