N.D. playoff football roundup: Langdon Area-Munich scores 21 unanswered to beat Oakes

LANGDON, N.D. — Langdon Area-Munich's Eastyn Schaefer had two fumbles by halftime, and his team had yet to score. The fourth-seeded Cardinals, however, never lost faith in their junior quarterback. Langdon Area-Munich scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to secure a 21-6 victory over Oakes in the opening round of the North Dakota Class A state playoffs. Schaefer took part in every touchdown. "Eastyn's a competitor," Cardinals head coach Joshua Krivarchka said. "There was nobody more disappointed than Eastyn in those fumbles in the first half. We basically told him, you've got to play with confidence, believe in yourself. We felt like the whole first half, we were moving the ball 20 to 20, and we just weren't getting in, so we were confident at halftime. We just had to get something going our way, and Eastyn kept on trucking." Schaefer carried the ball nearly 40 times, finishing with more than 200 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. "It's ju