Week three of the 2016 high school football season brings the "Battle of the SLPs" as the St. Louis Park Orioles host their former North Suburban Conference rival the Spring Lake Park Panthers.
The Orioles played pretty well in the first half last week against the Armstrong Falcons, leading in the first half 13-0 as Logan Romero passed for a touchdown and ran for another. But St. Louis Park fell apart in the second half, committing four turnovers and the Falcons pulled away, including a 65 yard touchdown run by Cartier Reid that turned out to be the crown jewel in their 41-19 victory.
St. Louis Park's keys to the game are to get a good early start and hang on to the football to avoid numerous turnovers.
As for the Panthers, two words best describes their offense, Zachary Ojile The Spring Lake Park quarterback is behind the run option offense that has netted him 432 rushing yards in two games this season. He is the key to the third ranked team in Class AAAAA behind St. Michael-Albertville and Mankato West. The Panthers have also excelled on defense with Jeremiah Pollesch polishing his defensive statistics with 21 tackles.
Spring Lake Park's keys to the game are three words. Run run run. Ojile has to continue his outstanding run option offense and wear down the Oriole defense.
Can St. Louis Park pull off the upset or will their be running time in the fourth quarter that proves that Spring Lake Park could be on the road to US Bank Stadium in November? The good news about the weather picture is that the thunderstorms throughout the day should end around 3 PM so the weather will be better when the kickoff takes place four hours later.
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