Johnny Sorenson made the most of his first start at quarterback by throwing three touchdown passes to lead the host St. Louis Park Orioles to a 40-0 win over the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles in the 2017 season opener Thursday night.
It was the first meeting between the two schools since the 2014 section playoffs where the Eagles beat the Orioles 71-47.
The Orioles got on the board in the first quarter on a 15 yard field goal from Skyler Rudelius-Palmer.
Sorenson would heat up in the second quarter with a streak of completed passes that brought St. Louis Park first and goal at the two yard line. He threw a two yard strike to Semaj Mitchell to put the Orioles ahead by 10. Kennedy almost got a touchdown but it was called back due to an offensive pass interference penalty. The Orioles wrapped up the first half scoring when Sorenson threw a nine yard touchdown pass to Akili Farris. St. Louis Park led 17-0 at halftime.
The Oriole defense played a role to begin the second half scoring as the Eagles began their drive on their own one yard line following a Sorenson punt. Kennedy would lose the ball on the first play of the drive when Rudelius-Palmer recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown. Mitchell would score his second touchdown as he hauled in a 21 yard pass from Sorenson to go up by 31. The lead would increase to 34 on Rudelius-Palmer's second field goal, this one from 34 yards.
St. Louis Park would put the whipped cream on top of the sundae in the fourth quarter as head coach Ben Wolfe put in sophomore Aaron Ellingson at quarterback as sorenson got the rest of the night off. Ellingson would run up the middle for a six yard touchdown to conclude the scoring.
The Orioles begin the season 1-0 and heads to New Hope on Friday, September 8 to face the cooper Hawks at 7 PM. The Eagles fell to 0-1 and will also be back in action on the 8th as they begin their home season against the Chaska Hawks at 7 PM at Bloomington Stadium.
Cole Ewald, son of former Orioles head coach and current Activities Director Andy Ewald made his varsity debut in the fourth quarter. His grandfather Clint is a St. Louis Park assistant coach. New St. Louis Park School District superintendent Astein Osei was attendance at the Orioles home opener. Osei, who replaced the retired Rob Metz, came from District 279 that includes Osseo, Maple Grove and Park Center.
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