Coming off a huge win in the regular season home finale against the Orono Spartans last Friday, the St. Louis Park Orioles go on the road for their final two games, starting with a trip to New Brighton to take on the emerging Irondale Knights this Friday at 7 PM.
Though the Orioles played before a sparse crowd on a wet Friday night, they got an outstanding finish as Johnny Sorenson threw a 41 yard touchdown pass to Akili Farris with 1:07 to play and Peyton Morrison stopped the Spartans potential game winning drive with an interception to preserve a 16-14 win.
Sorenson, who completed 11 of 20 passes for 218 yards also had 54 rushing yards. This season, he has accumulated 1,174 and has shown outstanding mobility since taking over the quarterback spot from the graduated Logan Romero. He will need to have a big game against the Knights, who go into the game with a record of 4-2.
Last Friday, Irondale got two fourth quarter touchdowns from Parker Freiberg to rally the Knights but they came up short against the Henry Sibley Spartans 23-20. He also rushed for 168 yards and has broken the 100 rushing yard mark in four straight games that also concludes seven touchdowns. He got off to a slow start in the season opener against the North St. Paul Polars as he was held to 46 yards rushing but he did reach the end zone. The junior running back has huge potential and he has 787 yards on the ground and is on pace to break the 1000 yard mark and also the school rushing record of 1,150 yards that was set by Joe Ruegsegger in 1996.
The key to the Orioles surpassing the .500 mark going into the regular season finale against the DeLaSalle Islanders is to shut down Freiberg and play strong defense. When you look at Irondale's success this season, in three of their four wins, they have scored 35 points and they scored 34 in the other. The Knights are also in the Orioles section and there could be a rematch come late October. But before section play begins October 24, Irondale wraps up their season against the unbeaten and third ranked team in Class AAAAA the Cooper Hawks.
Fortunately, the weather picture has no rain in the forecast. Can St. Louis Park pull off the upset?
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