Friday, October 12, 2018

First Play in Overtime Pays Off for SLP Orioles

One week after losing to the Orono Spartans in overtime, the St. Louis Park Orioles football team had another overtime affair as Sajid Nathim's 10 yard run on St. Louis Park's first possession led them to a 35-28 win over the Irondale Knights in their first home game since September 28.

Nahim would open the scoring for the Orioles in the first quarter with a pair of touchdowns.  His first would come on a five yard run.  The Orioles would get a break after quarterback Aaron Ellingson's pass was intercepted by Jack Olson and it looked like it would be a touchdown but it was called back due to a roughing the passer penalty on the Knights.  The Orioles got the ball back and Nathim would cash in from 20 yards to put St. Louis Park ahead 14-0.

In the second quarter, the Knights would strike back to tie the game at 14 as Aden price hauled in a couple of touchdown passes.  The first was on a four yard slant pass and the second was on a five yard completion toward the right pylon.  St. Louis Park had a chance to regain the lead but Trevor Bauer's field goal attempt was block as time expired.

Both teams would tally in the third quarter.  Parker Freiberg would reach the end zone on a nine yard run for Irondale and St. Louis Park would get the equalizer on Ellingson's 59 yard pass to Tobias Davenport.  The junior would break several Knight tackles and the touchdown would stand after an Irondale face mask penalty.  The score was even at 21.

The Orioles would regain the lead on Ellingson's one yard run.  But wait.  The Knights would shine once again as Freiberg, who broke the 1000 yard mark on this chilly Friday night, scored his second touchdown of the game on a 47 yard run down the left sideline.  Irondale had a chance to win the game in regulation time but St. Louis Park's McCabe Dvorak intercepted Leighton Glodek's pass with :21.3 left and for the second straight game, there would be overtime.

All it took for the Orioles was one play and it would be Nathim who would score his third touchdown of the game.  The Knights had their shot from the 10 yard line and they came up short as Freiberg was stopped near the goal line.

Freiberg ran 30 times for 192 yards, giving him a total of 1007 this season.

Both teams return to action on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 PM.  The Orioles improved their record to 3-4 and host the DeLaSalle Islanders and the Knights fell to 5-2 and host a crucial game with the Cooper Hawks.  It could have implications on seeding for the Section 3AAAAA playoffs, which begin Tuesday, October 23.

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