Zach Dunbar and Henry Dennis were a menace to the massive throng in attendance for the St. Louis Park Orioles Homecoming football game as they scored two touchdowns apiece to lead the Spring Lake Panthers to a 49-14 rout Friday night.
The Panthers scored the first quarter's only touchdown on Dennis' 37 yard run down the left side to take a 7-0 lead. On the Orioles first drive, quarterback Aaron Ellingson was intercepted by Jesse sills, returning the ball to Spring Lake Park.
Spring Lake Park would put the game away in the second quarter. Their first touchdown came following a St. Louis Park encroachment penalty and Dunbar, the Panthers quarterback kept the ball and ran 37 yards to increase the lead to 14-0. Spring Lake Park would go up by 21 on Dennis' second touchdown of the game, a 48 yard run. Good news for the fans on the St. Louis Park side of the stadium. There would be no shutout. Sajid Nathim received the kickoff and ran like traffic heading down Minnetonka Blvd. to score a 95 yard touchdown to cut the lead to 21-6. The Panthers would wrap up the first half scoring on Dunbar's second touchdown, a three yard keeper run that gave them a 28-6 halftime lead.
Heading to the third quarter, there would be a bright spot for the Oriole offense as Nathim would convert on fourth down and two. But it would be for naught as the Panthers got the ball back and Dunbar would run for 25 yards to the St. Louis Park one yard line and Brian Orellana would score with 2:23 left to increase the margin to 35-6.
The fourth quarter began as a bad snap on an Oriole punt entered the end zone and it was recovered by the Panthers Jacob Fritz to build their lead to 42-6. As the game entered running time due to the large margin, St. Louis Park would get the offense in sync when Ellingson threw a 15 yard touchdown pass to McCabe Dvorak and caught a two point conversion to trim the lead to 42-14. Ellingson would be finished for the evening as he would be replaced under center by William Dvorak. Spring Lake Park would conclude the scoring when Aaron Payne would be a pain for the Oriole defense, scoring on a 33 yard touchdown run.
The St. Louis Park Homecoming royalty was presented at halftime as wide receiver Tobyous Davenport was crowned king and the queen was Hattie Kugler.
The Panthers improved their record to 2-2 and will head to Hopkins on Friday, September 27 for a 7 PM game against the Royals. The Orioles fell to 1-3 and will also be in action on the 27th, heading down I-394 to Orono to face the Spartans at 7 PM.
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