Though the weather was a bit chilly Friday night, it didn't stop a multitude of blue and gold clad fans from packing the main seating area to see Kolby Gartner throw three touchdown passes to lead the host St. Michael-Albertville Knights to a 35-7 win over the Shakopee Sabers.
After preventing the Sabers from crossing the goal line on fourth and goal, the Knights got the ball and Gartner threw a beautiful spiral down the center of the field that Brandon Langdok docked in his mitts to haul in a 71 touchdown pass to put STMA ahead 7-0.
The STMA backfield was bolstered by junior David Collins who gained 21 yards as he broke two Shakopee tackles and was brought down first and goal at the Saber four yard line. But Collins was not done yet as he scored on a four yard run to put the Knights ahead 14-0. There would be no shutout for the Knights as Shakopee quarterback kept the ball for a third down conversion of 20 yards and Donovan Monroe ran down the right side of the field for a 22 yard touchdown to cut the margin to 14-7. STMA, one of the top teams in Class AAAAA football would close out the first half scoring on Gartner's 14 yard touchdown pass to Samuel Caron with :02 left in the half giving the Knights a 21-7 halftime lead.
Neither team would tally in the third quarter though the Knight defense would sack Bigaouette twice. The first was by Luke Johnson and the second came from Boston Merila.
In the fourth quarter, the Knights would put the game away with a pair of touchdowns. The first touchdown came following a 24 yard run by Collins that would spot the ball first and goal at the Shakopee four yard line and Ty Songstad hit the high note for STMA with a four yard touchdown run to increase the margin to 28-7. Songstad would reach the end zone again when he caught an eight yard pass from Gartner with 4:03 to play.
Collins would lead the Knights offensive attack with 19 carries for 165 yards. The Sabers had 218 in total offense.
STMA improved their record to 3-0 and will head to Plymouth next Friday, September 20 to face the Wayzata Trojans at 7 PM. Shakopee fell to 1-2 and will also be in action on the 20th as the take on the Eden Prairie Eagles at 7 PM at TCO Stadium in Eagan.
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