The rust came off the Irondale Knights armor Tuesday night in the Section 5AAAAA football quarterfinals as Griffin Bourassa scored two touchdowns and Noah Kiani kicked three field goals to eliminate the host St. Louis Park Orioles 30-28.
Irondale ended a five game losing streak and the win came after they were cremated last Wednesday by the Hopkins Royals 54-13.
The Orioles took the early lead when quarterback Aaron Ellingson scored the first of his four touchdowns on a 49 yard keeper run down the left side of the field sand St. Louis Park led 6-0. The Knights would tie the game on Bourassa's 13 yard keeper run but it was called back due to an illegal motion penalty.
There would be good news for the Irondale fans who came from New Brighton as Kiani put the Knights on the board with a 37 yard field goal to cut the Oriole lead to three. Ellingson would head to the end zone a second time when he muscled his way through the Knights defense to the one yard line and scored on a one yard run to increase the lead to 12-3. But Irondale would counter a Bourassa threw a 38 yard touchdown pass to Iggy Ejiofor with 2:16 left in the half and St. Louis Park led 12-10 at halftime.
The Knights would strike twice in the third quarter. The first touchdown was aided by a couple of pass interference penalties against the Orioles and Irondale would capitalize as Reuben King scored on a four yard run. Bourassa would score his second touchdown on a five yard keeper run with :45.2 to go and the Knights built a 24-12 lead.
Both teams would tally twice in the fourth quarter. Irondale would account for two booted field goals from Kiani, the first from 41 yards and the second from 30 yards. St. Louis Park would get a third touchdown from Ellingson as he kept the ball and scored on a 61 yard right side run. he would score his fourth touchdown on a one yard run with :32.3 left to play to cut the lead to two. Could St. Louis Park make a comeback? The answer would be no as the onside kick went to the Knights and they would run out the clock to end the game.
Irondale improved their record to 3-6 and head to Spring Lake Park on Saturday, October 26 at 3 PM for their semifinal game with the Panthers. St. Louis Park ended their season with a record of 4-5.
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