Hearts will be heavy Friday night when the St. Louis Park Orioles face the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at Bloomington Stadium following the news that Jaguar freshman Ethan Glynn suffered a paralyzing injury in last week's freshman team's opener against the Chaska Hawks.
Glynn lost feeling in his shoulders following a tackle and could be paralyzed from the waist down. The good news is that his surgery was successful.
More important, there will be a varsity game as both the Orioles and Jaguars are on a quest for their first win this season. Last week, St. Louis Park was shut out by the Simley Spartans 20-0 and Jefferson fell to the Chaska Hawks 35-7.
In the Orioles season opener, freshman quarterback Declan Gaines made his varsity debut and his inexperience showed completing 10 of 25 passes for 69 yards, 61 of them were to Stefano Giovannelli. The ground game was led by Jimmy Hager, who had 12 carries for 55 yards. The bright spot on defense was Zach Helfmann, leading the Orioles with 22 tackles.
The key to the game for the Orioles is for Gaines to become more comfortable running the offense and spreading the ball around to his receiving corps. The Helfmann anchored defense has to stop the Jaguar passing attack.
Looking at the Jaguars, junior quarterback Tyson Schultz in their opener against Chaska completed 16 of 33 passes for 249 yards and accounted for Jefferson's only touchdown, a seven yard pass to Daniel Freitag. If the name Freitag sounds familiar, he's also an outstanding basketball player for Jefferson. He also excelled on defense, recording an interception.
The key to the game for the Jaguars is to test the Orioles pass defense and for Schultz to have a solid game. The defense last week gave up 213 yards and three touchdowns by Reese turner so they need to stop the running game.
There could be a wet weather picture Friday night so you might want to pack an umbrella to the game. Game time is 7 PM.
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