It was a chilly Senior Night for the St. Louis Park soccer teams as they played a couple of overtime time games against the Orono Spartans with the boys losing 3-2 and the girls coming up short 1-0.
First up was the boys game as the St. Louis Park Orioles were on the verge of an upset against the top ranked team in Class AA the Orono Spartans. But two late goals, including the game winner from Avery Anderson 1:17 into overtime led the Spartans to a 3-2 win.
The first half looked like it was going to be a scoreless deadlock until the Orioles John Ryan was awarded a penalty kick. He put the ball past Spartan goalkeeper Adam Trongard with :08.5 left in the half to give St. Louis Park a 1-0 halftime lead.
Orono would erase the St. Louis Park lead on Tierman Bonner's goal. The Orioles regained the lead as Tyler Puentes fed Bjorn Bleske in the center slot and he sent it to the net. The Spartans would even the score on Franklin Schwendimann's left side goal with 4:39 left in regulation time. Could St. Louis Park pull off the upset? They almost did but Lucas Tangleson's shot bounced off the crossbar and the game would head into overtime.
It wouldn't take long for Orono to clinch the win when Anderson scored from the left side 1:17 into overtime. Neither team would tally the rest of the way.
The Spartans improved their record to 14-0-0 and ends their season on Saturday, October 8 in Hopkins as they face the Blake Bears at 1 PM. The Orioles fell to 4-4-4 and will also wrap up their season on the 8th, hosting the Minneapolis Washburn Millers at noon.
On to the girls game and what looked like a game that would end in a scoreless tie would not be the case, thanks to Kayla Kallenbach's game winning goal 1:01 in the second overtime period that led the Orono Spartans to a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.
In the first half, the Orioles almost took the lead but Vesna Dennison's goal was disallowed. Both team had scoring chances but came up empty and so the game would go into overtime.
Heading into overtime, there were still zeros on the scoreboard. But in the second overtime, Kallenbach would tally 1:01 in the period to secure the victory.
The Spartans improved their record to 7-8 and will head to Hopkins on Saturday, October 8 to take on the Blake Bears at 11 AM. The Orioles fell to 3-9-1 and also concludes their season on the 8th, hosting the Minneapolis Washburn Millers at 10 AM.
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