HSGN was present Friday at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis to cover a pair of games in the 2023 Prep Bowl that saw a perennial power take home another title and a North Metro school win their first championship.
HUTCHINSON 14, ROCORI 6
Charles Renner would run to glory in the Class AAAA title game as he scored two touchdowns, including the game winner with 5:24 left in regulation time to lead the Hutchinson Tigers to a 14-6 win over the Rocori Spartans.
Neither team tallied in the first quarter. The Tigers would score the only first half points when Renner caught a 17 yard pass from Logan Butler and the he scored on a three yard run to give Hutchinson a 6-0 halftime lead.
The Spartans would even the score as Will Steil fired A 67 yard touchdown pass to Caleb Maddox. The Tigers regained the lead on Renner's second touchdown, a two yard run with 5:24 to go. Could Rocori possibly send the game into overtime? The answer would be no when Nathan Thode intercepted Steil's pass.
It was the eighth state title for Hutchinson, who finished the season with a record of 11-2. Rocori ended their season at 10-3.
CENTENNIAL 28, EDINA 27
It was no little white lie that Marcus Whiting scored two touchdowns to lead the Centennial Cougars to a 28-27 win over the Edina Hornets in the Class AAAAAA title game.
Just like the AAAA final, there was no first quarter scoring. In the second quarter Whiting put the Cougars ahead on a one yard run. They would go up by 14 after Josh Lee intercepted Edina quarterback Mason West and Daylen Cummings kept the ball and scored from 15 yards. The Hornets almost got on the board as West fired a pass to Mason Swinney but the replay review indicated that he was short of the goal line. Not to worry Edina fans because John Warpinski ran the ball in on the next play. Lee would also shine on offense for Centennial as he hauled in an 8 yard touchdown pass from Cummings to give Centennial a 21-7 halftime lead.
Warpinski would score his second one yard touchdown of the game in the third quarter to cut the lead to 21-14. In the fourth quarter Whiting scored his second touchdown of the game. The Hornets would come within 7 on West's six yard left side keeper touchdown. West also went through the air late in the game as he threw a 21 yard strike to Sonny Villegas with :16 to go, cutting the Cougar lead to one. Could Edina wrap up their first title since 1978 with a successful two point conversion? The answer would be no as Warpinski came up short.
Centennial concluded their regular season with a record of 12-1 and Edina ended their season at 9-4.
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