Friday night's home opener for the St. Louis Park Orioles was "The Battle of the Birds" as Cartier Reid scored two touchdowns and the Armstrong Falcons took advantage of four second half turnovers to en route to a 41-19 win.
St. Louis Park took the early lead in the first quarter when quarterback Logan Romero threw an 11 yard touchdown pass that went through three Armstrong defenders and into the mitts of Zollie Kaplan. The Orioles would get the ball back after a fumbled kickoff return that was recovered by Jariel Lopez-Barrera and Romero would score on a 16 yard keeper that put them ahead by 13. The Falcons would get on the scoreboard on a six yard run by Jesse Sherwood and St. Louis Park led at the end of the first quarter 13-7.
Armstrong would tie the game in the second quarter on a pair of short field goals from Matthew Jaeger. St. Louis Park would regain the lead on Romero's second touchdown, a one yard keeper after they got a first down on a fourth and two encroachment penalty to the Falcons. Armstrong would vault into the lead one a one yard touchdown run from Reid. There was a short delay as the officiating crew was in a brief summit to find out about the penalty flag was thrown after the touchdown. It turned out to be that the Orioles had too many men on the field. So the touchdown counted and the Falcons led at halftime 20-19.
In the third quarter, Armstrong capitalized on a Romero pass that was intercepted by Brogan Hayden and quarterback Nicholas Svensson threw a 14 yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Poster to boost their lead to 27-19.
The Falcons would have a happy flight home down Highway 169 as they scored twice in the fourth quarter. Reid was a jewel in the Armstrong offense as he went down the left side and scored a 64 yard touchdown. Dueling turnovers played a role in the Falcons final touchdown. The Falcons fumbled the ball and the Orioles recovered at their own one yard line. But Romero's pass was intercepted by Elliott Olson and he ended the scoring. St. Louis Park had a chance to score a late game touchdown but Romero's pass to Mykel Howard on fourth and three was incomplete.
Armstrong improved their record to 1-1 and hosts their Robbinsdale district rival the Cooper Hawks on Friday, September 16 at 7 PM. St. Louis Park fell to 0-2 and will also be in action on the 16th, hosting the third ranked team in Class AAAAA the Spring Lake Park Panthers, also at 7 PM.
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