A Saturday matinee wraps up the St. Louis Park Oriole football team's road schedule as they head down Highway 12 to Pesonen Stadium in Long lake to face the unbeaten Orono Spartans.
Last Friday night, it was another rough road for the Orioles as they were routed by the Spring Lake Park Panthers 49-6. It was the fourth consecutive game that St. Louis Park has allowed more than 40 points. They have given up an average of 48 points per game this season. The one bright spot for the Orioles against the Panthers was a 25 yard touchdown pass from Will Dvorak to Brady Walsh in the second quarter. But it was all Spring Lake Park who was led by Nate Litke's three touchdowns and 105 rushing yards.
Looking at the Orono Spartans, they won their fourth straight game with a 26-6 win over the Waconia Wildcats last Friday. The Spartan defense put the clamps on the Wildcats superb sophomore running back Maxwell McEnelly, holding him to 53 yards. It was his first game this season under 100 rushing yards. Orono has a double threat quarterback in Teddy Deters, who threw two touchdown passes to Noah Arneson and ran for one score. Defense has also played a key to the Spartans successful season, led by Joey Tilzer's 16 tackles last week and Bradley Walker and Nick Hartmann had 10 tackles apiece.
The key to the Orioles will be for Will Dvorak to try and solve the very tough Orono defense and give Walsh and the other receivers opportunities to put the ball in the end zone. They also need to get a better running game than last week as they got only 22 yards from Zeke Oppegaard.
The Spartans key to the game will be for Deters to have another balanced game on offense and the defense to play tough on Will Dvorak.
It will be a very bright weather picture this Saturday in Long Lake. Get your shorts out of storage for a noon kickoff.
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