Welcome to Week Six of the high school football season and it's time for another episode of Two Hot Teams. In this week's episode, a pair of 4-1 teams will battle in Richfield this Friday night as the St. Louis Park Orioles take on the Holy Angels Stars.
Last Friday, the Orioles, thanks to a missed game winning field goal by Jack Kalman, won their fourth straight game 22-21 over the Orono Spartans. Quarterback Will Dvorak completed 10 of 13 passes for 154 yards and added 47 on six runs. He threw a 33 yard touchdown pass to Stefano Giovannelli and a 50 yard strike to Stanley Regguinti that he took to the end zone. Deontez Ross Jr rushed 18 times for 75 yards and accounted for a touchdown. On the defensive side, Zach Helfmann matched his uniform number with 15 tackles.
Looking at Holy Angels. You'll need only two words to describe the Stars offense. Emmett Johnson. Last Friday, in a 35-3 rout against the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights, he rushed for 222 yards and four touchdowns. In five games this season, the senior has rushed for 1,037 yards and made 19 trips to the end zone. Johnson's season high was 360 yards and five touchdowns on September 17 against the South St. Paul Packers. PJ Fleck, are you taking notice? Your Gophers could use him in the backfield next season. But the Holy Angels offense is more than Johnson. Quarterback Aaron Boarman has also added to the Stars rushing attack with a season high of 82 yards against Cooper. Ryan Bercich was the key to the Stars defense last week with 11 tackles.
The key to the game for the Orioles is for the defense to slow down Johnson and for Dvorak to continue to find Giovannelli downfield.
The key to the game for the Stars is for Johnson to continue his offensive momentum and beat the St. Louis Park defense and for Boarman to utilize the passing game to test the Oriole defense.
Friday's weather picture looks promising with the high temperature in the upper 70s. If you plan to make the trip to Richfield, you might want to bring a jacket in case the weather cools down. as usual, game time is 7 PM.
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