Soccer fans in the Camden section of north Minneapolis can celebrate as the Minneapolis Patrick Henry Patriots got a goal from Ismael Montiel 1:53 into the game to lead them to a 1-0 win over the Groves Academy Griffins in the Section 5A Boys Soccer Play-in Game Monday night at Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park.
It was the first win of the season for the Patriots who came into section play 0-14-1. The tie came on September 2 when they tied Spectrum 1-1.
Montiel would come down the left side of the field and fire a shot past Griffin goalkeeper jack Lowe for what would be the only goal of the game. Ben Wright had a couple of chances to even the score in the second half, but Henry goalkeeper Eric Estrada saved both shots.
The Patriots improved their record to 1-14-1 and will face the top seeded Totino-Grace Eagles on Thursday, October 13 at 5 PM in Fridley. The Griffins end their season with a record of 5-9-1.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Saturday, October 8, 2016
SLP Orioles Conclude Regular Season With Loss to Buffalo Bison
Senior Day was a Saturday matinee for the St. Louis Park boys soccer team that was decided by Blake Habisch's game winning goal with 7:36 left in regulation time to lead the Buffalo Bison to a 1-0 over the host Orioles.
Neither team scored in the first half though St. Louis Park had an opportunity to take the lead but Ian Lockhart's shot bounced off the crossbar.
In the second half, it looked like there would be a scoreless tie that would force overtime. Not so for Buffalo as Spencer Lund dribbled the ball down the left side of the field and made a centering pass to Habisch and he sent the ball to the net.
The Orioles wore their orange jerseys instead of their regular home white uniforms to give the senior varsity and junior varsity players a chance to play in the regular season finale. The only underclass players who saw action were Nicholas Beaton, Zinedine Kroeten, Fabio Leyva, Abati Dedefo and Jacob Stillman.
The Bison conclude their regular season with a record of 9-4-2. They finish on a 7-0-1 run since losing to St.Cloud Tech September 19. The Orioles end their season 3-10-2. St. Louis Park has gone 0-5-1 since September 22 when they shut out the Cooper Hawks 2-0.
Neither team scored in the first half though St. Louis Park had an opportunity to take the lead but Ian Lockhart's shot bounced off the crossbar.
In the second half, it looked like there would be a scoreless tie that would force overtime. Not so for Buffalo as Spencer Lund dribbled the ball down the left side of the field and made a centering pass to Habisch and he sent the ball to the net.
The Orioles wore their orange jerseys instead of their regular home white uniforms to give the senior varsity and junior varsity players a chance to play in the regular season finale. The only underclass players who saw action were Nicholas Beaton, Zinedine Kroeten, Fabio Leyva, Abati Dedefo and Jacob Stillman.
The Bison conclude their regular season with a record of 9-4-2. They finish on a 7-0-1 run since losing to St.Cloud Tech September 19. The Orioles end their season 3-10-2. St. Louis Park has gone 0-5-1 since September 22 when they shut out the Cooper Hawks 2-0.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Irondale Knights Spoil SLP Orioles Homecoming
Things looked bright for the St. Louis Park Orioles in their Homecoming game Friday night but the Irondale Knights scored 19 straight second half points to win their first game of the season 32-14.
Irondale began the scoring in the first quarter on a two yard touchdown run from Deandre Clarke that was help by a pass interference penalty against St. Louis Park. The Knights would get the ball back on an interception from Joshua Netere that spotted the ball on the Orioles three yard line and Parker Freiberg parked the ball in the end zone from one yard to give Irondale a 13-0 lead.
St. Louis Park would erase the zero from their end of the scoreboard in the second quarter when quarterback Logan Romero scored on a two yard keeper. Romero would help the Orioles get their only lead of the game as he threw a 23 yard left side touchdown pass to Johnny Sorenson. The extra point was good and St. Louis Park led at halftime 14-13.
Could the Orioles be on their way to their first victory of 2016? The answer would be no as Brendan White threw two touchdown passes to give the Knights the lead. The first came on a fourth down and 10 play that resulted in a 22 yard touchdown pass to Aden Price. As for the second touchdown. White lofted a high right side pass to Sean Sutherlin and he scored from 27 yards to put Irondale ahead 25-14.
Freiberg would wrap up the scoring for the Knights in the fourth quarter as he went around left end and scored from one yard.
The 2016 Homecoming Court was presented at halftime with Devante Childress named Homecoming King and Bre Dickens Homecoming Queen.
Both Irondale and St. Louis Park return to action on Friday, October 14 at 5 PM. Irondale improved their record to 1-6 and will travel to New Hope to take on the Cooper Hawks. St. Louis Park fell to 0-6 and will face the Park Center Pirates in Brooklyn Park.
Irondale began the scoring in the first quarter on a two yard touchdown run from Deandre Clarke that was help by a pass interference penalty against St. Louis Park. The Knights would get the ball back on an interception from Joshua Netere that spotted the ball on the Orioles three yard line and Parker Freiberg parked the ball in the end zone from one yard to give Irondale a 13-0 lead.
St. Louis Park would erase the zero from their end of the scoreboard in the second quarter when quarterback Logan Romero scored on a two yard keeper. Romero would help the Orioles get their only lead of the game as he threw a 23 yard left side touchdown pass to Johnny Sorenson. The extra point was good and St. Louis Park led at halftime 14-13.
Could the Orioles be on their way to their first victory of 2016? The answer would be no as Brendan White threw two touchdown passes to give the Knights the lead. The first came on a fourth down and 10 play that resulted in a 22 yard touchdown pass to Aden Price. As for the second touchdown. White lofted a high right side pass to Sean Sutherlin and he scored from 27 yards to put Irondale ahead 25-14.
Freiberg would wrap up the scoring for the Knights in the fourth quarter as he went around left end and scored from one yard.
The 2016 Homecoming Court was presented at halftime with Devante Childress named Homecoming King and Bre Dickens Homecoming Queen.
Both Irondale and St. Louis Park return to action on Friday, October 14 at 5 PM. Irondale improved their record to 1-6 and will travel to New Hope to take on the Cooper Hawks. St. Louis Park fell to 0-6 and will face the Park Center Pirates in Brooklyn Park.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
A Rout and an Upset in SLP Soccer Battle
The "Battle of St. Louis Park" in soccer took place Thursday night as torrential rain pelted the Orioles home turf that had the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights beat the St. Louis Park Orioles in the boys game 4-1 and the Oriole girls pulling an upset on the No. 1 ranked in Class A Red Knights 2-0.
First up was the boys game as Luke Horton scored a hat trick to lead the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.
Horton, who is also a member of the Red Knights boys hockey team took three shots at the Oriole net in the first half. His first shot was saved by St. Louis Park goalkeeper Luis Sanchez, the second went wide right and the third hit the left goalpost. BSM got on the board when Nick Burns went along the left side and fired it into the goal. The fourth try would be the charm for Horton as his first goal put the Red Knights ahead by two with 2:30 to go in the first half.
There would be some good news for the Orioles in the second half as Jacob Stillman went through the center slot and scored to cut the Red Knight lead to one. But the good news would turn to bad for St. Louis Park as Horton scored the game's final two goals to clinch the win.
BSM improved their record to 6-6-3 and concludes their regular season as the host the Minneapolis Washburn Millers on saturday, October 8 at 7 PM. St. Louis Park fell to 3-9-3 and also wraps up their regular season on the 8th when they host the Buffalo Bison in a noon game.
It was "Monsoon Soccer" for the girls game as the rain came down pretty hard and the St. Louis Park Orioles got goals from Samantha Baer and Alex Balfour to upset the top ranked team in Class A the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights 2-0.
Baer would give the Orioles the early lead with the lone first half goal from the right side.
In the second half, St. Louis Park played strong defense to prevent BSM from sending the game into overtime. The Orioles would get an insurance goal from Balfour as the rain came down harder and harder.
The Orioles extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games and conclude their regular season with a 9-4-1 record. The Red Knights fell to 10-4-1 and host the Mahtomedi Zephyrs on Saturday, October 8 to end their regular season at 5 PM.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
It's Homecoming for SLP Orioles as They Face Winless Irondale Knights
The bleachers will be packed Friday night as the St. Louis Park Orioles, looking for their first win of the season play their annual Homecoming game against the Irondale Knights.
Last Friday, the Orioles faced their city rival the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights and lost their fifth straight game 38-22. All three St. Louis Park touchdowns were scored by Mykel Howard. He was the bright spot to the Oriole offense. The Red Knights did not get another near record setting game from their running back Ricky Floyd but he did score two touchdowns, including a 63 yard pass from Alex Houlihan. Floyd rushed for a game high 139 yards.
As for the Knights, they have an identical 0-5 record and almost got their first win of the season last week against the Armstrong Falcons. They were ahead at the end of the third quarter 14-10 and lost 18-14 on a two yard run by Isaiah Poster with :28 left in regulation time. Irondale is led by quarterback Brendan white who passed for 134 yards and rushed for 27.
The key to the game for St. Louis Park is to establish a running game. Last week against the Red Knights, their total rushing yardage was -25. A team cannot win a game with a huge deficit in rushing yardage and they do need to run the ball and get good blocking from their offensive line.
Irondale's key to the game is to get a good all around game from White and a solid defensive effort from Sergio Hernandez who had 12 tackles against Armstrong. It was his highest tackle total since the opening game on September 1 against the Waconia Wildcats.
Game time is 7 PM. Get there early because it's going to be crowded as either the Orioles or Knights will pick up their first win of 2016.
Last Friday, the Orioles faced their city rival the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights and lost their fifth straight game 38-22. All three St. Louis Park touchdowns were scored by Mykel Howard. He was the bright spot to the Oriole offense. The Red Knights did not get another near record setting game from their running back Ricky Floyd but he did score two touchdowns, including a 63 yard pass from Alex Houlihan. Floyd rushed for a game high 139 yards.
As for the Knights, they have an identical 0-5 record and almost got their first win of the season last week against the Armstrong Falcons. They were ahead at the end of the third quarter 14-10 and lost 18-14 on a two yard run by Isaiah Poster with :28 left in regulation time. Irondale is led by quarterback Brendan white who passed for 134 yards and rushed for 27.
The key to the game for St. Louis Park is to establish a running game. Last week against the Red Knights, their total rushing yardage was -25. A team cannot win a game with a huge deficit in rushing yardage and they do need to run the ball and get good blocking from their offensive line.
Irondale's key to the game is to get a good all around game from White and a solid defensive effort from Sergio Hernandez who had 12 tackles against Armstrong. It was his highest tackle total since the opening game on September 1 against the Waconia Wildcats.
Game time is 7 PM. Get there early because it's going to be crowded as either the Orioles or Knights will pick up their first win of 2016.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
ABC to Revive The Gong Show
Following in the success of Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid, Match Game and To Tell the Truth, ABC has another game show revival in the works that will be launched in 2017, The Gong Show.
Will Arnett, who starred in the sitcom The Millers will be the executive producer of the reboot of the bizarre talent show that was created and hosted by Chuck Barris. No word on who will be the new host.
The Gong Show made its debut back in June in 1976 on NBC. The original host was John Barbour, but he was fired after the pilot so instead of the network scrapping the show, Madeline David, who was the vice president of daytime programming for NBC suggested to Barris that he host the show himself because she felt he knew the concept the best and he was bad as the acts that appeared on the show.
On June 14, 1976, veteran announcer Johnny Jacobs intoned "From Hollywood, almost live. It's The Gong Show!" Then Barris would introduce the acts, who were judged by a panel of three celebrities. Frequently appearing on the panel were Jamie Farr, Arte Johnson, Jaye P. Morgan, Phyllis Diller and Anson Williams. One of the most unusual guest judges was Dodger Stadium peanut vendor Roger Owens. At the end of each show he was on, he would distribute peanuts to audience members. A lot of the acts were bizarre and terrible so if an act was really bad, a celebrity would hit a gong and that would be the end of the act. Barris would usually ask why the panelist gonged the act and the reply would be hilarious.
Also adding to the mayhem were The Unknown Comic and stagehand Gene Patton as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine. Occasionally, there would be Chuckie's Fables with The Mighty Gong Show Players.
In addition to the daytime version, there was also a nighttime syndicated version that was first hosted by Gary Owens and later by Barris. When Owens hosted, he would tell viewers "All acts know beforehand that they may be gonged."
Unfortunately, Twin Cities TV viewers did not see the first six months of The Gong Show because KSTP-TV, the NBC affiliate at that time was committed to a local talk show with Steve Edelman and Sharon Anderson titled Twin Cities Today. When NBC moved The Gong Show to 3 PM in January 1977, the station did air The Gong Show, even when the network moved the show back to its original time period in December of that year.
The Gong Show was cancelled on July 21, 1978 after two seasons to make room for a new alternative to soap operas and game shows, a talk show titled America Alive. But there would be three attempts to revive the show. The first was in 1988 with former KDWB disc jockey True Don Bleu as the host. It only lasted a season. Game Show Network revived the show under the title Extreme Gong. It was another one season run. The last attempt was on Comedy Central with comedian Dave Atell hosting. It had the shortest run of the revivals, lasting only eight episodes.
Can the new version of The Gong Show be another prime time game show hit for ABC? Wait until next year.
Will Arnett, who starred in the sitcom The Millers will be the executive producer of the reboot of the bizarre talent show that was created and hosted by Chuck Barris. No word on who will be the new host.
The Gong Show made its debut back in June in 1976 on NBC. The original host was John Barbour, but he was fired after the pilot so instead of the network scrapping the show, Madeline David, who was the vice president of daytime programming for NBC suggested to Barris that he host the show himself because she felt he knew the concept the best and he was bad as the acts that appeared on the show.
On June 14, 1976, veteran announcer Johnny Jacobs intoned "From Hollywood, almost live. It's The Gong Show!" Then Barris would introduce the acts, who were judged by a panel of three celebrities. Frequently appearing on the panel were Jamie Farr, Arte Johnson, Jaye P. Morgan, Phyllis Diller and Anson Williams. One of the most unusual guest judges was Dodger Stadium peanut vendor Roger Owens. At the end of each show he was on, he would distribute peanuts to audience members. A lot of the acts were bizarre and terrible so if an act was really bad, a celebrity would hit a gong and that would be the end of the act. Barris would usually ask why the panelist gonged the act and the reply would be hilarious.
Also adding to the mayhem were The Unknown Comic and stagehand Gene Patton as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine. Occasionally, there would be Chuckie's Fables with The Mighty Gong Show Players.
In addition to the daytime version, there was also a nighttime syndicated version that was first hosted by Gary Owens and later by Barris. When Owens hosted, he would tell viewers "All acts know beforehand that they may be gonged."
Unfortunately, Twin Cities TV viewers did not see the first six months of The Gong Show because KSTP-TV, the NBC affiliate at that time was committed to a local talk show with Steve Edelman and Sharon Anderson titled Twin Cities Today. When NBC moved The Gong Show to 3 PM in January 1977, the station did air The Gong Show, even when the network moved the show back to its original time period in December of that year.
The Gong Show was cancelled on July 21, 1978 after two seasons to make room for a new alternative to soap operas and game shows, a talk show titled America Alive. But there would be three attempts to revive the show. The first was in 1988 with former KDWB disc jockey True Don Bleu as the host. It only lasted a season. Game Show Network revived the show under the title Extreme Gong. It was another one season run. The last attempt was on Comedy Central with comedian Dave Atell hosting. It had the shortest run of the revivals, lasting only eight episodes.
Can the new version of The Gong Show be another prime time game show hit for ABC? Wait until next year.
Sunday, October 2, 2016
London Key to East Ridge Raptors Success
He wears number 28 like current Viking Adrian Peterson and he's one of Minnesota's top high school running backs who is part of the East Ridge Raptors football success.
Though he missed most of the game due to a sprained ankle, Dominik London took time after the Raptors 21-7 Homecoming win over the Cretin-Derham Hall raiders for an interview.
Last season, London was one of the key components to East Ridge's first trip to the Class AAAAAA championship game, losing to the Osseo Orioles. London described what it was like to play in the Prep Bowl.
"Playing in the Prep Bowl is amazing and I hope to go back there again"
This season, after two years at TCF Bank Stadium, the Prep Bowl is moving back inside to the new home of the Vikings, US Bank Stadium. London mentioned about the Raptors chances of playing at the new stadium. "That's going to be great. I don't like to talk about the future. We take it practice by practice every week."
This season, the Raptors are 4-1 and were ranked seventh in Class 6A. London mentioned how this year's team is different from last year's state finalist. "I think we came back even stronger. Last year was amazing."
One of the keys to this year's team is London's backfield mate AJ Tittle, who picked up the slack after London was injured. "I knew he could get the job done," London said. He also said that Tittle has amazing speed.
On the defensive side of the football, there are a number of outstanding players such as Will Walker and Marques Haskins. London commented on the East Ridge defense. "We have a lot of key components to the defense. Our defense is stronger than last year."
Next season, London will be wearing maroon and gold since he will be playing for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. "I love Minnesota. It felt like the right decision to do it."
One of London's teammates will also be playing for the Gophers, kicker Grant Ryerse. "He's a great player and I love him," London said.
The interview concluded with London giving high marks for East Ridge head coach Dan Fritze. "He's been a great coach to me. I couldn't ask for a better coach."
Can Fritze and London lead the Raptors to another trip to the state tournament?
Though he missed most of the game due to a sprained ankle, Dominik London took time after the Raptors 21-7 Homecoming win over the Cretin-Derham Hall raiders for an interview.
Last season, London was one of the key components to East Ridge's first trip to the Class AAAAAA championship game, losing to the Osseo Orioles. London described what it was like to play in the Prep Bowl.
"Playing in the Prep Bowl is amazing and I hope to go back there again"
This season, after two years at TCF Bank Stadium, the Prep Bowl is moving back inside to the new home of the Vikings, US Bank Stadium. London mentioned about the Raptors chances of playing at the new stadium. "That's going to be great. I don't like to talk about the future. We take it practice by practice every week."
This season, the Raptors are 4-1 and were ranked seventh in Class 6A. London mentioned how this year's team is different from last year's state finalist. "I think we came back even stronger. Last year was amazing."
One of the keys to this year's team is London's backfield mate AJ Tittle, who picked up the slack after London was injured. "I knew he could get the job done," London said. He also said that Tittle has amazing speed.
On the defensive side of the football, there are a number of outstanding players such as Will Walker and Marques Haskins. London commented on the East Ridge defense. "We have a lot of key components to the defense. Our defense is stronger than last year."
Next season, London will be wearing maroon and gold since he will be playing for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. "I love Minnesota. It felt like the right decision to do it."
One of London's teammates will also be playing for the Gophers, kicker Grant Ryerse. "He's a great player and I love him," London said.
The interview concluded with London giving high marks for East Ridge head coach Dan Fritze. "He's been a great coach to me. I couldn't ask for a better coach."
Can Fritze and London lead the Raptors to another trip to the state tournament?
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