31 August 2024
Woodbury 13, Roseville 10: Roseville — who won one game a year ago and is in the midst of a rebuild in Year 2 under Andy Stephenson — took a 10-0 lead into the half on Friday off a scoring run from Sahmahjah Kelton and a field goal from Alejandro Ramos.
But the Royals responded in the second half with a pair of Emmett Snuggerud passing touchdowns; one to Dominic Ebensteiner and the go-ahead, 9-yard strike to Nolan Freymiller midway through the fourth quarter.
St. Croix Lutheran 16, South St. Paul 10: Matthew Beekman had a big night Friday for the Crusaders, striking a 41-yard field goal through the uprights in the first quarter to put his team up 3-0 and then — with St. Croix Lutheran leading 9-7 in the fourth — reeling in a 77-yard touchdown pass from Colin Avery to build the extend the lead to a two-score game.
Aiden Kraft scored the Packers’ lone touchdown in the third quarter — a 5-yard run.
St. Agnes 54, Twin Cities Charter 0: Bennett Bamsey and Joshua Lopez each tallied a pair of rushing touchdowns on a night when six different Aggies found pay dirt.
St. Agnes led 42-0 at the half.
Brainerd 42, Mahtomedi 7: Ty Nelson and Jaden Barnum each had a pair of rushing touchdowns for the Warriors, who convincingly downed Mahtomedi in the opener for the second consecutive season.
The Zephyrs’ only score came late in the third, when Connor Finn hit Joey Pipes for a 5-yard touchdown.
Bloomington Kennedy 33, Central 28: Central quarterback Allan Lankfard ran in three scores, but it wasn’t enough to dig the Minutemen out of a 20-6 halftime deficit.
Ladu Loro had three rushing touchdowns for the Eagles, while Malik Johnson threw for two scores.
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