St. Paul Como Park hosted Moose Lake/Willow River in a boys’ high school football contest. The game was played at St. Paul Central High School because it is one of the two football fields that the St. Paul City Conference uses.
Moose Lake-Willow River came into the game with a 3-0 record and was ranked #4 in class 2A according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. St. Paul Como Park came in with a record of 2-1 and was unranked.
In a wet and soggy evening Moose Lake-Willow kicked off to Como Park to begin the game. Como Park started with the ball on their 20-yard line. Como started in a shotgun possession. The quarterback was about five yards behind the center. Brandon Langer looked to get the ball into his hands.
On Como’s first drive penalties hurt them in the early goings.
Como Park looked to keep the ball on the ground. Moose Lake/Willow River was able to contain Como Park on the first drive and they had to punt the ball without getting a first down.
Moose Lake-Willow River found Chris Gassert and he found a hole and was dragged down to the five-yard line. Holden Olson scored a touchdown for Moose Lake-Willow River with 7:32 left in the first quarter. The extra point attempt was good.
With 7:32 left in the first quarter the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 7 and Como Park 0.
Como Park wanted to keep the ball on the ground for most of the first quarter. They were looking for the short 3-6 yard drives from their running backs. Como Park tried a fake punt and it worked as they were able to get a first down with 5:10 left in the first quarter.
Como Park’s Gabe Coleman had a couple of nice drives. He was able to keep his footing on the turf that was wet because of rain.
Moose Lake-Willow River was successful running the ball in the first quarter. Their running backs were a little quicker than the Como Park defensive backs.
At the end of the first quarter the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 7 and Como Park 0.
Como Park got the ball to begin the second quarter. They were tackled for a big loss on the first play of the quarter. They had to punt the ball to Moose Lake-Willow River on fourth down and 31 to go.
Moose Lake-Willow River used some trick plays as they were able to throw Como Park off. The Como Park defense was unaware what player on Moose Lake-Willow River had the football a few times in the first half. That allowed Moose Lake-Willow River to find the holes in the Como Park defense. With 7:29 left in the second quarter Jacob Disterhaupt for Moose Lake-Willow River did just that, as he was able to score a touchdown. The extra point attempt was good.
With 7:29 left in the second quarter the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 14 and Como Park 0.
Como Park got the ball back after the Moose Lake-Willow River touchdown. Como Park was not able to convert on third down so they had to punt the ball back to Moose Lake0Willow River.
Moose Lake-Willow River kept the ground attack alive late in the quarter. They were successful on getting first downs on the ground in the first half. Moose Lake-Willow River fumbled the ball with 2:40 left in the second quarter and Como Park came up with the ball.
Como looked to get the ball into the end zone. They wanted to score a touchdown before the quarter was over. They punted the ball back to Moose Lake-Willow River.
Holden Olson the Moose Lake-Willow River running back got the ball late in the quarter. They wanted to make one last run towards the end zone to end the second quarter.
At halftime the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 14 and Como Park 0.
Como Park kicked off to Moose Lake-Willow River to begin the third quarter. Moose Lake-Willow River continued to pound the ball on the ground throughout quarter. They were not able to convert on third down and kicked the ball back to Como Park. Como Park fumbled the ball with 7:13 left in the third quarter and Moose Lake-Willow River got the ball back.
Como Park was able to gain a first down while running with the ball late in the third quarter. Como Park wanted to use the run game to their advantage late in the quarter.
Moose Lake-Willow River had a few unexpected turnovers late in the third quarter. That was mostly due to the wet raining field conditions.
At the end of the third quarter the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 14 and Como Park 0.
Como Park got the ball to begin the fourth quarter. They continued to keep the ball on the ground.
With 10:52 remaining in the fourth quarter Tarrance Williams scored a touchdown on a short running play. The extra point attempt was good.
With 10:52 left in the fourth quarter the score was Moose Lake-Willow River 14 and Como Park 7.
Moose Lake-Willow River looked to drive the ball down the field after the Como Park touchdown. The Como Park defense stepped up big as they were able to get to the quarterback and was sacked a few times in the fourth quarter.
Como Park was picked off with 3:47 left in the contest. Moose Lake-Willow River got the on the 17 yard line.
Moose Lake-Willow River kicked a field goal with 40.9 second left in the game.
Moose Lake-Willow River came away with the 17-7 victory over St. Paul Como Park.
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