OSSEO TOOK ON CENTENNIAL IN A FOOTBALL GAME

In my first game of the 2011 Minnesota high school football season, I headed north on interstate 35W to Centennial High School. They met Osseo for a football game.

Osseo kicked off to Centennial to open up the 2011 high school football season. This was the first game for either team.

Centennial got the ball to open the game. Centennial used both the air and the running game early on. They wanted to keep Osseo thinking when Centennial was on offense.

Centennial got the ball into the hands of Michael Diggins. Diggins was able to get come big yardage and get a first down.

Centennial took a timeout with 8:53 with the score tied at 0.

Osseo was able to get to the Centennial quarterback Evan Ostergren early and often in the first quarter.

Centennial was able to chew up a lot of time and yards on their first drive of the game. Centennial attempted a field goal with 3:00 left in the first quarter. The field goal was good.

With 3:00 left in the first quarter the score was Centennial 3 and Osseo 0.

Osseo got the ball for the first time in the game with 2:58 left in the first quarter.

Osseo was able to get the ball into the hands of DJ Hebert. Hebert got the ball out of his hands early in the pocket. He was able to find his receivers. Hebert fumbled the ball with 9.5 seconds left in the first quarter and Centennial took over on their own 15 yard line.

Centennial got the ball back and they looked to get the ball into the end zone late in the first quarter.

After the first quarter the score was Centennial 3 and Osseo 0.

Centennial got the ball to start the second quarter. Osseo was able to blitz well though out the first half. They didn't have any problem getting to the Centennial quarterback. Centennial had to punt the ball back to Osseo with 9:37 left in the second quarter.

Osseo got the ball on the Centennial 23 yard line. Osseo was able to get into the endzone. Brigde Tusler scored a touchdown with 8:39 left in the second quarter. Alex Enrnisse scored the extra point. With 8:39 left in the scored quarter the score was Osseo 7 and Centennial 3.

Centennial got the ball back after the Osseo touchdown. Centennial kept the ball on the ground as they worked on their ground game. They thought that they were a little quicker then Osseo. Centennial was not able to get a first down and they had to punt the ball to Osseo.

Osseo continued pound the ball on the ground. Osseo looked at many different ways of getting the ball down the field.

DJ Hebert kept the ball late in the half. He was able to get some major yardage. He got the ball to the five yard line. And then scored a touchdown on a five yard run. Bridge Tusler two point conversion run was good. With 1:35 left in the second quarter the score was Osseo 15 and Centennial 3.

Centennial tied the game as Josh Dewit scored a touchdown with no time on the clock the extra point attempt was good.

In a wild first half where Centennial chewed a lot of time off the clock, the score at halftime was Osseo 15 and Centennial 3.

Centennial kicked off to Osseo to start the third quarter. Osseo had a lot of trouble with a lot of mistakes on their first drive in the quarter. They had to punt the ball back to Centennial with 10:20 in the third quarter.

Centennial continued to use both the air attack and the ground attack throughout the third quarter. They were able to pin Osseo deep in their territory.

Osseo had trouble holding on to the ball. Centennial got the ball back with 7:55 left in the third quarter. Centennial threatened to score midway through the third quarter.

Ben LaMear scored a touchdown with 7:04 left in the third quarter for Centennial. The extra point was not good. With 7:04 left in the third quarter the score was Centennial 16 and Osseo 15.

Osseo got the ball back after the Centennial touchdown.

Osseo continued to look to get the ball into DJ Hebert's hands. Hebert was all over the field. He knew where his teammates were and was able to get the ball to them if he got into trouble.

Centennial got the ball back and Josh DeWitt came up with a big catch for Centennial. He was able to get them into the red zone.

Osseo stepped up on the defensive end. They were able to get to the Centennial quarterback and made them had to put the ball back to Osseo.

Osseo got the ball back with 1:40 left in the third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter the score was Centennial 16 and Osseo 15.

Osseo got the ball to start the fourth quarter. They continued to keep the ball on the ground. Osseo looked to score with about 9 minutes left in regulation.

Bridge Tuler scored a touchdown with 9:02 left in regulation. The two point conversion was not good.

With 9:02 left in regulation the score was Osseo 21 and Centennial 16.

Centennial got the ball back after the Osseo touchdown.

Centennial went deep and was able to get deep into Osseo territory. They looked to score again midway through the fourth quarter.

Centennial threatened to score with 6:00 left in regulation. Centennial went to a hurry up offense. Ben LaMere scored a touchdown with 5:20 left in regulation. The two point conversion was good.

With 5:20 left in regulation the score was Centennial 24 and Osseo 21.

Osseo's Tim Searcy ran the kickoff back for a touchdown on the next play. The extra point attempt was good.

With 5:06 left in regulation the score was Osseo 28 and Centennial 24.

Osseo kicked the ball back to Centennial after the touchdown.

Ben Lemear scored a touchdown with 3:42 left in regulation for Centennial. The extra point attempt was good. With 3:42 left in regulation the score was Centennial 31 and Osseo 28.

Tim Searcy scored a touchdown for Osseo with 3:03 left in regulation. The extra point attempt was good. With 3:03 left in regulation the score was Osseo 35 and Centennial 31.

Centennial got the ball back after the touchdown. They got the ball deep in their zone. Centennial continued to look to the end zone late in the contest.

Centennial did find the end zone, Ben LaMere came up with a touchdown reception with 1:05 left in regulation. The extra point attempt was no good.

With 1:05 left in regulation the score was Centennial 37 and Osseo 35.

Centennial kicked off to Osseo after the touch down. Osseo was not able to do any thing with the ball on the final drive.

In a wild game Centennial came away with the 37-35 victory over Osseo. I thought that both teams played well in a very wild and fun game.

After the game I was able to talk to Centennial head coach Mike Diggins about the victory. He thought that even though his team is young and inexperienced his team stepped up when they hand to. He though that Ben LeMere played one of the best games that he was seen some one play.