You can tune in to the football game coverage between B-B-E and Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity at the Smooth Magic 107 website: http://www.kmgk1071.com
Kickoff is at 7:00 on Saturday night in Lester Prairie. No parking is available in the east end zone at Lester Prairie's high school stadium; the road past that area is still closed. The east end zone will be the site of a potluck picnic before the game. Utensils and water will be provided, and folks are asked to bring a dish to share. Everyone is welcome!
For those who can mapquest it or have GPS, the Lester Prairie High School is located at 131 Hickory Street North. It is a K-12 campus that houses around 400 students. They graduate an average of 31 students a year. Like B-B-E, they have two licensed administrators, an elementary principal and a high school principal/superintendent.
The 9th-ranked LP/HT Bulldogs (7-1) earned the Gopher Valley A Conference tri-championship. The Bulldogs tied the Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms and Le Centre Wildcats for first place in the league with a 5-1 record. LP/HT was not ranked in any of the regular season polls, but in the Oct. 24 poll released on the eve of section playoffs, they earned the #9-ranking in Class A. In week four, Blooming Prairie lost a shootout with Le Centre 40-35 for their only loss of the season. Blooming Prairie defeated LP/HT in week three 49-28. To see LP/HT dismantling Le Centre in week eight by a 33-12 shows a couple of things: (1) Le Centre has really tapered off entering playoffs and (2) LP/HT takes a red-hot level of momentum into the post-season. Also noteworthy: Royalton was ranked #17 in that Oct. 24 state rankings poll.
In LP/HT's win at Le Centre, sophomore quarterback Alex Heigl accounted for five touchdowns (four rushing and one passing) as the Bulldogs featured a dominant passing attack in the first half and a bruising running game in the second in their regular season finale.
Heigl took the reins as the Bulldogs' quarterback last year when their starting quarterback went down a few games into the season with an injury. The team had a disappointing finish after Heigl took over. He said their road to redemption started early.
“During the offseason, we worked so hard,” he was quoted as saying in a newspaper article. “All of us on the field tonight, we worked so hard over the offseason. Camps, weightlifting, sprinting, everything. We just wanted to win.”
As a quarterback, Heigl took extra time out of his summer in order to prepare.
“I went to a lot of football camps. Just really improved my throwing,” he said.
Against Le Centre, Heigl completed 9 of 13 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown. All nine of Hiegl’s completions were to fellow sophomore Nick Machemehl. Sam Scoblic led the Bulldogs with 149 rushing yards on 22 attempts. Scoblic is a "sledgehammer of a running back" who combines power with deceptive speed.
Below, the first touchdown is scored by B-B-E in the 2nd quarter at Royalton...
Click at the following link to see a photo gallery with 145 photos from last night's volleyball playoff opener:
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