Simley Rolls Over the Polars of North St. Paul

<span class="mceItemHidden">This past Friday I took my talents to Spartan Stadium to watch the North St. Paul Polars (0-2) take on the undefeated Simley Spartans (2-0).</span> <span class="mceItemHidden">The rushing attack from Simley got going with RB </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Hope Adebayo</span></strong><span class="mceItemHidden"> with a 3-yard rush to put the Spartans up 7-0 over the Polars early in the 1</span>^st<span class="mceItemHidden"> quarter. After a Polars turnover, QB </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Shane Prifrel</span></strong><span class="mceItemHidden"> found Adebayo for a 25-yard pass for a touchdown to add to the lead for the Spartans. Another running back got in the end zone for the Spartans, and that was </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Jamonte Franklin </span></strong><span class="mceItemHidden">which would end the first quarter at Simley with a 21-0 lead for Simley.</span> As if the Spartans couldn’t add another back, to start the 2^nd quarter RB <strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Landon DuVal </span></strong><span class="mceItemHidden">punched in a 1-yard run for a touchdown after some impressive runs.  After 5 minutes of some back and forth, Simley got the ball and QB </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Shane Prifrel</span></strong> connected with what I thought was the best catch of the night, to WR <strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Nolan Wanzek </span></strong>who made a nice grab in the end zone which put the Spartans up 35-0 with 6 minutes to go in the 2^nd quarter. That would be the score into halftime. <span class="mceItemHidden">Polars QB </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Ben Teigland </span></strong>struggled finding his receivers in the first half but got into a slight grove in the 2^nd half. His best targets were WR<strong><span class="mceItemHidden"> Brendan Lankford-Johnson</span></strong>, TE <strong>Jacob Lindberg </strong>and WR <strong>Casanova Edwards.</strong> The second half saw a big 43 yard run by backup Spartans QB <strong>Justin Warrick </strong><span class="mceItemHidden">who ran it down to the Polars 2 yard line but unfortunately fumbled to get a Polars turnover. The 3</span>^rd quarter was defensive battle, as neither team scored at all until the 4th quarter. The 4^th quarter started with a spark from the Spartans, when QB <strong>Justin Warrick </strong>found WR <strong>Crist Pugh </strong><span class="mceItemHidden">for a 7 yard touchdown. Polars QB </span><strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Ben Teigland </span></strong>struggled finding his receivers in the first half, but got into a slight grove in the 2^nd half. His best targets were WR<strong><span class="mceItemHidden"> Brendan Lankford-Johnson</span></strong>, TE <strong>Jacob Lindberg </strong>and WR <strong>Casanova Edwards. </strong><span class="mceItemHidden">Edwards was able to get 2 big catches for over 60 yards all on one drive for the Polars late in the 4</span>^th<span class="mceItemHidden"> quarter. The Polars would go for it on 4</span>^th<span class="mceItemHidden"> down on that drive and were not able to convert. Final score from Inver Grove Heights, Simley: 42, North St. Paul: 0. </span> <span class="mceItemHidden">Simley (3-0) will stay at home next week to take on Hill-Murray. North St. Paul will go home and play a non-conference game against Minneapolis DeLaSalle.</span> [caption id="attachment_12354" align="alignnone" width="166"] End of game score between Simley/North St. Paul. Credit: Nate Wahl[/caption] <span class="mceItemHidden">Be on the lookout for Nate’s Big Dogs of the Week this weekend for this game!</span>