St. Clair/Mankato Loyola Spartans: Nate’s Big Dogs of the Game

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA--</strong> We take a look at the St. Clair/Mankato Loyola Spartans from their Week 1 battle with Norwood Young America. Their production offensively and defensively was a tale of two halves, as their defense was able to slow down the Raiders offense to just one touchdown in the second half. Lets meet the Spartans standouts!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Lucas Loeffler","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'1u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2406","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"St. Clair/Mankato Loyola","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"I said it last night, I thought Spartans 2024 defensive linemen Lucas Loeffler was the meat-grinder in the trenches to their defense especially in the first half. He was consistently in on every play with the Raiders power rushing attack and did a solid job inside and had the range to get to the edges of the inside box. I liked watching the amount of power he had in his 6'1 220 pounds with his hands on tape, getting off his blocks to get to the ball. 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