What a headline: “It’s Too Easy For EP”. And boy, was it ever.
The photo kind of gives it away, but for those of you who don’t already know, Eden Prairie High School wrapped up the Minnesota 5A football state championship on Friday night with a very convincing win over the second best team in the state, Cretin-Derham Hall, by the score of 50-21. If you missed the game, read John Millea’s account of it in the Saturday, November 24 edition of the Star Tribune at this link: Eden Prairie 50, Cretin-Derham Hall 21.
I was at the game. I missed the opening five minutes of the game because while I arrived 30 minutes before game time, there weren’t enough ticketing windows open causing long lines of fans outside the stadium. That was more than a wee bit frustrating for those of us in line, let me tell you. When I finally got in the score was 7-7 and I thought that maybe Cretin was going to give Eden Prairie a game.
And they did give us a game, for a quarter. But then EP turned it on in the second quarter and it was over from there. EP scored every time they had the ball recording 30 first downs in a game that is only 48 minutes long. The Eagles completely dominated Cretin in the second half keeping their exciting offense on the sidelines by grinding out long drives on the ground and consuming the clock. It must have been frustrating for Cretin and their fans to watch. Had to be.
Congratulations to the Eden Prairie Eagles for the big win! That’s two years in a row. They ended the 2007 football season ranked #1 in the state of Minnesota and #25 nationally by Rivals.com…and that was before the win over Cretin-Derham Hall in the championship game. Can they make it three in a row next year? Who knows, but the start of the 2008 high school football season is less than 300 days away…..and counting.
