Football: East Ridge holds on to beat Andover in Class 6A playoffs

Cedric Tomes did just about everything he could to lift East Ridge to a - mastery over Andover in the first round of the Class A playoffs on Friday night at the Raptor s Nest in Woodbury The senior quarterback who is headed to the University of Minnesota to play basketball rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another as the Raptors - a No seed advanced to face Maple Grove a No seed in the second round next Friday The Crimson rolled past Eastview a No seed - on Friday to advance The Huskies a No seed finished their season - overall East Ridge turned the ball over on downs at the Andover -yard line on the challenge s opening drive and history looked like it might repeat itself on possession No when a false start call brought up th-and- at the Huskies Instead Tomes fired a pass over the middle and connected with junior wide receiver Akeed Ali in the end zone After converting a -point try East Ridge led - with to play in the first quarter The Raptors expanded that margin to - when Tomes scored on a -yard run to cap a lengthy drive kept alive on a roughing-the-punter call on the Huskies on th-and- at the East Ridge Tomes and company then faced a th-and- at the Andover but he connected with Ali on an -yard catch for another first down East Ridge struck again late in the first half when a -yard pass from Tomes to Ali set up a -yard quarterback sneak The touchdown put the Raptors on top - with seconds to play before halftime But the Huskies were far from finished running almost six-and-a-half minutes off the clock to tally on a -yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Joseph Mapson on the opening drive of the second half Then after a Raptors fumble on the opening play of their next drive Andover got the ball back at the East Ridge Mapson scored again on an -yard run to cut the gap to - with remaining in the third quarter But Tomes answered right back leading his crew yards on its next possession to amount on a -yard run with left in the fourth Andover scored again on an -yard pass from Mapson to senior Aidan Wiegert with remaining But the two-point conversion attempt failed and East Ridge recovered the ensuing onside attempt at midfield Related Articles High school football Woodbury stops -point try in final seconds holds off Eagan State tennis Hill-Murray tandem wins doubles title State soccer roundup Simley reaches Class A semis Central falls to Edina Boys soccer Maple Grove beats Eagan in two overtimes in Class A quarterfinal Girls soccer Stella Triplett sends Eagan back to Class A semifinals