Minneapolis North tops Johnson to win Twin Cities football title game

The lights for Johnson s football field were definitively operational Wednesday morning only hours before kickoff against visiting Minneapolis North in the reborn Twin Cities championship battle The original hope was such illumination would be ready for the season s start but at least the Governors dozen seniors got to play a home tournament at night Sadly for Johnson that brightness fell upon a - loss J Marion Sanders caught six passes for yards and four touchdowns The Polars Jeremiah Jackson had three receptions for yards and a touchdown and quarterback Logan Lachermeier completed of passes for yards and five touchdowns and had two tosses intercepted Minneapolis North s Tyshone Jenkins ran times for yards and a touchdown Teammate Tavin Stoll carried three times for yards and a figure The Polars led - after a quarter and - at halftime It was - following the third stanza and onlookers wondered if the final quarter would be contested following a half-hour delay to tend to an injured Johnson athlete who was taken away by ambulance North scored its final touchdown upon the resumption of play and improved to - Johnson fell to - its best record under fourth-year head coach Richard Magembe who inherited a band that had gone - the year before his arrival The Governors now await their seed for the Class A Section tournament We had a solid encounter plan but we didn t execute the way we needed to revealed Magembe whose club lost at Minneapolis North - on Sept The Governors were unsure at times what plays or defenses to run Magembe commented that with those outgoing seniors leaving behind only other players he was trying to get underclassmen certain tournament action We have to try and work in younger guys as much as realizable he reported But with youth comes inexperience and with inexperience comes mistakes Sometimes you re not sure or confident about what you re doing but those are the growing pains for a scheme like ours Magembe reported there was no question in his mind about resuming play after the ambulance departed and stricken relatives of the sportsman inside it drifted off the field An injury can t scare you from finishing a challenge the coach declared You can t send that message to the kids and have them play fearful because that s a disservice It s a part of the contest and I m proud of our boys for finishing Johnson managed yards rushing and senior quarterback Ali Farfan completed of passes for yards Two of his attempts were intercepted Senior receiver Anthony Stevenson had four receptions for yards Notes North s previous encounter was a forfeit win Prior to that date Lachermeirer led the state with passing yards and touchdowns He s the son of former Bethel University quarterback Tom Lachermeier the Polars offensive coordinator and a social studies educator at their school Johnson s worn turf field is scheduled for replacement next season The Governors logo of a top-hatted gentleman wearing a monocle is virtually identical to that of Austin Peay University in Clarksville Tenn which shares the same nickname The documentary Boys in Blue which aired on the Showtime channel followed the North venture and its longtime coach Charles Adams III who became the Minnesota Twins director of safety after years as a Minneapolis police officer Related Articles Rosemount gets up early holds on late to edge Lakeville South and earn No seed Woodbury tops rival East Ridge likely secures No seed in Class A playoffs St Thomas Academy delivers comment win over Mahtomedi in regular season finale High School Football picks for Rosemount-Lakeville South Woodbury-East Ridge and more High school football Mahtomedi holds off Cretin-Derham Hall