With stars all around, punts make difference in All-Star Game

Blaine's Eric Kline of the North put the boot to the South on a day when a new format and location at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium seemed to satisfy all.

June 28, 2011 at 3:46PM
38th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game at TCF Bank Stadium. (left to right) North's Brandon Anderson of Sartell gave chase as South's Josh Vaughan of Bloomington Kennedy ran for a 49 yard gain. South would later score on the drive.
North’s Brandon Anderson of Sartell gave chase as South’s Josh Vaughan of Bloomington Kennedy ran for a 49-yard gain. South scored on the drive, but North won 17-7. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Almost 100 of the top recently graduated prep football players took the field Saturday night for the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game at TCF Bank Stadium, bent on one last high school hurrah before scattering to colleges across the Midwest.

The talent level on the field was enough, it was hoped, to offset the minimal preparation time. The teams -- 45 players on each, representing the North and the South -- had scant time to find out their teammates' names, much less learn an offensive system.

Read more on the Minnesota Football Hub, a joint venture between the Star Tribune and TST Media dedicated to high school football coverage in the state of Minnesota.

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