metro roundup
Rogers' Bloom gains 348 yards rushing in 12 tries
• ROGERS 41, BIG LAKE 24: Gunnar Bloom rushed for 348 yards — in just 12 carries — and scored four TDs to help the Royals, ranked No. 4 in Class 5A, rally for the victory. Big Lake led 10-0 in the second quarter before the Royals, who rushed for 501 yards, scored 41 unanswered points.
• MAPLE GROVE 49, COON RAPIDS 14: The Crimson, ranked No. 2 in the Star Tribune Metro Top 10, built a 42-0 halftime lead en route to the victory over the Cardinals. Clark Wieneke rushed for 149 yards and two TDs, and Isaac Curtis returned an interception 99 yards for a TD in the first half.
• EAST RIDGE 28, STILLWATER 15: Austin Kamrath rushed for two TDs to help East Ridge, ranked No. 3 in the Metro Top 10, hold off the Ponies. Stillwater pulled within 21-15 with 5:27 remaining on a 21-yard FG by Carter Styrbicki. But East Ridge's Seth Green threw a 33-yard TD pass to Kjetil Cline in the final minute to clinch the victory.
• LAKEVILLE NORTH 24, EAGAN 0: The Panthers, ranked No. 4 in the Metro Top 10, limited Eagan to five first downs and 83 yards and Jamiah Newell rushed for 126 yards and a TD for the Panthers.
• ROSEMOUNT 61, BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON 14: Jackson Erdmann threw two TD passes and Dimitri Williams rushed for two TDs to highlight the victory for the Irish, ranked No. 6 in the Metro Top 10.
• OSSEO 44, ELK RIVER 21: Matt Miedtke threw three TD passes and Prince Krauh rushed for two TDs to lead the Orioles, ranked No. 7 in the Metro Top 10, past the Elks.
• ROSEVILLE 47, FOREST LAKE 13: Andrew Colvard recovered a fumble for a TD, returned a kickoff 90 yards and had an interception to lead the Raiders, ranked No. 10 in the Metro Top 10. The Raiders rushed for 313 yards.
• BECKER 49, ST. CLOUD CATHEDRAL 28: Austen Soare rushed for 179 yards and two TDs to fuel the Bulldogs' victory. Soare's 74-yard TD run on the first play of the second half gave Becker, ranked No. 5 in Class 4A, a 34-8 lead.