Football Friday: Prior Lake vs. Burnsville

Prior Lake (1-2, 1-1 South Suburban Conference) vs. Burnsville (1-2, 1-2 South Suburban Conference)

PLAYMAKERS

-- Nick Rooney (Prior Lake - quarterback)

The sophomore was 10 of 22 for 111 yards in last week’s loss to Rosemount, and is getting more comfortable each week.

-- Matt Arends (Prior Lake – wide receiver)

Matt had six catches for 73 yards in last week’s loss. He’s averaging 16 yards per catch this season.

-- Dan Motl (Burnsville – quarterback)

Coach Tyler Krebs said the senior, who didn’t play last year, has developed into a big play guy that is a threat to score whenever he touches the ball. In addition to throwing for 74 yards, Motl ran for a 52-yard score in the fourth quarter to ice last week’s win at Bloomington Kennedy. He also made a 27-yard field goal, kicked an extra point and ran for a 2-point conversion. Dan is also an outstanding baseball player.

-- Chase Roullier (Burnsville – offensive line/defensive line)

Already a stud on the offensive line, Roullier took about 25 snaps on the defensive side of the ball last week. Krebs said he had two sacks and a couple of tackles for a loss.

LAKERS WIN IF...

They are better on third down than the 2-for-11 they were last week against Rosemount. Prior Lake needs to reestablish a running game that was held to just 39 yards last week, but had been putting up good numbers in the previous two games.

BLAZE WINS IF...

If the team continues to make the plays needed to win, something that happened last week at Kennedy, but wasn’t a constant in the season’s first two weeks.”There is still a lot of work to do and the kids need to continue to believe,” Krebs said. The Burnsville defense needs to make a couple of early stops to gain confidence in stopping the running and passing threat of the Lakers offense.

2-MINUTE DRILL

SITE: Burnsville High School

TIME: 7 p.m. Friday

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 58 degrees

ON TV: Burnsville Community Television is scheduled to broadcast the game live on Channel 14.

LAST MEETING: Prior Lake eked out a 34-33 home win last season.

BURNSVILLE SCHEDULE

Thur. Sept. 1 vs. Bloomington Jefferson L 20-18

Fri. Sept. 9     @ Rosemount                 

Fri. Sept. 16   @ Bloomington Kennedy W 20-7

Fri. Sept. 23   vs. Prior Lake

Fri. Sept. 30   @ Lakeville North

Fri. Oct. 7       vs. Eastview

Fri. Oct. 14     @ Eagan

Wed. Oct. 19 vs. Lakeville South

PRIOR LAKE SCHEDULE

Thur. Sept. 1 vs. Wayzata                        

Fri. Sept. 9     @ Bloomington Jefferson    W 43-7

Fri. Sept. 16   vs. Rosemount                   L 13-6

Fri. Sept. 23   @ Burnsville

Fri. Sept. 30   @ Bloomington Kennedy

Fri. Oct. 7       vs. Eagan

Fri. Oct. 14     @ Lakeville South

Wed. Oct. 19 vs. Lakeville North