Ranger quarterback Tristan Cordie attempts to break away from Tonka cornerback Raheem Brown.
Photos by Brad O’Neil
Forest Lake’s 2016 football campaign reached its conclusion on Friday, Oct. 28, after the Rangers lost in the opening round of the Group 6A playoffs at Minnetonka, 57-6.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Big plays were the order of the evening for the Skippers, who scored fourth of their first-half touchdowns on plays of 40 yards or more. Gus Steiger opened the scoring with a 72-yard scoring run. On the following drive, Ranger quarterback Tristan Cordie scrambled for 32 yards to the Tonka 29-yard line, but he lost hold of the ball and the Skippers recovered. The Rangers fumbled six times in the game, with Tonka falling on four of them.
“I thought our scheme was good, and we moved the ball up and down the field,” head coach Jeff Wilson said. “But if you fumble the ball six times, it isn’t