Tech Football

The High School football regular season will be half over after this weekend. The week 4 schedule includes St. Cloud Tech playing at Sauk Rapids-Rice at 7pm. The game is a "Tackle Cancer" game with opportunities to contribute to the battle against Cancer. Randy Shaver of KARE 11 and the Minnesota High School football coaches have gotten together to help fight cancer.

Tech 47, Grand Rapids 35 (Tech led by as many as 34 in the 2nd half before Grand Rapids made a comeback. Jake Peterson ran for 278 yards and 4 touchdowns for the Tigers. Tech is 2-1) Sartell-St. Stephen 28, Sauk Rapids-Rice 0 (Eric McAfee ran for 210 yards and 4 touchdowns for the Sabres. Sartell is 3-0. Sauk Rapids-Rice is 0-3)

The Tech football team will play home games this season at St. Cloud State's Husky Stadium. Tech head coach Gregg Martig told Emmett Keenan on St. Cloud Sports Saturday on AM 1390-the Fan that large amounts of mold was detected in both the locker rooms and concession stands at Clarke Field. A decision has been made by the school district to play away from Clarke Field this season.

Tech 28, Alexandria 13; Sartell-St. Stephen 6, Apollo 0; Fergus Falls 28, Sauk Rapids-Rice 27; Rocori 42, Brainerd 28; Cathedral 14, Holdingford 6;

The St. Cloud Tech Tigers were 7-3 in 2011 and return some key players in 2012. They include top running back Jacob Peterson. #30 will be a challenge for the rest of the Central Lakes Conference and the teams in section 85A to deal with. Peterson could surpass Scott Schmitz to become the all-time leading rusher in Tech football history.

Section 85A Quarterfinals Tech 35, Buffalo 28 (Jake Peterson ran for 158 yards and 2 touchdowns and Bryant Amundson ran for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns for Tech. The Tigers are 7-2 and will play at Brainerd at 2pm Saturday)

Tech 30, Apollo 6 (Tech claims a share of the Central Lakes Conference Title with Rocori and Brainerd. Kevin Heysse had 4 catches for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns for Tech. Jacob Peterson ran for 108 yards and a touchdown and on a halfback option pass threw a 23-yard touchdown to quarterback Jesse Lavoi. Tech is 6-2 while Apollo is 0-8)

The high school football regular season wraps up tonight when rivals Apollo (0-7) and Tech (5-2) do battle at Clark Field at 7pm, pregame on WJON at 6:50. Joe Clemence calls the action tonight. Tech with a win would share the Central Lakes Conference title.

Sartell-St. Stephen 21, Willmar 20 (Willmar went for 2 and the win after scoring a late touchdown but thier 2-point conversion attempt failed. Sartell is 2-4) #5 Bemidji 43, Sauk Rapids-Rice 6 (Aaron Sutliffe scored the lone Sauk Rapids touchdown. The Storm are 2-4. Bemidji is 6-0)

Colonel Tom Linnemann of Fox Sports North makes his high school football picks for week 6: Foley over Cathedral Tech over Moorhead