Football Friday Preview: Hopkins vs. Irondale

FOOTBALL FRIDAY

• Hopkins (1-1, 0-0 Lake Conference) vs. Irondale (1-1, 1-1 North Suburban Conference)

PLAYMAKERS

• (Hopkins—Wide Receiver): KARE-11 preseason All-Metro selection who has caught 13 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns in two games. He committed to SEC school Vanderbilt this week.
• J.T. Den Hartog (Hopkins—Quarterback): Has completed 24 of 34 passes for 263 and three touchdowns, despite sharing time with senior Andy Wicklund.
• Justus Canfield (Irondale—Quarterback): Threw for two touchdowns in 3606 win over Columbia Heights last week.
• Nathan Mills (Irondale—Wide Receiver): Caught a 28- and 29-yard touchdown pass in their first win of the season.

ROYALS WIN IF...

• They can bounce back from a heartbreaking overtime loss to Blaine.

KNIGHTS WIN IF...

• They can stop the high-powered Royals’ passing offense that has two outstanding quarterbacks splitting duty and All-State wide receiver Andre McDonald.

2-MINUTE DRILL

• SITE: Hopkins High School
• TIME: 7 p.m. Friday
• WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 58 degrees
• LAST MEETING: Hopkins defeated Irondale 38-7 in the third game of the 2010 season on the road.

HOPKINS SCHEDULE

• Thu, Sep 1 vs. Apple Valley W 47-9
• Fri, Sep 9 vs. Blaine L 26-20 OT
• Fri, Sep 16 vs. Irondale
• Fri, Sep 23 at Eden Prairie
• Fri, Sep 30 at Edina
• Thu, Oct 6 at St. Louis Park
• Fri, Oct 14 vs. Wayzata
• Wed, Oct 19 at Minnetonka

IRONDALE SCHEDULE

• Thurs, Sep 2 Spring Lake Park L 17-0
• Fri, Sep 9 at Columbia Heights W 36-6
• Fri, Sep 16 at Hopkins
• Fri, Sep 23 St. Francis
• Fri, Sep 30 at Cooper
• Thu, Oct 6 Totino-Grace
• Fri, Oct 14 at North Branch
• Wed, Oct 19 St. Louis Park