Two Rivers football team enjoying playoff run after rocky regular season
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The Two Rivers high school football team — formerly Henry Sibley — is playing Friday night for a section championship. This after winning just once in the regular season.
The Warriors have defeated Hastings and Bloomington Kennedy in the postseason to set up this week’s rematch with top-seed St. Thomas Academy for a spot in the 5A state tournament. The Cadets won the regular season meeting, 51-0.
But Two Rivers is convinced they’re a much different team now, and the results back that up.
We spoke with Warriors coach Tom Orth and senior Owen Watson, one of the stars from Saturday’s win at Kennedy.
***Click the video box above to watch those conversations***
Saturday’s win over Kennedy was epic. Kennedy took a 28-17 lead with 2:04 remaining.
Two Rivers found the end zone less than a minute later. Gabriel Goldenman rushed in from three years out. Plus, a successful two-point conversion made it a 28-25 game with 1:10 remaining.
After an interception, the Warriors scored a go-ahead touchdown in the final seconds. Goldenman threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Watson with seven seconds left.