Minnetonka's Joel Fuxa (81) was unable to hold on to a first half pass sent his way. /Marlin Levison, Star Tribune
The eastern edge of Lake Minnetonka is all that separates two teams that in recent memory had played to football scores just as close.
Told late Friday afternoon that the average margin of victory was 10.7 points in the last seven meetings with Minnetonka, Wayzata coach Brad Anderson blinked his eyes and nodded.
"We've had some good ones," he said.
Friday's victory over the Skippers was hardly a classic, but it wrapped up this much:
Wayzata is a serious contender in Class 5A; Minnetonka failed in its first big test of the season.
The Trojans scored on a 94-yard drive in the first half. Their next four touchdowns came on drives totaling 145 yards and a fumble recovery returned 13 yards.
"You give them a short field and they're going to get their points," Skippers coach Dave Nelson said. "It got away from us."
That was especially true to start the third quarter. Down 7-6, Wayzata marched 72 yards in five plays, capped by a 24-yard TD pass from Nick Martin to Jeff Borchardt.
Ryan Poppitz then picked off Scott Benedict on the ensuing Minnetonka drive, and Martin threw his second TD in 52 seconds one play later.
It was part of a 22-point third quarter, upping Wayzata's season-long domination in the first 12 minutes after halftime to a total of 88-20.
"Offense and defense were both clicking and that was the result," Anderson said.