PHOTO GALLERY: South's battle

• Members for the South football team cheered during a prep fest before they played Edison High.
  

• South High assistant coach Peter Grinager calls plays with his team during football practice at South High School.
  

• South High senior T.J. Mattson right gathered with teammates at the end of summer practice at South High School.
  

• Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the Minneapolis South High football team members after practice, urging them to get back up when hit hard, on the field and off.
  

• South high running back Brandon Strong (center with football) and teammates practice during the Eden Prairie high game.
  

• South High football coach Lenny Sedlock and his team at South High took a bus ride out to Eden Prairie during the 2012 football season.
  

• South High football players Anthony Hockett, left, and Jaylin Bynum and their team listened to half time instruction from their coach. South was down 28-0 to Eden Prairie on Sept. 28 at the half and wound up losing the game 42-0.
  

• South receiver Devon Lumbar removed his pads after a loss at Washburn during the 2012 football season.
  

• Eden Prairie has at least twice the amount of players as the visiting South High team during their game on Sept. 28.
  

• South football players used the cross bar of the goalpost for pull-ups during the 2012 football summer workouts at South High School.
  

• Members of the South High school football team took to the field Friday October 12, 2012 to face Edison High in the first ever game played under the lights at South High in Minneapolis.
  

• Members of the South football team listened for instructions durning halftime against Eden Prairie. South high could not comeback after being down 28-0 at the half and lost the game 42-0.
  

• Minneapolis South high football coach Lenny Sedlock, left ,talked with his starting quarterback Anthony Hockett during a Sept. 7 game at Washburn High in Minneapolis.
  

• Brandon Strong rubbed the tiger's head as South took the field on homecoming during the 2012 football season at South High School in Minneapolis.
  

• Robin Fortney – and Azzie Guajardo, 3 – cheered for her son South High linebacker Dominic Kerr during the Sept. 14 homecoming game against North High in Minneapolis.
  

• Members of the South High football team take the field during the 2012 homecoming game against Minneapolis North.
  

• Luke Dugan (center) and his teammates worked out in the South High weight room in Minneapolis.
  

• Members of the South High football team ran sprints during practice at South High School in Minneapolis.