Crucial mistakes undid the Cretin-Derham Hall football team Saturday, leading to a 23-19 loss to Chanhassen in a Class 5A quarterfinal at Osseo High School. The third-seeded Raiders (7-4) were stopped at the same stage last year after winning their first section title since 2017.

Chanhassen lineman Owen Linder — a 6-foot-5, 280-pound behemoth who’s committed to play at Iowa next season — blocked a Cretin-Derham Hall point-after kick attempt two minutes before halftime. That play loomed large when the Raiders scored with 5:34 remaining in the game to pull within 21-19.

Raiders quarterback Izaak Johnson scrambled right and threw back left on the ensuing 2-point try, but the pass fell incomplete. Johnson said he was forced to his third read on the play.

“My tight end (Dre Frierson-Hollie)

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