Dell Rapids St. Mary continues its march to the playoffs with a dominant win over the Lake Preston Divers 56-0 in Lake Preston on Friday, October 17th.
St. Mary come out on their opening drive and scored on a Josh Brown touchdown run. On their second possession, the Cardinals scored on a 22-yard touchdown run by Christian Schnieders. St. Mary regained possession on a turnover on downs when Lake Preston was unable to handle the snap on the punt. Casey Hansen connected with J. Brown for the first passing touchdown of the game.
Coach Ross Flemmer said that they decided to start Hansen at quarterback and move Wes Heinricy to wing back this week because Heinricy gives them another option at wing back in the double wing formation.
In the second quarter, St. Mary continued to dominate. The first touchdown of the quarter was a pass from Heinricy to Noah Fiegen. The Cardinals scored again on their next possession, this time by Mitch Brown. St. Mary scored their last two touchdowns on runs by Heinricy and M. Brown. The Cardinals not only scored seven touchdowns in the first half to end the game at halftime, they were 7-7 on 2-point conversations.
Offensively St. Mary’s spread the ball around very well in the run game. Heinricy had four carries for 57 yards and a touchdown. Schnieders finished with three carries for 49 yards and a touchdown. J. Brown added four carries for 47 yards and a touchdown. M. Brown had two rushing touchdowns in the game.
Heinricy was 3-6 passing for 21 yards and a a touchdown. Hansen went 2-4 for 19 yards and a touchdown.
The Cardinal defense held the Divers to -21 rushing yards and -1 passing yards.
St. Mary will host Oldham-Ramona/Rutland on Thursday, October 23rd, at 7:00 p.m.
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