The Castlewood Warriors spoiled homecoming for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Friday, September 21st. Castlewood defeated St Mary by a score of 63-14 at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
The Cardinals scored first with 8:31 to go in the first quarter to take an early 6-0 lead, but the lead was short lived as Castlewood tied the game seven seconds later on a kick-off return for a touchdown. The Warriors went ahead for good with 6:06 to play in the first quarter and continued to roll from there. Castlewood led 32-14 at halftime.
The Cardinals finished with 238 yards of total offense, 121 rushing yards and 117 passing yards. The Warriors had 382 yards of total offense, 213 rushing yards and 169 passing yards.
Connor Libis finished 5-14 passing for 117 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Weston Geraets had three catches for 110 yards and a touchdown. Payton Park had 10 carries for 44 yards. Libis had 17 carries for 52 yards. W. Geraets also had three carries for 28 yards. Eli Longville led the defense with 10 tackles in the game. W. Geraets had seven tackles. Ethan Geraets and Libis both had six tackles, and Park finished with five tackles.
St Mary (2-3) will hit the road on Friday, September 28 when they travel to White to play the Deubrook Area Dolphins. Due to cell phone signal issues in White, Big Sioux Media will be unable to stream the game.