The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team forced five turnovers on their way to a 24-0 Homecoming win over the Castlewood/Estelline Warriors on Friday, September 18th, in Dell Rapids.
Neither team scored in the first quarter. The first touchdown of the game came with 7:20 to go in the second quarter when Josh Brown scored on a one-yard run. J. Brown also scored the two-point conversion to give St Mary an 8-0 lead at halftime. The Warriors had the ball to begin the third quarter and kept the ball for over seven minutes on their opening drive of the second half. The Cardinals held defensively keeping the Warriors off the board. J. Brown picked up another touchdown with 10:50 to go in the game on a five-yard run. Casey Hansen found Logan Gaspar in the end zone for the two-point conversion. J. Brown scored again with 5:10 in the game giving St Mary a 24-0 lead.
St Mary finished with 288 yards of total offense, 228 rushing yards and 60 passing yards. J. Brown had 20 carries for 138 yards and three touchdowns. Hansen was 4-10 passing for 60 yards and one interception. Jacob Glazier had a catch for 20 yards. Evan Brown had a catch for 26 yards, and Gaspar had a catch for 13 yards. The Cardinals defense was led by Dalton Houska with 11.5 tackles, one fumble recovery, and one interception. Garret Frost finished with 11.5 tackles. Hansen had eight tackles. Sam Schwebach had six tackles and two fumble recoveries.
The Cardinals improve to 3-1 on the year. St Mary will travel to Lake Preston on Friday to take on Arlington/Lake Preston on Friday, September 25th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.
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