The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal’s winning streak ended at three games as the Arlington/Lake Preston Badgers defeated the Cardinals 19-8 on Friday, September 25th, in Lake Preston. The Badgers scored in three of the four quarters and held St Mary to just one touchdown in the game.
The Badgers scored the first touchdown with 7:27 to go in the first quarter on a three-yard touchdown pass from Luke Weber to Nicholas Fuhr. The extra-point was blocked and the Badgers led 6-0 after the first quarter. Arlington/Lake Preston scored again late in the first half when Weber ran the ball for a two-yard touchdown. The two-point conversion was no-good, and the Badgers extended their lead to 12-0 at halftime.
The Cardinals were able to get the offense going in the second half, but a fumble, a penalty that negated a touchdown, and being held at the goal-line on fourth down all kept the Cardinals off the board and gave all the momentum to the Badgers. Arlington/Lake Preston turned a late fourth-quarter interception into a touchdown with 2:03 to go in the game. Weber scored for the second time on a 17-yard run to put Arlington ahead 19-0. St Mary picked up their only score with :21 remaining in the game on an 11-yard touchdown run by Casey Hansen.
The Cardinals finished the game with 237 yards of total offense, 197 rushing yards and 40 passing yards. The Badgers had 216 yards of offense. Josh Brown had 21 carries for 98 yards in the game. Weber led the ground attack for the Badgers with 34 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Hansen finished 3-8 passing for St Mary with 40 yards and one interception. Christian Schnieders and Brown led the defense with 8.5 tackles each.
The Cardinals fall to 3-2 on the year. St Mary will travel to Elkton to take on the Elkton/Lake Benton Elks on Friday, October 2nd. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.
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