The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals recovered three onside kicks in the second half which led to a 36-14 win over the Deubrook Area Dolphins in White on Friday, October 7th.
The Cardinals scored on their first drive after receiving the opening kickoff. Garret Frost scored on a one-yard run with 6:36 to play in the first quarter to give St Mary an early 6-0 lead. The Dolphins scored on their first drive as well. Clayton Koppatschek threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Denton Schwartz with 9:47 to go in the second quarter. The extra point was good, and the Dolphins took a 7-6 lead. Neither team scored the remainder of the first half.
St Mary had to kick-off to start the third quarter. Luke Brown bounced the kick over the front row and Sam Schwebach recovered the onside kick. The Cardinals scored a few plays later on a 16-yard run by Frost to regain the lead at 12-7. The Dolphins recovered the next kickoff and scored with 6:23 to play in the third quarter when Koppatschek connected with Brock Sheffield on a 15-yard touchdown pass. Deubrook led 14-12. St Mary scored one more time before the end of the third quarter. Frost scored this third touchdown of the game on a five-yard run with :08 to play in the quarter to give the Cardinals the lead again at 20-14.
St Mary recovered the onside kick for the second time in the half which resulted in another Frost touchdown with 9:41 to play in the game. The Cardinals recovered the onside kick after the touchdown and scored one more time about a minute later. Evan Brown scored on a 15-yard run with 8:37 to go in the game to make the score 36-14.
Luke Brown finished the night 4-7 passing for 68 yards. Frost had two catches for 48 yards, and Zach Geraets had a catch for 18 yards. Frost also finished with 17 carries for 132 yards and four touchdowns. E. Brown had seven carries for 75 yards and a touchdown. Dalton Houska and Frost each had seven tackles in the game. Ethan Geraets had 6.5 tackles and a sack.
The Cardinals improved to 3-4 on the year. St Mary will host Colman-Egan in their final regular season game on Friday, October 14th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media