Trailing 7-0 after the first quarter of play, the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals scored xxx unanswered points in the second quarter and kept rolling to a 44-27 win over the Castlewood Warriors on Friday, August 30th. The was was the second straight for the Cardinals at home to start the season.
Castlewood scored late in the first quarter after stopping St Mary on fourth down on the Cardinal 10 yard line. One play later the Warriors were in the end zone for the early lead. The score remained 7-0 until the 9:17 mark of the second quarter. Connor Libis scored on a one-yard run and the two-point conversion was successful on a pass from Libis to Max Herber to take an 8-7 lead. The Cardinals scored again with 4:04 to play in the half on a two-yard run by Eli Longville. The two-point conversion was again successful for a 16-7 lead. Libis connected with Weston Geraets on a deep strike with 1:59 to play for the final score of the first half to give the Cardinals a 24-7 halftime lead.
Longville scored the first touchdown of the third quarter for the Cardinals. The two-point conversion failed, but St Mary led 30-7. That score was enough for the Cardinals. Castlewood scored three times in the fourth quarter, but St Mary added two more scores themselves for the win.
St Mary (2-0) will travel De Smet on Friday, September 6th for their next game, which can be seen on Big Sioux Media.