A 42-minute delay during the middle of the game did not slow down the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals as they cruised to their first victory of the year. The Cardinals defeated the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders 48-0 on Friday, September 4th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.
The Cardinals picked up their first touchdown with 3:18 to go in the first quarter on an eight-yard run by Josh Brown. Casey Hansen connected with Noah Fiegen for the two-point conversion to put St Mary ahead 8-0. The Cardinal offense really picked up in the second quarter. J. Brown found the end zone again with 10:16 to go in the second quarter. Hansen completed a pass to Evan Brown for the two-point conversion to go ahead 16-0.
Jeridan Jordahl fumbled the ensuing kickoff return, which was recovered by Garret Frost for St Mary. J. Brown scored his third touchdown for the Cardinals less than a minute later with 9:27 to play in the half on a 15-yard run to push the lead to 22-0. Hansen threw his first touchdown pass of the game to J. Brown (fourth touchdown of the game) with 4:02 to go in the second quarter to give St Mary a 28-0 lead. The Cardinals scored one more time with :53 to go before halftime, this time Hansen connected with E. Brown from 16 yards away to give St Mary a 36-0 lead at halftime.
Christian Schnieders picked up a touchdown on a 10-yard run with :53 to go in the third quarter. After the kickoff, the game was delayed for 42 minutes due to a medical emergency that called away the ambulance. Officials indicated that the game could not be resumed without an ambulance on site.
St Mary scored the final touchdown of the with 8:20 left in the fourth quarter. Payton Park scored on a three-yard run.
The Cardinals finished with 273 rushing yards and 74 passing yards for a total of 347 yards of total offense. J. Brown had 15 carries for 135 yards and three touchdowns. Schnieders finished with five carries for 25 yards and a touchdown. Jacob Glaizer had 10 carries for 50 yards. Hansen finished 4-5 passing for 62 yards and two touchdowns. Frost was 1-1 passing for 12 yards. Glazier had one reception for 25 yards. Noah Fiegen also had one reception for 20 yards.
Frost led the defense with 7.5 tackles, one interception, and a fumble recovery. Fiegen had 7.5 tackles and a sack. Zach Geraets finished with seven tackles.
St Mary improves to 1-1 on the year. The Cardinals will travel to DeSmet to do battle against the Bulldogs on Friday, September 11th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.
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