The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team fell to the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Radiers 48-8 on Friday, September 2nd, in Rutland.
The Raiders scored early in the game at the 9:44 mark of the first quarter. Jamus Brown threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Breske, and then J. Brown ran the in the two-point conversion to make it 8-0. O-R-R added another score in the first quarter with 3:02 to go. J. Brown threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jeridan Jordahl to go ahead 14-0.
O-R-R added two more scores in the second quarter. With 9:30 to go in the first half, Jacob Hegdahl had a one-yard touchdown run. The Raiders scored again with 3:02 to go in the second quarter on a one-yard touchdown run by J. Brown to put O-R-R ahead 28-0.
The Raiders continued the offensive outburst in the third quarter. With 5:25 left in the third, J. Brown connected with Bennet Trygstad for a 20-yard touchdown. O-R-R scored again with 3:36 to go on a 29-yard touchdown run by Jeremiah Hoekman to go ahead 42-0. The Cardinals finally got on the board with 1:14 to go in the third quarter. Dalton Houska scored on a one-yard run. O-R-R scored one final time on a 13-yard run by J. Brown with 7:13 to go in the game.
Garret Frost finished the game with 20 carries for 113 yards. Frost was also 0-2 passing with one interception. Houska had 12 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown and had 6.5 tackles. Luke Brown was 0-5 passing. Zach Geraets had seven tackles, while Evan Brown had 5.5 tackles and an interception.
The Cardinals fall to 0-2 on the season. St Mary will have their first home game of the year on Friday, September 9th, as they host De Smet. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.