The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team won their final regular season game of the year 38-16 over the Colman/Egan Hawks on Friday, October 16th, in Colman.
The first quarter was a defensive battle as neither team was able to score. However the Cardinals were able to break the tie and score with 11:17 to go in the second quarter on a 14-yard touchdown run by Josh Brown. Christian Schnieders scored the two-point conversion to give St Mary an 8-0 lead. After forcing the Hawks to punt after three plays, the Cardinals scored again on their next drive with 8:22 to play in the half on a two-yard run by Brown to go ahead 14-0. The St Mary defense again held the Hawks to just three plays before another punt, and Brown set up the St Mary offense with a 50-yard punt return. Schnieders scored with 5:25 left in the second quarter on a one-yard run to put the Cardinals ahead 20-0.
St Mary scored first again in the second half. Schnieders scored his second touchdown of the game with 8:03 left in the third quarter on a five-yard run, and the Cardinals led 26-0. Schnieders scored for the third time in the game with 1:39 remaining in the third quarter on a 12-yard run to put St Mary ahead 32-0. Colman/Egan finally got on the scoreboard with :27 to go in the third quarter on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Bodee Groos to Josh Giese. The two-point conversion was good on a pass from Groos to Walker Olivier to make it a 32-8 St Mary lead. The Cardinals answered right back with 10:15 to go in the game on a 49-yard touchdown run by Brown to push the lead to 38-8. The Hawks scored with 8:38 to go on a two-yard run by Groos. Groos connected with Colt Hawkins for the two-point conversion to make the score 38-16, but that was the last time Colman/Egan would touch the ball. St Mary ran out the final 8:38 of the game for the win.
Brown finished the night with 27 carries for 258 yards and three touchdowns. He also had four tackles and one interception on defense. Schnieders tallied 18 carries for 131 yards and three touchdowns. Dalton Houska finished with six carries for 24 yards. Defensively for the Cardinals, Garret Frost had 5.5 tackles. Noah Fiegen ended the night with 7.5 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Zach Geraets added six tackles and 1.5 sacks.
The Cardinals finish the regular season 6-2. St Mary will have their open date on Thursday, October 22nd, and will await their opponent for the first round of the playoffs which will be on Tuesday, October 27th.
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