The St Mary’s Cardinal football team had their fifth 50-point win of the season on Friday, October 2nd. The Cardinals blanked Irene-Wakonda 50-0 to move to 7-0 on the season.
Jake Heinitz delivered a defensive touchdown to start the scoring. He had a 73-yard interception return for a touchdown with 9:37 to play in the opening quarter. Brady Jewett added a 10-yard touchdown pass to Heinitz with 5:40 remaining in the quarter. St Mary’s made both two-point conversions for a 16-0 lead.
Thomas LaVoy would find the end zone with 9:57 to go in the second quarter on a 39-yard run. Jewett had his first rushing touchdown of the game from two yards away with 2:17 remaining in the half. The Cardinals again made both two-point conversions to extend their lead to 32-0 by halftime.
Jewett scored both of the touchdowns for St Mary’s in the third quarter. His first score of the second half came on a 53-yard run with 9:57 to play in the quarter. He would add another two-yard touchdown run with 2:45 to go, giving him his third rushing touchdown of the game. Neither two-point conversion attempt was good, and the Cardinals led 44-0 going into the fourth quarter. Jacob Geraets ended the game in the fourth quarter on a 40-yard run.
St Mary’s had 404 yards of total offense, 277 rushing yards and 127 passing yards. Irene-Wakonda had 134 yards of offense, 103 passing yards and 31 rushing yards.
Jewett had four carries for 88 yards and three touchdowns. LaVoy had eight carries for 101 yards and a touchdown. Jewett was also 4-10 passing for 127 yards and a touchdown. Heinitz had two catches for 33 yards with a touchdown. Jaxon Baumberger had a catch for 48 yards, and Logan Bauer had a catch for 46 yards.
Geraets led the defense with 8.5 tackles. Kade Lutt finished with 5.5 tackles. Bauer had four tackles. Alex Lindeman added three tackles with a half sack. Heinitz had 2.5 tackles and an interception. Baumberger finished with two tackles and an interception.
