On Friday night, St. Mary’s would go north to Colman. The 3-0 Cardinals came to the home of the 0-2 Colman-Egan Hawks on their homecoming night. The Cards would flex against Colman-Egan as Trimmier Hanson spoils Hawks homecoming, and the Cardinals win big in Colman.
1st Quarter
The first quarter would see Colman-Egan start with the ball. They would immediately have to punt it away, however, after starting their drive with Cardinal junior Josh Liebl getting into the backfield for a loss. The Cardinals marched quickly down field, but the Hawks would make a goal line stop, and the Cardinals would turn it over on downs inside the Colman-Egan five-yard line. The Hawks would have to punt the ball away again after a nowhere drive. St. Mary’s would take one play before senior Lincoln Lebrun reached the end zone from 17 yards out. The two-point was no good making the score 6-0. Colman-Egan would turn it over on downs which would bring about the 2nd quarter.
2nd Quarter
Hanson would take one of the first plays of the quarter 27 yards to set up first and goal. Hanson would mishandle the snap on the next play, however, he would end up in the end zone on the play. In addition to the touchdown, Hanson would throw to junior Logan Bauer for the two-point conversion making it 14-0. Colman-Egan’s Zach Pederson was intercepted by Lebrun on the next drive. Lebrun would also take that interception in for another touchdown. The two-point would fail to make it 20-0. Junior Jaxon Baumberger would find Hanson for 12 yard passing touchdown. Hanson would also punch in for the two-point to make it 28-0 at halftime.
3rd Quarter
In addition to the big 1st half, St. Mary’s would start with the ball in the second half. In addition to a few first down runs on the opening drive, Hanson would find the end zone from eight yards away to make it 34-0. A failed two-point kept it there. Colman-Egan would finally get on the board as Pederson found Logan Clafflin in the end zone. That was all they would do. On the next Cardinal drive, Hanson would find the end zone again, this time from 25 yards out. As a result, the St. Mary’s lead became 40-6. That lead would stay the same for the rest of the quarter.
4th Quarter
To start the 4th, St. Mary’s would turn it over on downs. Colman-Egan would immediately turn it over however. Lebrun would punch it in for a touchdown from three yards out as a result of the turnover. After a failed two-point, the lead would be 46-6. After another nothing drive for the Hawks, freshman Jacob Geraets would find classmate Isaac Ahlers for a 45 yard throw-and-catch touchdown. This would make the lead 52-6. Geraets would take a bootleg into the end zone for the two-point making it 54-6. That would be your final score as this Cardinal team spoils the Hawks homecoming game.
Stats
St. Mary’s finished the day with 371 yards on the ground and 88 through the air. Hanson had a huge game, finishing with 20 carries for 244 yards and three rushing touchdowns. Hanson also had a 12 yard reception for a touchdown, 13 yards passing, and a two-point conversion run and a pass. Lebrun finished with 12 carries for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Jake Heinitz had three carries for 17 yards, and Geraets had two carries for 11 yards and a two-point conversion run. Geraets threw for 63 yards and a touchdown. Baumberger added a two-point conversion pass, and a touchdown pass. Ahlers had a catch for 45 yards and a touchdown. Isaac Griffin added 21 receiving yards. Logan Bauer caught a two-point.
Defensively, the Cardinals gave up 102 yards, 75 on the ground and 27 through the air. Bauer had 6.5 tackles and a fumble recovery. Liebl had six tackles. Kade Lutt added 5.5 tackles, while Gavin Pica and Alex Lindeman had five tackles each. Baumberger had four tackles. Lebrun had 3.5 tackles as well as an interception returned for a touchdown. Hayden King had a fumble recovery.
What’s Next
“We had our ups and downs tonight, we will need to clean things up and get ready for Centerville next week.”
This is what Head Coach Ross Flemmer had to say about the win. St. Mary’s will be on the road next week in Centerville as they play the 2-1 Tornadoes from class 9A. We will be covering that game live on Friday, September 19th under https://www.youtube.com/@BigSiouxMedia
