DELL RAPIDS — St. Mary’s powered its way into the 9B semifinals Thursday afternoon, October 29th, rolling past Kadoka Area 46-6 in a quarterfinal matchup at Dell Rapids High School.
The Cardinals struck early and never let up, scoring on their first two possessions to take control in the opening quarter. Thomas LaVoy opened the scoring with a four-yard touchdown run at the 10:06 mark of the first quarter. After a missed two-point conversion, St. Mary’s made it a two-score game when Brady Jewett hit Jaxon Baumberger for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 6:50 left. The two-point conversion was good, pushing the lead to 14-0.
St. Mary’s continued to pile on in the second quarter. LaVoy broke free for a 53-yard touchdown run at 9:38, then Jewett added a two-yard touchdown run at 4:50 as the Cardinals took a 26-0 lead into halftime.
Jewett delivered two more explosive runs in the third. He scored on a 64-yard touchdown run with 8:50 left in the quarter, then punched in a one-yard touchdown run at 4:36 to make it 40-0.
Kadoka Area got on the board in the fourth with an eight-yard touchdown pass at 6:11, but St. Mary’s answered quickly. Pano Skliris capped the scoring with a 43-yard touchdown run at 4:32 to seal the 46-6 win.
By the numbers
St. Mary’s finished with 434 total yards — 349 rushing and 85 passing — while Kadoka Area totaled 242 yards.
Rushing (St. Mary’s)
- Thomas LaVoy: 9 carries, 155 yards, 2 TDs
- Brady Jewett: 7 carries, 105 yards, 3 TDs
- Pan Skliris: 3 carries, 61 yards, TD
- Jake Heinitz: 2 carries, 28 yards
Passing/receiving (St. Mary’s)
- Brady Jewett: 4-of-5 passing, 85 yards, TD; 2-point conversion
- Jaxon Baumberger: 1 catch, 19 yards, TD
- Logan Bauer: 2 catches, 42 yards
- Thomas LaVoy: 1 catch, 24 yards
Defense (St. Mary’s)
- Jacob Geraets: 18 tackles, 1 sack
- Kade Lutt: 6.5 tackles
- Josh Liebl: 5.5 tackles, 1 sack
- Logan Bauer: 5 tackles
- Jaxon Baumberger: 5 tackles
- Isaac Ahlers: 5 tackles, 1 INT
- Jake Heinitz: 3 tackles, 1 INT
- Gavin Pica: 2.5 tackles, 1 sack
