In an exciting, hard-fought South Dakota High School 9B playoff football game, the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders scored two late touchdowns to earn a 22-14 win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Tuesday, October 25th, in Ramona.

The Cardinals scored first with 6:41 to go in the first quarter.  Dalton Houska scored on a two-yard run and also scored the two-point conversion to give St Mary an 8-0 lead.  Neither team scored again in the first quarter.

The Raiders tied the game with 10:42 to play in the second quarter.  Riston Wolf had a two-yard touchdown run, and Jamus Brown connected with Jeremiah Hoekman for the two-point conversion.  St Mary would take the lead at halftime as Garret Frost scored on a three-yard run as time expired in the second half to give the Cardinals a 14-8 lead.

Neither team scored in the third quarter as both defenses made key stops.  The Raiders forced two turnover-on-downs of the Cardinals in Raider territory.  Evan Brown came up with a big interception in the end zone late in the third quarter of a J. Brown pass to keep Oldham-Ramona/Rutland off the scoreboard.

The Raiders, however, would tie the game with 9:45 to go after a nine-yard run by Jacob Hegdahl.  The game-winning score for the Raiders came with 1:12 to play in the game when J. Brown connected with Hoekman for a 10-yard touchdown in the corner of the end zone on a fourth down play.

St Mary ends the season with a 3-6 record.

The Colman-Egan Hawks scored four touchdowns in five minutes in the first quarter on their way to a 46-6 win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Friday, October 14th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

The Hawks scored the first touchdown with 4:32 to play in the first quarter when Bodee Groos connected with Kade Groos on a 14-yard touchdown pass.  The second touchdown was scored with 3:46 to go when B. Groos returned a blocked punt about 25 yards for a touchdown to go ahead 14-0.  Colman-Egan scored again :17 later when Walker Olivier returned an interception about 45 yards for a touchdown.  B. Groos scored again for Colman-Egan as time expired in the first quarter on a 16-yard run to put the Hawks ahead 28-0 after the first quarter.

Colman-Egan scored again before halftime.  The next score came with 6:12 to play in the second quarter on a 12-yard run by Keith Crittenden to give the Hawks a 34-0 heading into halftime.  Colman-Egan scored first again in the second half.  With 6:32 to play in the third quarter, Trey McKnight scored no a three-yard run.  St Mary finally was able to get on the board with 7:35 to play in the game when Evan Brown scored on a one-yard run.  The final score of the game came with :21 left on the clock on a five-yard run by McKnight.

The Cardinals finished the game with 180 yards of rushing offense.  Colman-Egan had 273 yards of total offense, 182 rushing yards and 91 passing yards.  Garret Frost had 24 carries for 112 yards in the game.  E. Brown had eight carries for 40 yards and a touchdown.  E. Brown led the team defensively with eight tackles.  Frost added seven tackles.  Dalton Houska finished the game with five tackles.

The St Mary Cardinals finish their regular season with a 3-5 record.  St Mary will have their bye week on Thursday, October 20th.

 

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals recovered three onside kicks in the second half which led to a 36-14 win over the Deubrook Area Dolphins in White on Friday, October 7th.

The Cardinals scored on their first drive after receiving the opening kickoff.  Garret Frost scored on a one-yard run with 6:36 to play in the first quarter to give St Mary an early 6-0 lead.  The Dolphins scored on their first drive as well.  Clayton Koppatschek threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Denton Schwartz with 9:47 to go in the second quarter.  The extra point was good, and the Dolphins took a 7-6 lead.  Neither team scored the remainder of the first half.

St Mary had to kick-off to start the third quarter.  Luke Brown bounced the kick over the front row and Sam Schwebach recovered the onside kick.  The Cardinals scored a few plays later on a 16-yard run by Frost to regain the lead at 12-7.  The Dolphins recovered the next kickoff and scored with 6:23 to play in the third quarter when Koppatschek connected with Brock Sheffield on a 15-yard touchdown pass.  Deubrook led 14-12.  St Mary scored one more time before the end of the third quarter.  Frost scored this third touchdown of the game on a five-yard run with :08 to play in the quarter to give the Cardinals the lead again at 20-14.

St Mary recovered the onside kick for the second time in the half which resulted in another Frost touchdown with 9:41 to play in the game.  The Cardinals recovered the onside kick after the touchdown and scored one more time about a minute later.  Evan Brown scored on a 15-yard run with 8:37 to go in the game to make the score 36-14.

Luke Brown finished the night 4-7 passing for 68 yards.  Frost had two catches for 48 yards, and Zach Geraets had a catch for 18 yards.  Frost also finished with 17 carries for 132 yards and four touchdowns.  E. Brown had seven carries for 75 yards and a touchdown.  Dalton Houska and Frost each had seven tackles in the game.  Ethan Geraets had 6.5 tackles and a sack.

The Cardinals improved to 3-4 on the year.  St Mary will host Colman-Egan in their final regular season game on Friday, October 14th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media

Garret Frost ran for four touchdowns and passed for another to help lead the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals to a 42-26 win over the Elkton/Lake Benton Elks on Friday, September 30th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

St Mary scored first with 6:27 to go in the first quarter when Frost ran into the endzone from three yards away.  Evan Brown scored the two point conversion, and the Cardinals led 8-0.  That was the only score of the first quarter.  The Elks scored early in the second quarter.  With 9:28 to go, Blaine Hefti scored on a five-yard run.  The two-point conversion was no good to keep the score at 8-6.

The Cardinals scored two times before halftime after the Elk touchdown.  With 6:06 to go in the quarter, Luke Brown connected with E. Brown from 13 yards away for a touchdown.  E. Brown again scored the two-point conversion to push the lead to 16-6.  St Mary scored again with just :43 left in the half when Frost threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to E. Brown.  Frost then connected with Zach Geraets for the two-point conversion to give the Cardinals a 24-6 lead heading into halftime.

Elkton/Lake Benton scored on their first drive of the third quarter.  Caleb Goertz scored on a seven-yard run with 7:32 to go in the third quarter.  The two-point conversion was no good, and the St Mary lead was cut to 24-12.  That’s when Frost struck for three touchdowns in a row.

Frost scored his second touchdown of the game with 2:52 to go in the third quarter from six yards away to give St Mary a 30-12 lead.  Frost scored again early in the fourth quarter with 9:48 to go.  He scored from six yards away again to push the lead to 36-12.  Frost scored again from six yards away with 5:40 to go in the game to put St Mary ahead 42-12.  The Elks were able to get two more scores before the end of the game.  Trevor Sik had a 74-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with 5:27 to go in the game.  Devin Sopko had a 16-yard touchdown run with :28 left to play for the final score.

The Cardinals improve to 2-4 on the season.  St Mary will travel to White to play the Deubrook Area Dolphins on Friday, October 7th.  Big Sioux Media will try to cover the game.

The Arlington/Lake Preston Badgers scored four times in the second quarter on their way to a 68-30 win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on the Cardinal’s Homecoming game on Friday, September 23rd.

St Mary scored the first touchdown of the game with 2:15 left in the first quarter on a one-yard touchdown run by Dalton Houska.  The Badgers answered with 1:16 left in the quarter when Devon Heuer scored on a 61-yard run.  A/LP converted the two-points and led 8-6 after the first quarter.

The Cardinals regained the lead with 10:50 to play in the second quarter after Sam Schwebach scored on a one-yard run.  Houska scored the two-point converstion, and St Mary went ahead 14-0.  The Badgers tied the game at 14-14 with 7:55 to play in the half on an eight-yard touchdown run by Heuer.  The Badgers then scored three more times in the second quarter, two scores after St Mary turnovers, and A/LP held a 36-14 lead at halftime.

St Mary scored the first touchdown of the second half with 7:21 to go when Garret Frost connected with Schwebach on a 10-yard pass on fourth down to pull the Cardinals within 14 at 36-22.  The Badgers, however, kept rolling offensively scoring the next three touchdowns to go ahead 60-22.  Payton Park scored with 7:22 to go for the Cardinals on a 15-yard run, but A/LP added one more score a few minutes later.

The Cardinals had 356 yards of total offense, but the Badgers had 431 yards.  Frost had 16 carries for 55 yards in the game.  Houska finished with 12 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown.  Luke Brown was 3-4 passing for 69 yards.  Frost was 3-7 passing for 43 yards and a touchdown.  Evan Brown had two catches for 48 yards, and Frost had two catches for 44 yards.  Houska led the team defensively with seven tackles on the night.

St Mary fell to 1-4 on the year.  The Cardinals will host Elkton/Lake Benton on Friday, September 30th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

A second half surge by the Castlewood/Estelline Warriors gave them a Homecoming win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals 38-22 on Friday, September 16th, in Castlewood.

The Cardinals started the game off with a bang when Sam Schwebach scored on the second play of the game.  He reeled off a 51-yard run to put St Mary ahead 6-0 with 11:51 to play in the first quarter.  Neither team scored again the first, and the Cardinals led 6-0 after the first quarter.  St Mary struck again with 6:38 left in the second quarter on a six-yard touchdown run by Dalton Houska.  Evan Brown converted the two-point conversion to extend the Cardinal lead to 14-0.  The Warriors answered on their next drive when Dalton Eng scored from 17 yards away to cut the lead to 14-8 with 3:52 remaining in the half.  The Cardinals scored again before halftime when E. Brown scored on a nine-yard run with 1:02 left in the half.  Houska scored the two-point conversion, and St Mary led 22-8 at halftime.

The Warriors scored on their first drive of the second half on a six-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Benike to Shelby Kerkvliet with 9:33 left in the third to cut the lead to 22-16.  St Mary then went on a 6:00 drive, but the Cardinals turned the ball over on downs to the Castlewood/Estelline deep in Warrior territory.  The Warriers then took the lead for the first time at 24-22 with 1:03 to go in the third quarter on a 34-yard touchdown run by Eng.  The Cardinals were able to drive down the field again early in the fourth quarter, but turned the ball over on a fumble inside the five yard line.  Castlewood/Estelline scored again with 6:41 to go in the game on Eng’s third touchdown to extend the lead to 30-22.  Eng would find the endzone again with 2:11 to play on a three-yard run.

St Mary finished the night with 17 first downs and 307 yards of total offense.  Houska had 25 carries for 95 yards in the game.  Luke Brown was 3-5 passing for 30 yards.  E. Brown had 12 carries for 61 yards and also one catch for 19 yards.

St Mary falls to 1-3 on the year.  The Cardinals will host Arlington/Lake Preston on Homecoming Friday, September 23rd.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team bounced back from a couple of rough games and won their first home game of the year in an exciting game over the De Smet Bulldogs.  The Cardinals won 28-26 in a back-and-forth game on Friday, September 9th, at Rickeman Field.

St Mary started the game with a 7:00 drive that ended on a one-yard touchdown run by Dalton Houska.  The first quarter ended with the Cardinals ahead 6-0.  The Bulldogs, however, scored on the first play of the second quarter to cap off a 5:00 drive.  Jon Todd had a six-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 6-6.  St Mary wasted no time in answering as Luke Brown scored :31 later on a 37-yard run.  The two point conversion gave the Cardinals a 14-6 lead.  The Bulldog offense responded on a 12-yard fourth-down touchdown pass from Cade Birkel to Todd with 8:04 to go in the half.  They, too, scored a two point conversion to tie the game at 14-14.  The Cardinals took the lead with just :27 to go in quarter on a three-yard touchdown run by Garret Frost with Houska scoring the two point conversion to re-gain the lead at 22-14.  De Smet drove the ball deep into Cardinal territory, but Logan Gaspar intercepted a Birkel pass as time expired to preserve the 22-14 St Mary lead.

After both defenses held tough through most of the third quarter, De Smet scored on a short field after a recovered fumbled punt.  With 2:15 to go in the third quarter, Zach Walkow tight-roped the sideline and scored on a 23-yard run to pull with two points at 22-20.  The Bulldogs took the lead for the first time with 6:40 to go in the fourth quarter on another fourth down play.  Todd scored again, this time from three yards away, and the Bulldogs led 26-22.  The lead was short-lived as Frost scored a minute later on a 53-yard run to give the lead back to St Mary at 28-26.  The Cardinal defense held tough the remainder of the game, and forced a turnover on downs with a minute left before kneeling down for the win.

Frost finished the game with 18 carries for 120 yards and two touchdowns.  Houska had 16 carries for 56 yards and a touchdown.  L. Brown had five carries for 45 yards and a touchdown.  L. Brown was also 3-6 passing for 42 yards.  Zach Geraets had two catches for 21 yards.  Evan Brown had one catch for 18 yards.  Frost and Geraets led the defense with 9.5 tackles.  L. Brown had 7.5 tackles, and Houska finished with 6.5 tackles and a fumble recovery.

St Mary improves to 1-2 on the year.  The Cardinals will travel to Castlewood to take on Castlewood/Estelline on Friday, September 16th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

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.

 

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals fell to the Canistota Hawks in the opening game of the 2016 football season 42-6 on Friday, August 26th, in Canistota.

On the first offensive play of the game for St Mary, the Cardinals threw an interception.  Canistota turned that into points after a three-yard touchdown run by Jacob White Lance with 7:23 to go in the first quarter.  On the second offensive play of the game, the Cardinals snapped the ball over the head of Garret Frost into the endzone for a safety.  Canistota then led 8-0 with 7:10 left in the first quarter.  The Hawks scored again with 3:57 to go on a two-yard touchdown run by White Lance to go ahead 14-0.  St Mary settled down in their third offensive drive, and with 1:50 left in the quarter Frost connected with Evan Brown on a 31-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 14-6.

Canistota would score three more times, though, in the second quarter.  The first score came with 11:49 to go on a 28-yard run by White Lance.  The second touchdown came at the 6:19 mark on a six-yard run by Scott Jolly.  The final score of the half came with 2:30 to go and was an 18-yard pass from Jolly to Andrew Weber.  The Hawks led 34-6 at halftime.

The final score of the game came on a 92-yard run by Austin Thu to make the score 42-6.

The Cardinals travel to Rutland to take on the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders on Friday, September 2nd.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.