A 42-minute delay during the middle of the game did not slow down the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals as they cruised to their first victory of the year.  The Cardinals defeated the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders 48-0 on Friday, September 4th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.

The Cardinals picked up their first touchdown with 3:18 to go in the first quarter on an eight-yard run by Josh Brown.  Casey Hansen connected with Noah Fiegen for the two-point conversion to put St Mary ahead 8-0.  The Cardinal offense really picked up in the second quarter.  J. Brown found the end zone again with 10:16 to go in the second quarter.  Hansen completed a pass to Evan Brown for the two-point conversion to go ahead 16-0.

Jeridan Jordahl fumbled the ensuing kickoff return, which was recovered by Garret Frost for St Mary.  J. Brown scored his third touchdown for the Cardinals less than a minute later with 9:27 to play in the half on a 15-yard run to push the lead to 22-0.  Hansen threw his first touchdown pass of the game to J. Brown (fourth touchdown of the game) with 4:02 to go in the second quarter to give St Mary a 28-0 lead.  The Cardinals scored one more time with :53 to go before halftime, this time Hansen connected with E. Brown from 16 yards away to give St Mary a 36-0 lead at halftime.

Christian Schnieders picked up a touchdown on a 10-yard run with :53 to go in the third quarter.  After the kickoff, the game was delayed for 42 minutes due to a medical emergency that called away the ambulance.  Officials indicated that the game could not be resumed without an ambulance on site.

St Mary scored the final touchdown of the with 8:20 left in the fourth quarter.  Payton Park scored on a three-yard run.

The Cardinals finished with 273 rushing yards and 74 passing yards for a total of 347 yards of total offense.  J. Brown had 15 carries for 135 yards and three touchdowns.  Schnieders finished with five carries for 25 yards and a touchdown.  Jacob Glaizer had 10 carries for 50 yards.  Hansen finished 4-5 passing for 62 yards and two touchdowns.  Frost was 1-1 passing for 12 yards.   Glazier had one reception for 25 yards.  Noah Fiegen also had one reception for 20 yards.

Frost led the defense with 7.5 tackles, one interception, and a fumble recovery.  Fiegen had 7.5 tackles and a sack.  Zach Geraets finished with seven tackles.

St Mary improves to 1-1 on the year.  The Cardinals will travel to DeSmet to do battle against the Bulldogs on Friday, September 11th.  The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.

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In the season-opener for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team, the Canistota Hawks ruined an otherwise perfect night for football on Friday, August 28th, at Rickeman Field in Dell Rapids.  In a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal playoff game, the Canistota Hawks once again defeated the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals, this time by a score of 36-0.

The Hawks got on the scoreboard early.  After taking the opening kickoff, Canistota scored with 10:06 left in the first quarter on a five-yard touchdown run by Jerad Nielsen to go ahead 6-0.  St Mary was forced into a three-and-out in their first possession, giving the ball right back to Canistota.  The Hawks had possession of the ball for almost the entire first quarter, but the St Mary defense held tough, allowing just the one touchdown in the first quarter.

Canistota was able to break through the Cardinal defense again in the second quarter with 8:31 to go when Nielsen again found the endzone, this time on an 18-yard run.  The two-point conversion was successful, and the Hawks went ahead 14-0.  Canistota had the ball again late in the second quarter and drove deep into Cardinal territory near halftime.  With just seconds remaining, Shay Jolley took the snap, handed the ball off to Jalen Kaufman, and Kaufman scored as time expired in the half to give Canistota a 20-0 lead at halftime.

The St Mary Cardinals took the kickoff to begin the third quarter and looked to be building momentum as they drove deep into Hawk territory.  Josh Brown appeared to score on a 10-yard run, but the play was called back due to a holding penalty.  The penalty appeared to steal all momentum away from St Mary.  The Cardinals were unable to score, and the ball went back to Canistota on downs.  After each team traded interceptions, the Hawks scored again with 5:59 to go in the third quarter on a 29-yard touchdown pass from Jolley to Drew Seubert.   Jolley and Seubert connected again in the fourth quarter with 10:17 to go for the final score, this time on a 32-yard touchdown pass.

St Mary finished with a total of 118 yards of offense, while Canistota racked up 317 yards of offense.  Brown finished with 11 carries for 38 yards.  Garret Frost was 4-6 passing for 51 yards.  G. Frost also had a catch for 10 yards.  Jacob Glazier had two catches for 23 yards, and Casey Hansen had a catch for 20 yards.  Christian Schnieders led the defense with 10.5 tackles.  Dalton Houska had 9.5 tackles, a half sack, and a fumble recovery.  Jacob Frost finished with eight tackles and a half sack.  G. Frost tallied seven tackles and a half sack.

The loss drops the Cardinals to 0-1 on the season.  They will host Oldham-Ramona/Rutland on Friday, September 4th.  The game can be seen again on Big Sioux Media.

The Canistota Hawks (9-1) defeated the Dell Rapids St. Mary Cardinals 52-6 in the quarterfinals of the 9B South Dakota High School football playoffs on Monday, November 3rd, in Canistota.

The Hawks started the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run by Shay Jolley on a read option early in the first quarter.  After forcing the Cardinals to punt, for the second time in as many possessions, Jolley scored his second touchdown on a 5-yard run making the score 16-0 in favor of Canistota.

St. Mary started to gain a little momentum only to have two turnovers on back-to-back drives; an interception by Casey Hansen and a fumble by Josh Brown. Canistota was able to score twice more in the half on touchdowns by Jerad Nielsen (12-yard run), and Jacob Buseman’s 15-yard reception from Jolley making it 28-0 at half.

The start of the second half was much the same as the first. The Hawks came out and scored quickly in the third quarter on a 50-yard touchdown run by Nielsen and converted two-point conversion to make the score 36-0.  With Canistota leading by more than 35 points, the running clock started in the second half.

Canistota got another touchdown by Buseman of 63 yards before the Cardinals were able to prevent the shut out. With 3:35 left in the game, Hansen found Zach Geraets in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown reception. Canistota finished the scoring on a 69-yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Scott Jolley finishing the scoring at 52-6.

The Cardinals finish the season with an 8-2 record.  Josh Brown broke the season rushing yardage record for the Cardinals with 1,465 yards this season.  Zach Geraets tied the school record with 11 sacks on the season.

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The Dell Rapids St. Mary Cardinals pulled off a stellar first round 9B playoff victory over the Waverly/South Shore Coyotes 52-22 on Tuesday, October 28th, in Dell Rapids.  St. Mary scored 44 unanswered points after trailing 14-6 in the middle of the first quarter.

On the first possession of the game, the Coyotes marched down the field and scored on a touchdown run by Bailey Comes. The big play of that drive was a 20-yard pass on third and 18 to give the Coyotes the opportunity to keep the drive alive. St. Mary came right back and scored on a 7-yard screen pass from Casey Hansen to Christian Schnieders making it 8-8.  Each team scored on their second possession. The Coyotes scored on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Joe Jellis to Jacob Boettcher. The Cardinals scored on a 2-yard touchdown run by Schnieders. The difference between the two drives was the 2-point conversions. Waverly/South Shore failed to convert, while St. Mary was able to punch theirs in for a 16-14 lead.

The game was all St. Mary’s from that point forward. The Cardinals scored on touchdowns by Josh Brown (19 yards), Jacob Glazier (5 yards), Schnieders (15 yards), Hansen to Wes Heinricy (20 Yards), and capped off by Heinricy (5 yard).  St. Mary was 5-7 on 2-point conversions on the night.

Waverly/South Shore finished their season 4-5, and the Cardinals improved to 8-1.  St. Mary will travel to #2 Canistota on Monday, November 3rd.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

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Dell Rapids St. Mary’s completed their regular season with a win over the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders 48-20 behind four rushing touchdowns by Josh Brown. Brown who rushed for 207 yards had touchdown runs of 47, 45, 79 and one yard.

St. Mary stared the scoring with a two-play drive on their opening possession of the game. Brown broke free on a 47-yard run down the right side to put the Cardinals up 6-0. On their next possession, St. Mary scored on a short touchdown run by Christian Schnieders, and with the two-point conversion, St. Mary was up 14-0 early. Brown scored again with 45-yard touchdown run to extend the lead to 20-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter was again all St. Mary. The Raiders could not get a drive going, and the Cardinals capitalized. The first score of the quarter was a Jacob Glazier 10-yard touchdown run to make it 28-0. After a wonderful punt by Jamus Brown of O-R-R to pin St. Mary to the one, on the second play of the drive Brown ran for 79 yards for the touchdown making it 34-0 at half.

In the third quarter, the Raiders scored on their first possession with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Nick Skyberg to Jacob Hegdahl cutting the lead to 34-6. St. Mary responded with Brown’s fourth touchdown of the night on a 1-yard run. O-R-R scored again before the end of the third quarter on another Skyberg touchdown pass making it 40-12 at the end of the third quarter.

St. Mary scored on a touchdown pass from Casey Hansen to Noah Fiegen in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 48-12.  As the clock was running down, O-R-R scored on a half-back pass from Jamus Brown to Bennet Trygstad for the final score of the game.

The Cardinals finish the regular season with a 7-1 record.  St. Mary will host Waverly/South Shore Tuesday, October 28th, at 6:00 p.m. in the first round of the 9B playoffs.

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Dell Rapids St. Mary continues its march to the playoffs with a dominant win over the Lake Preston Divers 56-0 in Lake Preston on Friday, October 17th.

St. Mary come out on their opening drive and scored on a Josh Brown touchdown run. On their second possession, the Cardinals scored on a 22-yard touchdown run by Christian Schnieders.  St. Mary regained possession on a turnover on downs when Lake Preston was unable to handle the snap on the punt. Casey Hansen connected with J. Brown for the first passing touchdown of the game.

Coach Ross Flemmer said that they decided to start Hansen at quarterback and move Wes Heinricy to wing back this week because Heinricy gives them another option at wing back in the double wing formation.

In the second quarter, St. Mary continued to dominate. The first touchdown of the quarter was a pass from Heinricy to Noah Fiegen.  The Cardinals scored again on their next possession, this time by Mitch Brown.  St. Mary scored their last two touchdowns on runs by Heinricy and M. Brown.  The Cardinals not only scored seven touchdowns in the first half to end the game at halftime, they were 7-7 on 2-point conversations.

Offensively St. Mary’s spread the ball around very well in the run game. Heinricy had four carries for 57 yards and a touchdown.  Schnieders finished with three carries for 49 yards and a touchdown. J. Brown added four carries for 47 yards and a touchdown.  M. Brown had two rushing touchdowns in the game.

Heinricy was 3-6 passing for 21 yards and a a touchdown.  Hansen went 2-4 for 19 yards and a touchdown.

The Cardinal defense held the Divers to -21 rushing yards and -1 passing yards.

St. Mary will host Oldham-Ramona/Rutland on Thursday, October 23rd, at 7:00 p.m.

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team cruised to a 60-8 over Estelline on Friday, October 10th, in Dell Rapids.

The Cardinals scored 30 points in the first quarter.  The first touchdown came on a fake-punt run by Wes Heinricy.  The Cardinal defense recovered a fumble in the endzone for the second score to go ahead 16-0.  Heinricy scored again later in the quarter to put St Mary ahead 24-0.  Josh Brown added a 5-yard touchdown run to add to the Cardinal lead.

The offense kept rolling in the second quarter as Heinricy scored his third touchdown on a short run to make it 38-0.  J. Brown scored his second touchdown of the game on a 7-yard touchdown run with 4:48 left in the half to give St Mary a 46-0 lead.  Estelline was able to score late in the second quarter on a touchdown pass to head into halftime down 46-8.

St Mary scored two more times in the third quarter.  Heinricy found the endzone for the fourth time on the night to extend the St Mary lead to 54-8.  Evan Brown scored the final touchdown with 1:54 left in the third quarter to end the game on the mercy rule 60-8.

The Cardinals improve to 5-1 on the year.  St Mary will travel to Lake Preston on Friday, October 17th.  The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team got back in the win column with a Homecoming game win over the Castlewood Warriors 58-26 on Friday, October 3rd, in Dell Rapids.

The Cardinals had 435 yards of total offense, all rushing yards, while holding Castlewood to just 183 yards of total offense.  Josh Brown, who earned the Keloland Touchstone Energy Player of the Week honors, led the rushing attack for St Mary with 20 carries for 243 yards and four touchdowns.  Jacob Glazier had 16 carries for 118 yards and three touchdowns.  Christian Schnieders added six carries for 48 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively for St Mary, Schnieders had 7.5 tackles.  Zach Geraets picked up seven tackles and two sacks in the game.  Sam Schwebach added six tackles.  Micah Roemen and Dalton Houska each had 5.5 tackles, and Noah Fiegen ended the night with five tackles.  Wes Heinricy notched two interceptions on the defensive side of the ball.

The Cardinals improve to 4-1 on the year.  St Mary will host Estelline on Friday, October 10th.