St. Mary's Downs Twin Valley 46-14

The St. Mary's Cardinals advanced to the second round of state football plaoff action and defeated an 8-1, Twin Valley team.
The Cards struck first in the second quarter on a 48-yard pass from Mike Simons to Matt Willis, followed by a two-point conversion by Simons again to put the Cards up by eight. St. Mary's scored once more before half on a 12-yard pass from Simon to Dan Haggerty. The two-point conversion by Ryan Hickey gave the Cards a 16 point lead. Twin Valley scored once in the second quarted on a 35-yard pass to put them within eight points before going to half.
St. Mary's scored twice in the third quarter. Matt Willis had a 36-yard touchdownand Mike Simons ran in a score from the 1-yard line. Twin Valley scored only once more on a 16-yard run by Darrin Jolly, couple with an unsuccessful two-point conversion, to leave the Rebels down 30-14, going in to the final period of the day.
The Cards dominated the fourth quarter with 16 unanswered point. Ryan Hickey scored on a 16-yard pass from Simons and Ryan Kelly gave St. Mary's the PAT. The final touchdown of the gaem was a 3-yard pass from Simons to Dan Haggerty. Simons hit Ryan Hickey for a two-point conversion to put the Cards up by 32 points, ending the game, 46-14. The Cards had 467 yard total offense with 318 of those on the ground and 149 in the air. Top performers for St. Mary's were Jed Givens with 137 yards rushiong.Ryan Hickey with 95 yards rushing, Matt Willis had 90 yards receiving, and Kiel Nuemann led the defense with 22 tackles.