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The St. Mary's Cardinal football squad traveled to Spencer last Friday afternoon to take on the Boyd County Spartans. The Cards were handed a 10-point loss, with the tide turning every possession in the fourth quarter. The Spartans had no answer for the Cardinal air game, and the Cards couldn't slow down Boyd County's Hudson Hoffman, who rushed for 282 yards on 34 carries for five touchdowns. Charlie Adams also gave St. Mary's fits as he rushed for 77 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns. The Spartan offense was one-dimensional, with the ball being carried by Hoffman, running the clock out on the Cards in the third quarter, and running 21 plays to the Card's three for the period. Overall, the Cards ran 53 total plays for 12 first downs and had two penalties for 25 yards. The Spartans ran 63 plays for 23 first downs and had five penalties for 25 yards. The Cardinals managed well in the first half, leading 14-8 at the Spartan Homecoming game. The trouble came in the third, with the Spartans putting up 14 unanswered points. The Spartans struck first after driving down the field when Adams ran in the first touchdown from the 1-yard line. The Cards got on the board in the first when Gage Hedstrom hit Ben Barlow on a 42-yard touchdown pass, and Hedstrom ran in the conversion. The only score of the second was by Jace Rosenkrans on a short touchdown run for six in the second quarter. Spencer's Hoffman dominated the third running in touchdowns. The fourth was exciting as the Cards got as close as two at one point. Hoffman ran in a 42-yard touchdown with no conversion; Hedstrom ran in a 67-yard touchdown with Logan Brabec hitting Barlow for the conversion; Hoffman ran in a 39-yard score with no conversion; The Cards kept hitting back, and Hedstrom hitting Barlow and James Eby to move the ball down the field. Hedstrom hit Rosenkrans for a 14-yard touchdown and then sent the conversion to Rosenkrans on a pass. Hoffman scored again on a 23-yard run, missing the conversion. The Card's last score was on a 63-yard touchdown pass to Barlow, and a throw to Brabec gave the Cards two more. The Cardinal defense could not stop the Spartan offense, and Adams finished the game with an 11-yard touchdown. Hedstrom had 14 carries for 119 yards and one touchdown; Jace Rosenkrans had five carries for 11 yards and one touchdown; and Risken Dawson with five carries for 26 yards. Barlow led the receivers with six catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns; Rosenkrans had one catch for 14 yards and one touchdown; Eby three catches for 45 yards; Brabec one for 12 yards; and Eli Banks one for 20 yards. The Cards will face Creighton on Friday, Sept. 20, at home starting at 7 p.m.
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