FOOTBALL IMPROVES TO 5-1 OVERALL AND 4-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY

On Friday the Saints hosted Glasgow High School in a Class 1A, District 1 showdown. The game started with each offense trading possessions and not able to get much traction. When the Saints took over on their next possession, Nick Osbourne sparked the offense ripping off a 13 yard run, and an extra 15 yards was tacked on by a facemask penalty on Glasgow. On the very next play Mike Lilley rolled to his right and threw a dart to Brandon Graves down the sideline who cruised past the last defender on the field for a 56 yard touchdown to get the Saints on the board early with a 6-0 lead.

After a Tony Wang touchback on the ensuing kickoff the Saints defense stepped up and pushed the Glasgow offense deep back in their own territory, forcing a punt to give the Saints offense good field position. It took only a few plays to get on the board again when Phineas Hunt took a handoff and barreled over a defender at the goaline for his third rushing touchdown on the season. A two-point conversion pass from Wang to Will Dulaney gave the Saints a 14-0 lead towards the end of the first quarter.

Most of the second quarter was a stalemate until Glasgow ripped off a long run to set themselves up with a 1st and 10 at the Saints 11 yard line. The defense stiffened and forced a turnover on downs giving the offense the ball back at their own 2 yard line with under two minutes to go in the first half. After a couple of runs to get out of their own endzone Lilley and Graves hooked up for the second time on the day when Graves wheeled down the sideline and Lilley hit him in stride letting Graves race past the rest of the defense for an 87 yard score. A Hunt two-point conversion run pushed the Saints lead to 22-0 heading into the half.

Glasgow wasn't about to quit as they returned the opening kick of the second half for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 22-6. It didn't take Lilley and Graves long to get going again though. On the second play of the next possession Lilley threw a quick pass to Graves who weaved his way through a few defenders, this time for a 58 yard score. Wang's PAT put the Saints up 29-6. The Saints defense forced a Glasgow punt their next time out. Lilley and Graves once again right back to work, and after another quick pass from Lilley, Graves took off for a 60 yard touchdown for his fourth score of the day extending the lead to 35-6.

Glasgow was able to muster up some offense and score on their next possession to keep their hopes alive and pulled closer with a score of 35-14. Lilley again took matters in his own hands to put the game out of reach for good when he found Dulaney for a 50 yard scoring strike to make the score 42-14 approaching the end of the third quarter.

Once the third quarter ended the game was called due to darkness and the Saints walked off with a 42-14 win, improving their record overall to 5-1 and stay unbeaten in the district at 4-0.

Lilley and Graves led the offensive aerial attack by both setting two school records each. Lilley's 355 yards passing and 5 touchdown passes are the most ever in a single game in St. Andrew's history. Graves' 286 yards receiving on his 6 catches, and his four receiving touchdowns are both single game St. Andrew's records. With his four receiving touchdowns Graves has also broken the single season receiving touchdowns record in school history pushing his total to 9 on the year; he now has 15 total touchdowns on the year with 5 more coming on the ground and one passing touchdown as well.

Graves also led the defensive charge with Hunt. Both finished the day with 7 tackles each. Hunt also had a sack and three tackles for a loss.

The Saints next game is this Saturday at 12:00 PM at home vs. St. Elizabeth (6-0, 4-0) with possible district championship implications on the line.