The Suburban East Battle That Never Disappoints: East Ridge @ Cretin-Derham Hall
Tonight, Northstar Football News took in the epic battle of Suburban East foes, the East Ridge Raptors vs. the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. Our contributor, Nate Wahl provides the game summary for this Suburban East battle. This game started off as…
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Continue ReadingTonight, Northstar Football News took in the epic battle of Suburban East foes, the East Ridge Raptors vs. the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. Our contributor, Nate Wahl provides the game summary for this Suburban East battle.
This game started off as a huge defensive battle, but the Raiders were able to drive the ball down the field and get a 10-yard touchdown from RB Tony Underwood in the 1st quarter. Mid way thru the 2nd quarter, Cretin-Derham Hall QB Preston Thelemann found WR Tyson Schilling for a big 53-yard touchdown to put the Raiders up 14-0 midway thru the 2nd quarter. The Raptors decided to wake up big after that score by CDH with a game changing 66-yard run for a TD from a player I featured in my program profile on East Ridge, RB KJ Moore. East Ridge then struck again when QB Riley Larson drove down the field and pushed in a 1-yard QB sneak to place the game at 14-14 which would follow into halftime. East Ridge brought the momentum into halftime with a chip on their shoulder with back to back touchdowns on the Raiders.
The 3rd quarter continued to be a defensive battle with no scoring from either squad until the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter got started with a big throw from Thelemann to under utilized WR Marselio Mendez who got the 4th quarter going with a 59-yard catch to the end zone putting the Raiders up 21-14. Again, the defense followed back and forth for both teams, but unfortunately was followed by a KJ Moore injury in the 4th quarter really put a dagger in the Raptors offense as Moore was the offensive star for the Raptors with 21 carries, 125 yards, and 1 TD. The game was closed out at the end of the 4th quarter by a 25-yard field goal by K Jimmy Reardon which put the Raiders up for good for a 24-14 lead which would be the final score at St. Thomas.
Cretin wins 24-14 over East Ridge. Credit: Nate WahlEast Ridge HC Dan Fritze talking to his team after a tough loss at Cretin-Derham Hall. Credit: Nate Wahl
Check out my big dogs of the week on offense and defense in the Week 2 edition of Nate’s Big Dogs of the Week featuring the East Ridge Raptors and the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders.