After a lackluster start, the Benilde-St. Margaret's offense shifted into overdrive as Ricky Floyd scored four touchdowns to lead the Red Knights to a 44-29 win over the Holy Angels Stars in the Section 5AAAA football championship game Friday night in St. Louis Park.
The Red Knights would fumble on their first drive and went three and out on their next two series. The Stars would shine early when quarterback Joseph Heinbold scored on a 25 yard keeper. Holy Angels led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Conor McGarry would boot a 20 yard field goal to put the Stars ahead by nine. But the BSM offense would come to life like Frosty the Snowman when quarterback Will Whitmore threw a 60 yard touchdown pass to Floyd who beat a pair of Stars defenders to put the Red Knights on the board. BSM would vault ahead on Alex Houlihan's 18 yard field goal to give them a 10-9 halftime lead.
Defense would also prevail for the Red Knights as they began the second half scoring following a fumble by Heimbold that was recovered in the end zone by Patrick Kalb for a touchdown. Floyd would make two more trips to the end zone in the third quarter, scoring a 12 yard left side touchdown and on a 49 yard run with :08 to go. It would be a 30-9 BSM lead.
Fans looking for a lot of scoring would get their wish in the fourth quarter that started when Heimbold ended the Red Knights 30 unanswered points run with a nine yard keeper touchdown. The Holy Angels defense made a contribution to the scoring on Peter Laird's interception of Whitmore that would cut the lead to eight. BSM would counter :19 later as Floyd ran like he was headed for 26th St. and scored a 67 yard touchdown. Holy Angels would not go away just yet. Heimbold would score his third touchdown of the game on a 23 yard keeper. The Red Knights would clinch their second straight trip to state on Whitmore's two yard keeper touchdown.
BSM improved their record to 7-3 and will take on the Cloquet Lumberjacks in the Class AAAA quarterfinals Friday, November 11 at 7 PM at Chisago Lakes High School in Lindstrom. Holy Angels, who upset the top seeded Mound-Westonka Whitehawks last Saturday concluded their season with a record of 4-6.
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