The end of an era. One of the great players in Minnesota high school football history Jason Williamson played his final game and scored two second half touchdowns to lead the Owatonna Huskies to a 14-3 win over the St. Thomas Academy Cadets in the Class AAAAA Championship game Saturday afternoon at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
It was the third state title for the southern Minnesota school in their eighth trip to the state tournament.
The Cadets scored the only first half points as Charlie Fafinski threw a 37 yard completion to Joe Deyak and John Copeland would end the 10 play drive with a 27 yard field goal. As for the Huskies, who broke the 30 point mark in 10 of their 12 games, they couldn't get the offense in sync as they were forced to punt on their first four drives and on the fifth, they lost the ball on downs. Williamson would also run into a blue and white lagoon of Cadet defenders as they prevented the future Minnesota Golden Gopher from getting a long run. St. Thomas Academy led at halftime 3-0.
But there would be good news for the numerous Huskies fans who made the trip up I-35 to downtown Minneapolis. Williamson would finally solve the St. Thomas Academy defense. In the third quarter, Williamson would break through four Cadet players in the middle of the field and score on a 71 yard touchdown run to put Owatonna ahead 7-3.
Williamson would also close the curtain on his career with 1:27 left to play as he scampered into the end zone from 44 yards. He would finish the game with 23 carries for 184 yards.
St. Thomas Academy was led by Brendan McFadden who rushed the ball 30 times for 105 yards.
The Huskies ended their season with a 13-0 record and the Cadets closed their campaign at 12-1.
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