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AT THE HALF: Vikings Start With a Bang, Lead STC North 27-7
At the halfway mark, it's a first-quarter scoring fest and a second-quarter snooze.
The tale at the half is a wild first quarter and a sleepy second.
St. Charles North is promising fireworks after the game, but the fireworks on the field started in the first quarter. Geneva drove 87 yards in six plays, sparked by a 38-yard connection from Matt Williams to Ben Rogers and finished with a Parker Woodworth 29-yard run.
Score 7-0; time 9:32 left.
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The North Stars fumbled on the kickoff, Geneva recovered, scored in five plays—a 23-yard drive that finished when Connor Einck caught a jump ball in the end zone.
Score 14-0; time 7:48 left
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But North had no thoughts of a rout. A 69-yard kickoff return by Ben Kaplan sets up a 2-yard TD run by George Edlund.
Score 14-7; time 5:12 in first.
Geneva needed five plays to go 69 yards for the next score. Michael DuVair rumbled 31 yards for the touchdown. A missed PAT made it ...
Score 20-7; time 3:16.
Geneva recovered a fumbled snap and needed four places to score. Woodworth again, this time 27 yards.
Score 27-7, time 21 seconds left in the first quarter.
And in the second quarter, a comedy of errors on both sides. North got the ball back with great field position after a shanked Geneva punt and drove all the way to the Geneva 2 before time expired.
Second quarter ...
Score: 0-0; time—all 12 minutes.
At the half: 27-7 Vikings over the North Stars.
Score by quarter
- Geneva: 27-0—27
- St. Charles North: 7-0—7
Rushing
- #6 Parker Woodworth—80 yards, 7 carries, 2 TDs
- #12 Matt Williams— 20 yards, 6 carries
- #32 Bobby Hess—16 yards, 2 carries
- #33 Ben Herrera— 6 yards, 1 carries
- #44 Michael DuVair — 44 yards, 1 carry, 1 TD
Passing
