Bishop LeBlond defeats St. Joseph Christian 66-12 in a Crosstown Battle

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com

Bishop LeBlond made the trip across town over to St. Joseph Christian to take on the Lions.  The Eagles were coming off of back-to-back losses to fellow GRC members, North Andrew and Worth County.  St. Joseph Christian is their 4th consecutive GRC opponent to start the season.

LeBlond received the ball at midfield to start the game and wasted no time.  On the 4th play of the drive, Landon Gardner scored on a 23-yard touchdown run.

St. Joseph Christian was able to move the ball down the field taking it to the LeBlond 24, but turned it over on downs.  Gardner connected with Jake Korell on a 56-yard touchdown on the very next play to go up 16-0.

LeBlond was able to extend the lead to 30-0 behind the feet of Gardner.  He scored from 19 yards and 2 yards out.  The Lions were able to get on the board late in the 1st quarter when Peyton Hausman outran the Eagle defense for a 60-yard touchdown run.  LeBlond would add another score in the first when Gardner scored from 46 yards out.  It was 38-6 after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, LeBlond extended the lead to 60-6 with three touchdowns.  Gardner connected with Jackson Sigrist for 22 yards and Carson Staggs for 26 yards.  In between those, Gardner ran for another touchdown, this time for 6 yards.

St. Joseph Christian was able to put together their best drive of the night late in the 2nd quarter.  They started at their own 15 and drove 65 yards down the field.  Jacob Clabaugh connected with Vail Freuchting from 8 yards out to make it 60-12.

Gardner connected with Korell for 55 yards to end LeBlond's scoring at 66-12.  The game ended at the half.

I caught up with both coaches and Clifton Grooms to discuss the game.

Stats (Unofficial)

St. Joseph Christian

Passing

Jacob Clabaugh, 21-39, 98 yards, TD

Levi Miller, 1-3, 8 yards

Rushing

Peyton Hausman, 79 yards, TD

Jacob Clabaugh, 26 yards

Levi Miller, 2 yards

Receiving

Vail Freuchting, 43 yards, TD

Levi Miller, 26 yards

Logan Hubble, 21 yards

Jacob Clabaugh, 8 yards

Peyton Hausman, 8 yards

213 total yards

Bishop LeBlond

Passing

Landon Gardner, 5-5, 154 yards, 3 TD

Rushing

Landon Gardner, 96 yards, 5 TD

Carson Staggs, 35 yards, TD

Jackson Sigrist, 29 yards

Jake Korell, 11 yards

Jackson Crews, 1 yard

Receiving

Jake Korell, 111 yards, 2 TD

Jackson Sigrist, 30 yards, TD

Max Bachali, 13 yards

326 total yards