Jordan Anderson has won the KNUJ Offensive Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive season. Springfield’s Jeff Briard was Defensive Player of the Year while Glencoe Silver Lake’s Courtney Lemke was Volleyball Player of the Year.

Jordan Anderson – Senior

2012 Season Final

QB Passing

159/265                60%        2585 yards           26 Touchdowns

Rushing

132 Carries for 959 yards               7.3 yards per carry           12 Touchdowns

Career

QB Passing

413/807                51%        6057 yards           58 Touchdowns

School record holder for career passing yards and career passing touchdowns

Rushing

373 Carries for 2034 yards             5.5 yards per carry           26 Touchdowns

School record holder for career rushing yards and career rushing touchdowns

State Quarterfinals

November 10

at Rochester Community College

Faribault Bethlehem Academy 43, St. Mary’s 12

• Very Windy conditions, period of rain
• 7-0 BA 45-yard TD pass 6:21 1st Qtr.
• BA stops St. Mary’s at 28-yard line on 4th-and-three play
• 7-6  Long pass to John Brandl sets up 5-yard run by Jordan Anderson 6:47 2nd Qtr.
• 15-6  First play of ensuing drive, 67-TD run. Extra point kick faked, pass good 6:32 2nd Qtr.
• 22-6  BA takes advantage of good punt return into Knight territory to 41, culminates drive with 5-yard run  1:32 2nd Qtr.
• 22-12  St. Mary’s quickly drives down field using their passing game. Brandl scores TD on 5-yard pass :42 2nd Qtr.
• Andy Steffl recovers fumble to stop a BA Drive at start of second half
• 29-12  55-yard BA interception return for TD  on a 4th down play by Knights
• 36-12  BA takes advantage of another big punt return, this time to Knights 8-yard line. 8-yard run for TD  late 3rd Qtr.
• 43-13  BA 2-yard TD run  9:04 4th Qtr.
• BA intercepts ball at goal line thwarting Knights scoring opportunity.
• Jordan Anderson tossed three second half interceptions
• Knights end season with an impressive 10-1 mark
•  Check back for stats

Coach’s Comments (Brent Kucera)

• They were just bigger and stronger then us and had more bodies. They were the better team
• The best team we have played this year.
• It hurts losing this years senior class. We only had 6 of them but they were a high quality 6 guys. They did a lot for this team and helped us win 10 consecutive games. They finish their careers going undefeated at home the last two years. 12-0
• We couldn’t get our run game established and we were forced to pass in situations that we didnt want to.
• Turnovers also hurt us.
• The were a senior dominated team with 17…we only had 4 playing in the game and that makes a huge difference.

Knights celebrate a repeat!

November 2

Section 2A Championship Game

St. Mary’s 48, New Ulm Cathedral 28

Second consecutive Section 2A Title

• 8-0  St. Mary’s took first drive for score.  Set up by 31-yard pass Jordan Anderson to Sean Mathiowetz. 9:29 (1st Qtr) Touchdown scored by Brandon Helget on 14-yard pass reception. Mitch Neid ran in 2-point conversion
• 16-0  5:36 (1st Qtr) Anderson to Mathiowetz 95-yard TD reception.  Mathiowetz on receiving end of 2-point conversion
• 16-6  7-yard run by Cathedral (1:38 1st Qtr)
• 22-6  Touchdown Neid 4-yard run (10:04 2nd Qtr)
• 28-6  39-yard Touchdown reception to John Brandl. Set up by ball tipped by David Surprenant and intercepted by Lucas Heiderscheidt (7:24 2nd Qtr)
• 28-14  14-yard touchdown run by Cathedral, 2-pt conversion on run (3:47 2nd Qtr)
• Knights held off a last second first half drive by Cathedral – stalled at St. Mary’s 6-yard line
• 34-14  Mathiowetz 5-yard TD reception (2:06 3rd Qtr)
• 34-22  Cathedral touchdown on 3-yard run, 2-pt conversion on pass. (10:43 4th Qtr)
• 42-22  Surprenant 4-yard run for touchdown. Mike Hirsch pass reception for 2-point conversion  (7:41 4th Qtr)
• 42-28  (4:31 4th Qtr)
• 48-28  Surprenant 9-yard touchdown run. Set up by long pass to Brandl (3:38 4th Qtr)
• Jared Rothmeier interception with 2:43 to play to put to rest any thoughts of a comeback

Check back for stats.

Knights open state tournament Saturday at Rochester Community College at 6 p.m.

Mike Hirsch hauls in a pass for the Knights first touchdown.

October 27

Section Quarterfinals

St. Mary’s 32, MVL 7

• 6-0 Mike Hirsch 5 yard TD reception. Score set up by 54 run by Mitch Neid. 1st possession of game. 8:24 first quarter
• 7-6  MVL 1 yard run 11:19 First Qtr.
• 14-7 John Brandl 6 yard pass TD reception. 58 yard drive, set up with 29 yard pass reception Brandon Helget. Sean Mathiowetz reception 2-pt conversion
• 20-7 Mitch Neid 17 yard TD run 9:13 Third Quarter. Set up with 28 yard receptions John Brandl
• 26-9 John Brandl 8 yard TD reception 1:10 Third Quarter.
• 32-7 Jordan Anderson 3 yard run  3:19 Fourth Quarter

Coach’s Comments (Brent Kucera)

• MVL came with a good game plan and played hard. Alot of credit to them. They gave us a strong fight.
• It took a little while to shake the rust off. The penalties really got us out of our rhythm
• We are exited for the challenge against Cathedral. They will come and play their best game of the year. We need to respond from one of our worst games of the year.
• I expect both teams to make some changes from our first meeting. They are going to give their Horse Adam S. the ball alot more. He is definitely what makes their offense go. He runs hard and sets up his blocks well.
• This is the kind of game you want to be apart of. The opportunity to go to state and play against a rival with some history. You will see a big hitting football game.
• We will need to play better against Cathedral. We need to get rid of the simple penalties and play 100% from the first play to the end.

Defensive –

Lucas Heiderscheidt – 5 solo, 10 assists

Carter Krzmarzick – 3 solo, 9 assists, 1 sack

David Surprenant – 7 solo, 5 assists

• St. Mary’s claims first ever Southern MN A Football Conference title with 18-0 win at home against Springdfield 10/12
• Springfield had a good game plan and they came to play. This was the hardest hitting game we had all year. Springfield did a good job of forcing us into some key mistakes. I give them alot of credit. There D-Backs impressed me the most. They covered our pass better than anybody else this year. They have a good football team and they could be a dangerous team in the playoffs.
• Our defense won the game for us. They played stong the entire game. Our offense turned the ball over a few times and gave Springfield some short fields and the defense held strong and also forced some turnovers and got us out of jams a few times. Its great to see that when our offense is struggling the defense picks up the slack.
• On offense Springfield got us out of our Rhythm. They were forcing some poor routes on our receivers and they were attacking the run. When we did start getting into a rhythm and were getting a good drive going we would turn the ball over. We have to fix our fumbling issue. We cant afford to give good teams the ball for free.
• Losing Alex Mages early in the game hurt really bad. He has been anchoring the Right Tackle spot all year and was a good Senior Leader. I think that definately hurt our running game.
• Receiving: Sean Mathiowetz 4 receptions for 85 yards and 1 TD; John Brandl  3 receptions for 81 yards

• Rushing: Jordan Anderson  18 carries for 138 yards 1 TD; Mitch Neid  12 carries for 26 yards; Lucas Heiderscheidt 1 carry for 3 yards 1 TD
• QB Jordan Anderson  10/25, 192 yards, 1 TD,  1 Int
•  Defensive: Carter Krzmarzick  5 solo, 8 assists, 1 sack; Nathan Lax 3 solo, 8 assists, ½ sack, 1 fumble recovery; Lucas Heiderscheidt 3 solo, 7 assists, 1 forced fumble