St. Vincent football rolls past Grandview

St. Vincent coach Tim Schumer and the Indians rolled past Grandview on Friday night at St. Vincent High School.

Tom Davis ~ tdavis@semoball.com, file

PERRYVILLE — St. Vincent avenged a rare loss to Grandview in 2021 with a 49-6 beating on Friday night at St. Vincent High School.

"I was talking about trap games before the game, especially coming off of a big win against St. Pius last week," Indians coach Tim Schumer said. "I wanted to make sure we were ready and in the right frame of mind."

Senior Kaden Kassel got the Indians on the board early with a defensive touchdown, grabbing a pitch from Grandview's quarterback on an option and taking it to the house.

St. Vincent had little issue putting points on the board, scoring on a pass from junior quarterback Christian Schaaf to senior Trevor Moonier, a rushing touchdown from classmate Drake Robinson and a rushing and receiving score from sophomore Cruz Reitzel.

"Once we got going, we executed well," Schumer said. "We started off a little slow and at the end of the half, we had some penalties that called back like three touchdowns. I wish we would have executed a little better in the first half."

The Indians (7-1) travel to Jefferson with a chance to win their first I-55 Conference championship since St. Vincent won state in 2004.

"It'd be really special, especially since it's been so long," Schumer said. It's been 18 years now, so it'll be very exciting but we've got work to do."