TURNING ON THE JETS — Fairmont large receiver Levi Pooley (left) shifts into excessive gear and outruns Belle Plaine defensive again Caleb Eppen (5) to the tip zone after catching a cross from quarterback Blaze Geiger throughout Friday night time’s soccer sport at Mahoney Field in Fairmont. (Photo by Greg Abel)

FAIRMONT — Fairmont christened the newly-built gateway to Thomas Mahoney Sr. soccer discipline with a 35-point triumph on the power of a virtually flawless three-phases-of-the-game efficiency on Friday night time.

Quarterback Blaze Geiger threw for a career-best 251 yards and three touchdowns to enrich one dashing TD, whereas working again Elijah Johnson and receiver Levi Pooley every produced two scores earlier than incomes second-half hiatuses to energy the Cardinals to a 49-14 rout of the Belle Plaine Tigers.

“Incredible. Where to begin?” mentioned Fairmont head coach Mat Mahoney, whose balanced lineup constructed a 42-0 lead by halftime. “Blaze was smart with handling the football tonight and turned in an all-around great game.”

Geiger accomplished 10 of 14 passes, triggered by an ideal 62-yard scoring spiral to a sprinting Pooley alongside the suitable sideline. Pooley hauled within the toss, turned on the jets and outsprinted the Tigers’ defensive secondary throughout the ultimate 20 yards of actual property. Kellen Stenzel kicked the PAT to stake Fairmont to a 7-0 lead with 8:30 remaining within the opening quarter.

Gage Borntrager, one of many Cardinals’ defensive standouts on the primary dwelling sport of the season, later scooped up a Tigers’ fumble on the Belle Plaine 34. It took Elijah Johnson one handoff, one clearing block and a burst of velocity to cowl the space for the primary of his two scores. Stenzel nailed the PAT to double the Cardinals’ hole to 14-0 on the 7:29 juncture.

Fairmont linebacker Cole Wiemers and defensive again Connor Gronewald delivered pivotal stops to pressure a Tigers’ three-and-out sequence earlier than Geiger and Pooley labored their aerial magic to supply the house group’s third TD in solely 5 offensive snaps.

Geiger delivered a right-side timing cross to the sure-handed Pooley and the senior break up finish was off to the races for a 50-yard TD reception previous to Stenzel including his third PAT kick.

Pooley finally completed with three catches for a game-best 130 yards and the 2 6-pointers.

Borntrager, Parker Mathiason, Tyson Thate and Caleb Chambers then intensified the defensive stress on Belle Plaine quarterback Josh Sparby on the Tigers’ 20 throughout the early phases of the second quarter. The fearsome foursome mixed for 3 consecutive sacks, with Borntrager & Co. tackling the Tiger ball provider in the long run zone for a security and 23-0 lead on the 10:34 mark.

Pooley then returned the Tigers’ ensuing free kick 21 yards to the guests’ 38. Elijah Johnson reeled off three consecutive tackle-breaking rumbles to cap the scoring drive from 4 yards out. Stenzel added the PAT kick for a 30-point lead with 9:25 left within the second body.

“Our defense did a great job of creating four turnovers and a safety, while our offense committed just one turnover,” mentioned Mahoney. “I thought Hadan (Toomer) was going to get another pick-6 for us right before halftime.”

Toomer picked off the primary of his game-best two interceptions and returned the soccer 59 yards to the Belle Plaine 36 to finally arrange Geiger’s 1-yard TD run.

Ironically, Fairmont was not achieved producing factors within the first half as Geiger and offense regained possession at their 28 due to the Fairmont’s stifling defensive stand.

Geiger threaded the needle with a spiral to Pooley for 18 yards, a 39-yarder to Nolan Schultze and a 15-yard TD toss to Jace Teveldal to cap the offensive numbers at 42-0 with solely 40 seconds to go.

Toomer then notched his second interception of the sport to assist the Cardinals run out the primary half.

With Johnson and Pooley incomes well-deserved second-half reprieves from motion, Belle Plaine capitalized on Fairmont’s lone turnover of the sport to open the third quarter.

Austin Mohlin’s fumble restoration on the Cardinals’ 25 finally led to Sparby’s 13-yard scoring toss to Logan Reynolds. Tristan Holbrook ran within the 2-point conversion to scale back the Tigers’ hole to 42-8.

Fairmont utilized Mathew Cone to assist Geiger transfer the first-down markers by way of the air, whereas Ty Tumbleson dealt with many of the working chores to counter Belle Plaine. Tumbleson scored on a 2-yard run earlier than Stenzel kicked the PA for a 49-8 lead with 2:40 left within the third.

Fairmont (2-0) travels to Albert Lea subsequent Friday night time for a 7 p.m. kickoff, whereas Belle Plaine (0-2) performs host to Worthington subsequent Friday night time.

BP     0 0   8  6 — 14

FA   21 21  7  0 — 49

SCORING PLAYS

1st Quarter

FA–Levi Pooley 62 cross from Blaze Geiger (Kellen Stenzel kick), 8:30.

FA–Elijah Johnson 34 run (Stenzel kick), 7:29.

FA–Pooley 50 cross from Geiger (Stenzel kick), 4:28.

2nd Quarter

FA–Gage Borntrager security, 10:34.

FA–E. Johnson 4 run (Stenzel kick), 9:25.

FA–Geiger 1 run (kick blocked), 4:18.

FA–Jace Teveldal 15 cross from Geiger (kick failed), 0:40.

third Quarter

BP–Logan Reynolds 13 cross from Josh Sparby (Tristan Holbrook run), 10:15.

FA–Ty Tumbleson 2 run (Stenzel kick), 2:40.

4th Quarter

BP–Caleb Eppen 42 cross from Sparby (run failed), 3:27.

TEAM STATISTICS

First downs: Fairmont 13; Belle Plaine 9. Rushing: Fairmont 35-188; Belle Plaine 22-81. Passing: Fairmont 12-16-0-252; Belle Plaine 12-23-2-176. Fumbles-lost: Fairmont 3-1; Belle Plaine 5-2. Penalties: Fairmont 3-25; Belle Plaine 4-18.

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Offense: Rushing: Elijah Johnson (FA) 12-116; Tristan Holbrook (BP) 14-78. Passing: Blaze Geiger (FA) 10-14-0-251; Josh Sparby (BP) 12-23-2-176. Receiving: Fairmont: Levi Pooley 3-130, Mathew Cone 3-41. Belle Plaine: Logan Reynolds 5-77, Caleb Eppen 2-59.

Defense: Interceptions: Hadan Toomer (FA) 2. Fumble recoveries: Gage Borntrager (FA), Austin Mohlin (BP), Parker Mathiason (FA).

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Tavian Harvey returned an interception for a landing and caught certainly one of quarterback Joe Long’s three scoring strikes to propel the Fairmont Cardinals to a season-opening 52-0 rout over Tri-City United throughout junior varsity soccer motion Tuesday.

Cole Brockmann rushed for a pair of TDs, whereas Jaron Schutz and Merritt Pomerenke every made one scoring reception for the Cardinals.

Fairmont junior varsity (1-0) is idle till enjoying host to Albert Lea on Monday, Sept. 18, at Mahoney Field.