Saints roll over Newman
By Kristi Nixon
MASON CITY — Connor King wanted to make up for his miscue.
The senior running back had fumbled on his way to the end zone with the top-ranked Saints leading 7-0. It didn’t hurt St. Ansgar at all, but King wanted to do something, so on Mason City’s sustained second-half opening drive, he batted the ball out of Knight quarterback Cal McGuire’s hand for a 62-yard scoop and score in a 61-0 rout of Newman during its homecoming game on Friday, Sept. 29.
“I didn’t have the best start to the game,” King said. “I knew I had to come out, play more disciplined football, so I put a little move on the offensive tackle, got to the quarterback, got to the ball and took it to the end zone.”
Coach Drew Clevenger added, “Connor is a tough kid. He was probably thrown into deep water his sophomore year for us, seeing some action before he was ready. But, hard-nosed kid, good leader. He kind of embodies all our seniors: they are kind of no-nonsense guys who don’t really care who gets the credit. They just play hard. When they do that, good things happen.”
More on this story and more photos will be found in the Oct. 4 print and online editions of the Enterprise Journal.
