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AT THE HALF: Vikings' Quick Scores Give Them 10-7 Edge
The game turns into a defensive struggle after Geneva's quick field goal and touchdown. Saints grind it out and come back.
A 63-yard kickoff return by Grant Hudson to start the game led to a Viking field goal.
And after the Saints fumbled the ensuing kickoff, quarterback Matt Williams hit tight end Connor Einck on 15-yard touchdown pass for a 10-0 lead with 7:47 still left in the first quarter.
After that, the grass grew on Burgess Field as both teams went to the running game and started grinding it out.
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The Saints ground more effectively.
The turning point for the Saints was a fourth-and-3 situation the Saints had the ball on Geneva's 6-yard line. St. Charles East called time out. Then Geneva called time out.
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When they came out of the huddle, Saints' 5-8, 180-pound running back Zach Zajicek bulled his way into the end zone to cut Geneva's lead to 10-7.
