HORACE – On a chilly night, the Jamestown Blue Jays’ offense couldn’t get heated up. Horace did the job defensively and just enough offensively.
Horace defeated Jamestown Friday 14-0 in the first round of the NDHSAA AA football playoffs at Hawk Stadium.
Late in the first quarter, Jamestown pinned Horace deep in their own end and forced a short punt, setting up the Blue Jays at the Horace 29 yard line. After the quarter change, an 18-yard pass from Ryan Kallenbach to Max Rittenbach sent Jamestown to the Horace five, and the Jays made it to the one. A penalty moved them back to the six before Kelan Harstad rushed to the two on third down. Brady Harty then missed a 20-yard field goal.
On the next drive for Horace (8-2), Taylor Stefonowicz hit Aiden Green for a 68-yard touchdown and Horace led 7-0 with 6:26 left in the first half.
Horace had a chance to increase the lead just before halftime, but Jamestown’s Liam Frey intercepted a Stefonowicz pass at his own one.
Another missed chance came for Jamestown (5-5) in the opening drive of the second half. Kallenbach completed a pass to Caleb Schiele, but he fumbled inside the Horace 10. The Hawks’ Cooper Fuchs recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchback.
Later in the third quarter, Horace used a short field for their second touchdown. Dillon Otterson completed a 44-yard drive with a 22-yard rushing touchdown and the Hawks led 14-0 with 1:23 remaining in the third quarter.
Kallenbach threw interceptions to end Jamestown’s last two possessions.
Ty Geray rushed for 110 yards for Horace and Otterson ran for 61. Stefonowicz passed for 141 yards.
Harstad carried 13 times for 55 yards for Jamestown. Kallenbach passed for 136 yards.
The Blue Jays were shut out for the first time since October 9, 2020, a 45-0 loss to Bismarck Century.
| Jamestown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horace | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
SECOND QUARTER
Horace – Taylor Stefonowicz 68-yard TD pass to Aiden Green 6:26 (Jacob Birnbaum XP) – 7-0 Horace – 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:52
THIRD QUARTER
Horace – Dillon Otterson 22-yard TD run 1:23 (Birnbaum XP) – 14-0 Horace – 4 plays, 56 yards, 1:05 – Key plays: Otterson 16-yard run, Stefonowicz 19-yard pass to Mason Johnson
Individual Statistics
RUSHING
Jamestown – Kelan Harstad 13-55, Liam Frey 3-(-1), Ryan Kallenbach 5-(-11)
Horace – Ty Geray 22-110, Otterson 22-61-1 TD, Johnson 1-1, TEAM 3-(-3), Green 1-(-8), Stefonowicz 2-(-9)
PASSING
Jamestown – Kallenbach 13-30-136-2 INT, Harstad 0-1
Horace – Stefonowicz 9-14-141-1 TD-1 INT
RECEIVING
Jamestown – Jackson Jarrett 4-29, Max Rittenbach 3-33, Harstad 2-21, Caleb Schiele 1-45, Cephy Sayler 1-5, Jaeger Rommich 1-4, Frey 1-(-1)
Horace – Johnson 4-64, Green 3-76-1 TD, Geray 2-1
| Jamestown | Horace | |
| First Downs | 9 | 13 |
| Rushing | 21/43 | 39/152 |
| Passing | 136 | 141 |
| Total Yds | 179 | 293 |
| Att/Comp/Int | 13/31/2 | 9/14/1 |
| Punts/avg | 4/30.8 | 7/24.0 |
| Fumbles/lost | 2/2 | 1/0 |
| Penalties/Yds | 2/10 | 7/67 |
| Time of possession | 19:00 | 29:00 |