Hermann Bearcats Lose Close Game to St. James

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St. James 32, Hermann 26
by Rob Viehmann, Saint James Press

Friday night Four Rivers Conference game ended in a 32-26 win for the No. 8 St. James Tigers (2-0) over the No. 11 Hermann Bearcats (0-2).
Jake Harlan hit Justin Lineback for a 31-yard touchdown pass with 6:23 to play to break a 26-26 tie in the game.
It was Harlan’s third touchdown pass of the game and Lineback’s second. Lineback has caught four touchdown passes this season. Harland also ran for two scores in the win.
St. James hosts Union next Friday while Hermann travels to Pacific (1-1).
The game started with a wild first quarter. St. James outscored the Bearcats, 20-14.
St. James jumped on top in the opening minute as Lineback caught a 52-yard touchdown pass from Harlan with 11:18 left in the quarter. St. James converted the extra-point kick and led 7-0.
Hermann came back on a 71-yard run by Justin Wurtz with 8:35 left in the quarter. The conversion attempt failed and St. James led, 7-6.
The Tigers went up again, 14-6, on a one-yard run by Harlan with 4:26 left in the quarter. Hermann countered with Nick Koenig returning the kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown with 4:10 to play. A two-point conversion attempt was good and it was 14-14.
Harlan hit Caleb Martensen for a 35-yard scoring strike with 3:08 left in the first quarter. The kick failed.
Hermann came back to tie it with 2:50 left in the half on a nine-yard run by Dalton Grosse. Hermann again went for the two-point conversion, but failed and it was 20-20 at the intermission.
Harlan’s 29-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter broke the deadlock, but Hermann tied it on a two-yard run by Wurtz with 8:00 left in the game.
That’s how it stood until Harlan hit Lineback with 6:23 to play.
Scoring Summary
SJ 20-0-0-12=32
H 14-6-0-6=26
First Quarter
SJ — Justin Lineback 52 pass from Jake Harlan (PAT good), 11:18
H — Hermann’s Justin Wurtz 71 run by (conversion failed), 8:35
SJ — Harlan 1 run (kick good), 4:26
H — Nick Koenig 90 kick return (conversion good), 4:10
SJ — Caleb Martensen 35 pass from Harlan (kick failed), 3:08
Second Quarter
H — Dalton Grosse 9 run (conversion failed), 2:50
Fourth Quarter
SJ — Harlan 29 run (kick failed), 26-20
H — Wurtz 2 run (conversion failed), 8:00
SJ — Lineback 31 pass from Harlan (kick failed), 6:23

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