Minster Dominated by Delphos St. Johns 25-0

By Bruce Monnin

DELPHOS  —  Friday night the Minster Wildcats traveled to Delphos, where they have not had much success in the last 15 or so years.  The trend repeated itself, as the Delphos Blue Jays used dominating defensive line play and aggressive blitzing to shut out the Wildcats 25-0.

Minster started the game with a drive lasting almost seven minutes, but it ended in no points when the Wildcats were stopped on 4th down after getting as far as the Blue Jay 31 yard line.  Delphos responded with a 63 yard touchdown drive to take a 6-0 first quarter lead.

Delphos scored touchdown on a 48 yard drive early in the second quarter to increase the lead to 12-0.  Minster responded before halftime by driving to the Delphos 24 yard line, where they were again stopped on downs.

Neither team could score during their first two drives of the second half.  In fact, the Minster offense garnered only two first downs the entire second half, while Delphos added touchdowns late in the third quarter and the final score late in the fourth quarter.

Delphos outgained Minster with total yardage of 265 yards compared to only 111 yards for the Wildcats.  Ty Parks was held to 16 yards of 37 carries, partly due to losing 50 yards on 12 negative yardage plays.  Ty’s brother Troy almost outgained him with 13 yards on 2 carries.

Next week Friday Minster hosts 1-3 Marion Local in a must win game for their playoff hopes.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Delphos St. John’s 6     6     6     7    — 25

Minster                     0     0     0     0    —      0