Sep 22, 2023 2 min read

McDONALD — Shane Cornali returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and undefeated Fort Cherry never looked back, cruising to a 42-0 victory over Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a Class A Black Hills Conference game.

Fort Cherry (2-0, 5-0) led 14-0 after one quarter and then broke the game open with a 28-point second quarter.

The Rangers’ Ethan Faletto scored two touchdowns, and Matt Sieg threw for two scores and ran for another.

Bryadon Cook caught a 33-yard TD pass from Sieg that gave the Rangers a 14-0 lead.

Faletto caught a 30-yard TD pass from Sieg and added a five-yard TD run late in the first half. Nate Heirendt had an eight-yard scoring jaunt and Sieg broke free for a 21-yard TD run.

Neither team scored in the second half. Fort Cherry had a second down at the OLSH nine-yard line in the fourth quarter before taking a knee on three consecutive plays.

OLSH saw its record even at 1-1 in the conference and dip to 2-3 overall.

OLSH  0  0 0 0 —  0

Fort Cherry 14 28 0 0– 42

FC–Shane Cornali, 100-yard kickoff return (kick failed) 1st

FC–Braydon Cook, 33-yard pass from Matt Sieg (Sieg run) 1:20 1st

FC–Nate Heirendt, 8-yard run (Nik Massey kick) 2nd

FC–Ethan Faletto, 30-yard run (Massey kick) 2nd

FC–Sieg, 21-yard run (Massey kick) 3:34 2nd

FC–Faletto, 5-yard run (Massey kick) :21 2nd