NEW ULM — It was fairly a primary half for New Ulm Eagles quarterback Owen Castleman Friday evening towards Worthington.
The sophomore quarterback rushed for touchdowns of fifty and three yards and added to his resume scoring passes of 63,15 and seven yards.
That led to a 42-0 lead at halftime because the Eagles broke a three-game shedding skid with a 49-6 win over the Trojans at New Ulm High School area in a Southeast-Central District, Red Subdistrict soccer sport.
Castleman’s 64-yard scoring strike went to Jamison Portner with a 15-yard landing move to Zach Hubbard. His 7-yard scoring move went to Dirk Haynes.
Hubbard had an 8-yard landing run within the first quarter with Tyshun Brown scoring on a 13-yard run within the third quarter.
Staff photograph by Ari Selvey
The New Ulm cheerleader squad leads a cheer throughout a prep soccer sport towards Worthington Friday at New Ulm High School.
After three straight losses, popping out quick was one thing that Castleman and the Eagles wished to do.
“It was huge,” mentioned Castleman concerning the Eagles quick begin. “We came out strong and set the tone right away and punched them in the mouth.”
The Eagles, who play subsequent Friday at Tri-City United, took the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards in 11 performs, capped off by an 8-yard run by Hubbard.
“We deferred to the second half because we wanted the ball to start the game and set the tone,” New Ulm coach Derek Lieser mentioned. “And we did with our offense scoring on all six possessions of the first half.”
New Ulm’s protection — as they did all first half — stopped the Trojans on three downs and compelled them to punt, the Eagles took over at their very own 34-yard line. A 16-yard run by Parker Ranweiler had the ball on the 50-yard line the place Castleman broke lose for a landing.
“It was a boot pass and I saw everyone was covered, so I just a took off and ran,” Castleman mentioned about his run down the sidelines “And Jamison Portner made a great block to free me up.”
New Ulm’s third possession was sparked by a 24-yard Hubbard run and ended when Castleman powered in from 3 yards out for a 21-0 lead early within the second quarter.
Castleman’s dismantling of Worthington’s protection continued on their subsequent possession when he repaid Portner for an earlier block that sprung him for a landing when he hit the speedster for a 64-yard scoring strike.
“Their cornerback bit down — they saw run — and (Portner) was wide open,” Castleman mentioned.
After a Trojans turnovers, Castleman wanted simply three performs to hit Hubbard with a 15-yard landing move and a 35-0 lead with 3:56 left within the first half.
Jeff Kral’s interception of an Isaiah Schroeder move with simply over two minutes left within the first half set the stage for New Ulm’s sixth landing of the primary half when Castleman completed his days work on a 7-yard landing move to Dirk Haynes and a 42-0 lead at halftime.
“We were preaching all week to get back in the win column,” Castleman mentioned. “Two of those losses we were right there — we could have won those games if we had made a couple of more plays than we did.”
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New Ulm’s Owen Castleman breaks into open area throughout a prep soccer sport towards Worthington Friday at New Ulm High School.