Spencer Aukamp connected with junior wideout Ricky Jeune for a 52-yard touchdown pass on a fly pattern down the left sideline just 2:06 into the game to give St. Joes an early 7-0 lead. The speedy and sure handed Jeune beat two Wayne Hills (8-1) defenders on the play. The three-play drive was set up by Christian Stapleton’s interception of a Kevin Olsen pass. Wayne Hills immediately shaved the St. Joseph lead to 7-3 with an impressive 66-yard drive that concluded with a 34-yard field goal by Erik Martinez.From that point on it was all St. Joes. Aukamp threw for 219 yards, threw for three score and ran for another. Jeune caught 6 of those passes for 130 yards.
Hills drove four times into Joes terrytory, but could not convert. Mike Guarino had a key pick and Justin Beveridge recovered a muffed punt, but neither led to points. Hills drove late in the first half, but time expired when a Andrew Monaghan got tackled on the five yard line off a screen pass from Kevin Olsen. Hills couldn't get another play off. Hills' touchdown came on a 55 yard Christian Rodriguez run.
"We had the ball inside the red zone four times and only scored three points," said coach Chris Olsen. "I think St. Joes is a really good football team. But I put a lot of this on us. Some of the mistakes we made were mind boggling."
Hills (8-1) is still expected to earn the top seed in the Section I, Group III playoffs.
"We have a chance to win our 8th state championship," Olsen said. "We haven't been playing well the last couple weeks. But we were 8-0."
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