John Ries

The St. John's Football team defeated Concordia-Moorhead 28-21 in overtime Saturday afternoon in Moorhead. Brent Graboski caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from John Ries in overtime to win the game. St. John's led 21-10 at halftime before Concordia made their comeback. John Ries threw for 207 yards and 2 touchdowns and Nick Schneider ran for 95 yards for the Johnnies. Graboski led the Johnnies with 6 catches for 59 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The St. John's Football team lost 47-19 Saturday afternoon in Collegeville to Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Johnnies fell behind 31-0 before finally getting on the scoreboard. John Ries threw for 117 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Johnnies and Connor Bruns was 6-11 passing for 60 yards for St. John's. Sam Pederson and Nick Schneider each had a touchdown reception for the Johnnies.

The St. John's football team has had 4 practices and hasn't settled on a starting quarterback yet. Offensive Coordinator Jim Gagliardi says Junior John Ries of Wayzata because of experience has the lead for the job as of now but the Johnnies are still considering 3 to 4 other options. Connor Bruns of Baltimore, Maryland and Tyler Greguson of Rochester Lourdes are other top options to start at quarterback.