New Ulm Sports Central - Preserving and Sharing New Ulm Area Sports History

New Ulm Cathedral emerged victorious in the state's premier Class A football game Friday with an 18-0 win over Wabasso. Cathedral is ranked the No. 1 team in Class A while Wabasso was sixth a week ago and came into the battle of unbeatens with a 5-0 record. Defense dominated as Cathedral scored its sixth consecutive win of the season.

Wabasso had only 11 offensive plays in the second half as Cathedral nursed a 6-0 lead from it's first offensive series of the game and then capped the win with two fourth quarter TDs. Wabasso did have a 14-play and 11-play series in the first half.

Wabasso ................. 0 0 0 0 --- 0
New Ulm Cathedral .. 6 0 0 12 - 18
NU Scoring: 1st Qtr. Michael Glawe, 2-yard run. PAT - none. 4th Qtr. Frank Johnson, 30-yard run; Johnson, 15-yard run. PAT - none. No team or individual statistics were made available.

Based in part on Jim Bastian report in New Ulm Journal Oct. 11, 2009).