The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Gehlen Catholic Jays (Le Mars, IA) and the host Unity Christian Knights (Orange City, IA), observed Gehlen Catholic's football squad thwart Unity Christian by a count of 21-13.

The Jays now own a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn for a A District 1 contest on Friday, September 2. Gehlen Catholic will play a Hawks squad coming off a 38-18 non-league loss to West Sioux (Hawarden, IA). The Hawks record now stands at 0-1.

Coming up next, the Knights play the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutchmen (Orange City, IA) in a non-league contest, on Friday, September 2. Unity Christian will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Dutchmen go into the contest with a 1-0 record after their 42-0 non-league win over Sibley-Ocheyedan (Sibley, IA).