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Colerain crushes Dublin Coffman

Quarterback DeShaunte Jones scored four first half touchdowns and the Colerain Cardinals rolled to a 53-7 win over Dublin Coffman Saturday night in the first round of the Ohio Division I playoffs.

Colerain linebacker Dan Bolden / photo by Mike Noyes

Colerain linebacker Dan Bolden / photo by Mike Noyes

Jones scampered 69-yards on the second play of the game, and later scored on runs of one, four, and five yards to help stake the Cardinals to a 43-0 halftime lead. Jones ended the night with 145 yards on 11 carries, all in the first half.

Gunnar Leyendecker and Monalo Caldwell also had touchdowns for Colerain (10-1). Caldwell, a junior running back, had 72 yards on 12 carries and two touchdowns, while Leyendecker, who played both running back and quarterback, had 83 yards on four carries for a touchdown.

Defensively, the Cardinals held Dublin Coffman (7-4) to 148 yards of offense on the night. Shamrocks’ quarterback Gunner Hoak, a Kentucky-commit, ended up the night 5-of-16 and two interceptions for 81 yards. Kyle and Dan Bolden led the defensive effort for Colerain in the first half, combining for five tackles for losses.

The Shamrocks got on the board early in the fourth quarter on an 18-yard run by Stephen Headings.

The Region II top-seeded Cardinals will next face St Xavier in the second round, as the ninth-seeded Bombers knocked off Gahanna Lincoln on the road to advance to next Saturday’s second round matchup. The Cardinals won the regular season matchup back on September 5th in a defensive battle, 13-10. The site is to be determined.

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