Jays Deflate the Bruins

The Jefferson City Jays deflated the Rock Bridge Bruins in Columbia by a score of 41-7.



In the Paper:

Columbia Tribune

Jeff City pops cork, runs wild
Jays, RB Wilson race past Bruins in second half.

For a while last night, Rock Bridge bottled up the Jefferson City running game exactly as scripted, grinding out what Bruins Coach A.J. Ofodile called his defense’s best half of football this season.

Then the area’s leading runner shook up that bottle and sprayed touchdowns all over Rock Bridge Field.

"We designed a couple plays to his strengths," Jefferson City Coach Ted LePage said of Wilson. "Once Aaron got going - it took a while for him - but once he got going, if a crease opens up, Dez is going to make you miss. We do a lot of things where we’ll leave one guy unblocked, usually a secondary guy, because we feel like Desmond will make him miss."

"He’s not necessarily the fastest guy in the world," Ofodile said, "but he’s extremely shifty."

It was Brad Allen who shifted the momentum toward the visitors’ side for good. Jeff City’s junior quarterback opened the third quarter losing a fumble on the first series that gave Rock Bridge the ball on the Jays’ 39.

Allen bounced off left tackle and scored on a 68-yard run.

"At halftime, we told them, ‘We’re good. Just play like we’re good,’ " LePage said. "I think they responded. … We didn’t do anything fancy. We just went right at them and wore them down."

News Tribune

Led by senior's long runs, Jays rip Bruins

The senior tallied scoring runs of 56, 54 and 51 yards while racking up 255 yards rushing on 20 carries.

Aaron Terrill got the Jays' first score, as he had a 4-yard touchdown run with 10:09 left in the first half. Jay Harness kicked the first of his five PATs.

Wilson wasn't the only Jay with a long scoring run, as with 3:03 left in the third quarter, quarterback Brad Allen ripped off a 68-yard touchdown run.

The Jays rushed for 420 yards on 47 carries for an average of 8.9 yards per carry. Allen chipped in with 98 yards rushing on 10 carries.

The Jays also had 22 yards passing for 442 total yards.

Comment:

The defense may not make the highlight reels as often and may not seem as glamorous to some, but props to the defense last night especially when they were playing with their backs on the goal line.