CLINTON - On occasion Friday night, the rain let up on Clinton's homecoming football game.
For the first 20 minutes, Brodhead-Juda didn't show such mercy on its way to a 61-18 Rock Valley South rout.
When Devin Seitz took an option pitch to the right and into the end zone from 28 yards out with 3:49 left in the first half, the Cardinals led 48-6. Brodhead-Juda scored 34 points in the second quarter alone.
Ethan Douglas accounted for the first three scores of the game and two sacks in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Brodhead-Juda coach Jim Matthys subbed liberally at several positions on both sides of the ball.
"It's always nice when you can get a lot of kids into the game and not miss a beat," Matthys said.
Up 21-0, the Cardinals' defense joined the fun early in the second quarter as junior defensive end Nick Jacobson dropped into coverage to intercept an Aaron Roth pass over the middle and scored near the pylon on the right sideline.
Before Douglas could add his fourth tally - a virtually untouched 39-yard touchdown run with 6:17 left in the half - another one of the Cardinals' deadly running backs struck quickly.
Devin Seitz showed his speed during a drive-opening 71-yard dash off the left edge without a Cougar laying a hand on his jersey.
It would be hard to blame Clinton's defensive backs for not getting in the way of the Cardinals' backs after Douglas flashed his rare combination of blinding speed and brute force on Brodhead-Juda's first two drives.
Douglas appeared to be stood up near the line of scrimmage at the Cougars' 38-yard line just over four minutes into the game. But he fought his way through a crowd of tacklers and broke free, only to be caught at the five yard line, at which point he dragged the receiver all the way into the end zone.
On the next Cardinal drive, a long run by the steam-rolling Gavin Garrett set up the Cardinals at the Cougars' 32. Four plays later, on first and goal from the 14, Douglas used his speed to get to the corner on a toss left before measuring up a defender at the three yard line, lowering his shoulder and leveling the defensive back.
Douglas kept his feet, and his speed, to score.
With his four scores Friday night, Douglas has 11 in his last three games after being hampered by an Achilles issue early in the season.
Matthys and his staff gave Douglas the night off in the Week 3 conference opener against Beloit Turner, a strategy the Cardinals hope continues to pay huge dividends this season.
Big Foot, ranked No. 1 in the WisSports.net Coaches Poll, kept pace Friday night, blanking Beloit Turner 42-0 to set up a battle of the unbeatens next Friday in Walworth. But Matthys has seen this coming since his now third-ranked Cardinals opened camp.
"We've said all along, until someone proves otherwise, Big Foot is the team to beat," Matthys said.
For the first 20 minutes, Brodhead-Juda didn't show such mercy on its way to a 61-18 Rock Valley South rout.
When Devin Seitz took an option pitch to the right and into the end zone from 28 yards out with 3:49 left in the first half, the Cardinals led 48-6. Brodhead-Juda scored 34 points in the second quarter alone.
Ethan Douglas accounted for the first three scores of the game and two sacks in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Brodhead-Juda coach Jim Matthys subbed liberally at several positions on both sides of the ball.
"It's always nice when you can get a lot of kids into the game and not miss a beat," Matthys said.
Up 21-0, the Cardinals' defense joined the fun early in the second quarter as junior defensive end Nick Jacobson dropped into coverage to intercept an Aaron Roth pass over the middle and scored near the pylon on the right sideline.
Before Douglas could add his fourth tally - a virtually untouched 39-yard touchdown run with 6:17 left in the half - another one of the Cardinals' deadly running backs struck quickly.
Devin Seitz showed his speed during a drive-opening 71-yard dash off the left edge without a Cougar laying a hand on his jersey.
It would be hard to blame Clinton's defensive backs for not getting in the way of the Cardinals' backs after Douglas flashed his rare combination of blinding speed and brute force on Brodhead-Juda's first two drives.
Douglas appeared to be stood up near the line of scrimmage at the Cougars' 38-yard line just over four minutes into the game. But he fought his way through a crowd of tacklers and broke free, only to be caught at the five yard line, at which point he dragged the receiver all the way into the end zone.
On the next Cardinal drive, a long run by the steam-rolling Gavin Garrett set up the Cardinals at the Cougars' 32. Four plays later, on first and goal from the 14, Douglas used his speed to get to the corner on a toss left before measuring up a defender at the three yard line, lowering his shoulder and leveling the defensive back.
Douglas kept his feet, and his speed, to score.
With his four scores Friday night, Douglas has 11 in his last three games after being hampered by an Achilles issue early in the season.
Matthys and his staff gave Douglas the night off in the Week 3 conference opener against Beloit Turner, a strategy the Cardinals hope continues to pay huge dividends this season.
Big Foot, ranked No. 1 in the WisSports.net Coaches Poll, kept pace Friday night, blanking Beloit Turner 42-0 to set up a battle of the unbeatens next Friday in Walworth. But Matthys has seen this coming since his now third-ranked Cardinals opened camp.
"We've said all along, until someone proves otherwise, Big Foot is the team to beat," Matthys said.
