PALMYRA - The Cardinals pounded the ball all night against host Palmyra-Eagle, running 53 times for 347 yards in the 39-7 blowout.
Ethan Douglas scored at the midway point of the first quarter to break the deadlock on a 31-yard run. After missing the extra point attempt, Brodhead/Juda's defense got the ball back quickly. From there, Douglas again showed his running prowess, scampering 70 yards for a score with 2:32 left in the quarter and a two-point conversion made it 14-0.
In the second, Vinny Mazzarisi ran it in from 10 yards out with 10:06 to play in the half to put Brodhead up 20-0. Six minutes later, Palmyra-Eagle got on the board in hopes of keeping the game within striking distance. Quarterback Chris McMillan scored on a 2-yard keeper with 4:23 to play in the second.
Brodhead came right down the field, though, and Douglas pounded in his third score of the game from three yards out with 1:43 left in the half to boost the Cardinal lead to 26-7.
Late in the third, tight end Garrett Fisher caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brodhead QB Beau Benner. Benner finished the night going 7-for-9 with 80 yards in the air, 28 of which to Fisher, who had two catches. Douglas finished the game with 172 yards on 15 carries, including three scores.
Junior running back Jim Lewis scored on an 8-yard run with 1:30 to put the final dagger into Palmyra-Eagle.
Brodhead (5-0, 3-0 Rock Valley South) clinched a playoff birth with the win.
Ethan Douglas scored at the midway point of the first quarter to break the deadlock on a 31-yard run. After missing the extra point attempt, Brodhead/Juda's defense got the ball back quickly. From there, Douglas again showed his running prowess, scampering 70 yards for a score with 2:32 left in the quarter and a two-point conversion made it 14-0.
In the second, Vinny Mazzarisi ran it in from 10 yards out with 10:06 to play in the half to put Brodhead up 20-0. Six minutes later, Palmyra-Eagle got on the board in hopes of keeping the game within striking distance. Quarterback Chris McMillan scored on a 2-yard keeper with 4:23 to play in the second.
Brodhead came right down the field, though, and Douglas pounded in his third score of the game from three yards out with 1:43 left in the half to boost the Cardinal lead to 26-7.
Late in the third, tight end Garrett Fisher caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brodhead QB Beau Benner. Benner finished the night going 7-for-9 with 80 yards in the air, 28 of which to Fisher, who had two catches. Douglas finished the game with 172 yards on 15 carries, including three scores.
Junior running back Jim Lewis scored on an 8-yard run with 1:30 to put the final dagger into Palmyra-Eagle.
Brodhead (5-0, 3-0 Rock Valley South) clinched a playoff birth with the win.
