The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays showed why they are one of the best teams if not the best team in Class D-1 by knocking off Howells-Dodge 62-26 at home Friday night.
After spotting the Jaguars a 14-0 lead in the first quarter GACC came alive in the second quarter, scoring 32 points and holding Howells-Dodge to 6 to lead 32-20 at halftime.
The Bluejays had another big quarter in the third, notching 22 points while holding the Jaguars scoreless to go up 54-20 at the end of three.
GACC added one final score in the fourth quarter, and Howells-Dodge scored once more to make up the final score.
Here is the scoring summary for both teams:
First Quarter Summary
Howells-Dodge 08:50 #22 Jon Yosten runs for 19 yards. (Two point conversion run by #32 Tanner Coufal no good)Howells-Dodge 03:49 #10 Tyler Polacek runs for 1 yards. (Two point conversion run by #10 Tyler Polacek good)
Second Quarter Summary
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 11:38 #3 Tanner Hass runs for 4 yards. (Two point conversion run by #16 Eric Klitz good)Howells-Dodge 10:21 #10 Tyler Polacek runs for 19 yards. (Two point conversion run by #22 Jon Yosten no good)
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 09:31 #8 Nolan Plagge runs for 48 yards. (Two point conversion run by #3 Tanner Hass good)
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 06:02 #3 Tanner Hass runs for 12 yards. (Two point conversion run by #3 Tanner Hass good)
Howells-Dodge 05:38 #10 Tyler Polacek pass intended for Team. Intercepted by #3 Tanner Hass. (Two point conversion run by #12 Mitchell Hass good)
Third Quarter Summary
Guardian Angels Central Catholic #3 Tanner Hass runs for 17 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #8 Nolan Plagge to Team no good)Guardian Angels Central Catholic #8 Nolan Plagge runs for 11 yards. (Two point conversion run by #3 Tanner Hass good)
Guardian Angels Central Catholic #8 Nolan Plagge pass complete to #81 Andrew Guenther for 41 yards. (Two point conversion run by #3 Tanner Hass good)
Fourth Quarter Summary
Howells-Dodge #10 Tyler Polacek runs for 10 yards. (Two point conversion run by #30 Luke Renter no good)Guardian Angels Central Catholic #8 Nolan Plagge runs for 13 yards. (Two point conversion run by #12 Mitchell Hass good)
Nolan Plagge was 5-7 passing for 137 yards with a touchdown.
Tanner Hass rushed for 200 yards on 25 carries, and scored three times. Plagge had 90 yards on 8 carries, and also put it in the end zone three times.
Tanner Ortmeier made a game-high 17 tackles. Josh Baumert had 11 while Jordan Peatrowsky totaled 7.
The Bluejays racked up 474 yards of offense, including 337 on the ground.
The defense gave up 213 yards, 174 coming on the ground.
GACC started slow, but once the Bluejays got rolling, there was no stopping them.
Howells-Dodge hung right with GACC in the first and fourth quarters, but the Bluejays got the job done and did their damage in the middle quarters.
GACC (3-0) is at Plainview (2-1) on Friday.
The Pirates defeated North Central 32-14 last time out.
Plainview has a couple of wins over a pair of winless teams. Pender handed the Pirates their only loss as the Pendragons won 64-8.
I anticipate another big win for the Bluejays.
Howells-Dodge was probably GACC's toughest test of the season, and now that the Bluejays have gotten past the Jaguars, they should be able to roll the rest of the way.
That's not to say GACC won't face some adverse times, because they could, but the Bluejays should be able to win the rest of their regular season games.
Plainview just happens to be the next team on the schedule, and I look for GACC to roll and take care of business on Friday.
I look for Hass and Plagge to have big games on the ground and through the air, respectively, for the Bluejays.
GACC has things rolling right now, and is clicking on all cylinders. I just don't see the Pirates slowing them down.
The only way the Bluejays lose, in my opinion, is if they beat themselves. As long as GACC is ready to play, they should be fine.
The Bluejays appear to have learned their lesson from the High Plains game, and it's a good thing because GACC wants to be as strong as they can heading into the postseason.
The Bluejays don't want anyone getting in the way of an undefeated regular season.
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