The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays appeared to be in championship form Thursday night as they blew out Mead 76-12 at home.
GACC led 30-0 at the end of one and outscored the Raiders 30-6 in the second quarter to go up 60-6 at halftime.
The Bluejays won the third quarter 16-6 to make up the final score. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.
Tanner Hass had 9 carries for 227 yards and 5 touchdowns. Nolan Plagge ran the ball five times for 108 yards.
Plagge was 2-5 passing for 94 yards with two touchdowns. Tanner Ortmeier was on the receiving end of everything.
Luke Gnad finished with 16 tackles while Josh Baumert had 11. Mitchell and Tanner Hass, Ortmeier, and Jacob Yosten each totaled 7.
GACC totaled 582 yards of offense, 488 coming on the ground.
The defense gave up only 95 yards, including 100 rushing.
This was a dominant performance from the Bluejays. GACC was definitely in state championship form, and left no doubt against Mead whatsoever.
The Bluejays (9-0) travel to Bloomfield (6-3) in the second round of the playoffs on Wednesday.
The Bees beat Nebraska City Lourdes 80-48 in the first round on the road.
Bloomfield got better as the year went on as they won their final four regular season games after starting the year 1-3. The Bees have won five in a row.
With that said, Bloomfield hasn't faced anyone as good as GACC, in my opinion.
The Bees lost 58-8 to Creighton, 30-8 to Howells-Dodge, and 32-18 to Pender if that tells you anything.
The Bluejays blew out the Jaguars and Pendragons, and could very well meet the Bulldogs in the semifinals.
However, it's the playoff and anything can happen. It's a new season, and Bloomfield proved that with their resounding win over Nebraska City Lourdes.
Each round gets a little bit tougher, and that means GACC has to raise their level of play even more this time around.
I don't know if the Bluejays can play much better than they are right now, but GACC has to continue to work hard everyday at practice and continue to get better.
The Bluejays can't take the Bees for granted.
GACC could end up hosting BDS in the quarterfinals, but the Bluejays have to be focused on Bloomfield on Wednesday.
I think GACC wins going away once again, setting up a showdown with the Eagles in Beemer next Tuesday.
Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. The game can be heard on 107.9 the Bull with pregame at 5:40.
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