The top-ranked Jackson County Central football team cruised past Minnesota Valley Lutheran at Johnson Field in New Ulm on Friday night.
The Huskies scored the first 39 points in a 53-14 beatdown of the Chargers.
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Gage Johnson finished off the game’s opening drive with a 14-yard rushing touchdown and added the two-point conversion for the 8-0 JCC lead.
Johnson took a Jacob Kruger screen pass in from 19 yards away and Mason Helmers added two points to make it 16-0 JCC. Kruger complete nine of his 13 passes for 168 yards and ran twice for 20 yards.
Johnson recovered a fumble on the ensuing MVL drive. Kruger found Brody Anderson for a 15-yard catch-and-run TD and Haiden Warmka punched in the two points for the 24-0 JCC lead after the first quarter.
Carson Doescher capped a 13-play, 93-yard drive with an nine-yard TD pass to Blaise Rowe and Carter Steenstra converted the two-pointer for the 32-0 JCC lead. Doescher was 3-of-6 for 50 yards on the night.
Rowe made an interception to set up a Huskies two-minute drill. Johnson scored his third touchdown and second on the ground from 36 yards out. Jazhyel Munoz added the extra point and JCC led 39-0 at halftime.
The Chargers took half the third quarter but scored their first points of the game on the opening drive of the second half and JCC led 39-7 going to the fourth.
Johnson responded with his third rushing touchdown and fourth score of the night from seven yards away. He ran for 144 yards on 15 attempts and caught three passes for 76 yards. Munoz added the PAT to make it 46-7 JCC.
MVL scored on a quarterback keeper to bring it to 46-14 JCC.
Brody Anderson tied a school record with his 91-yard kickoff return touchdown that put the exclamation point on a Huskies statement win. He finished with six catches for 105 yards and three rushes for 28 yards.
Doescher added an interception of his own in the closing moments.
JCC continued active winning streaks of 31 straight games and 37 in the regular season.
The 5-0 Huskies visit LeSueur-Henderson next Friday and we will have that game on KKOJ Radio and Explore Live Video.
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