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By Garth Meyer
The Gazette 

Bulldogs devour Reardan

Jacob Brown leads offensive attack against 2B rival

 

March 18, 2021

Jacob Brown leaps over a Reardan defender during 46-6 win on Friday, March 13.

Brenda Gingerich | Special to the Gazette

Colfax's Jacob Brown leaps over a Reardan defender during the Bulldogs' 46-6 victory over Reardan Friday, March 13.

COLFAX — The Bulldogs chewed up yardage and the scoreboard in a 46-6 route of the Reardan Indians on Friday, March 13.

Jacob Brown was among the offensive leaders for Colfax, running up the middle for a Bulldogs touchdown to put the score at 38-0 before halftime.

Colfax kept the Indians scoreless until the third quarter.

"One touchdown before the half, guys," said a Reardan player afterward in the huddle at the sidelines.

In the third quarter, a bungled Colfax snap and an Indians recovery on the Bulldogs' 5-yard line finally put Reardan into scoring position.

Quarterback Mahkai Anderson threw to Cody Sprecher for Reardan's only points.

"The sting's still there, let me tell you," Reardan Coach Erik Nikkola said after the game. "But it's unfortunate that there's no playoffs this year because that is a Colfax team as good as we've seen around here in a long time. I think they'd be a Top 8, Top 4 team in the state."

The outcome was a stark contrast to particularly close games between Reardan and Colfax for nine of the past 10 years.

"I think we were pretty prepared," Colfax Coach Mike Morgan said. "We jumped on them early, our defense shut them down and our offense got rolling. I've never been part of a win that big over a Reardan team, ever."

Brown scored three touchdowns on 12 rushes for 148 yards. The Bulldogs only passed seven times.

A 29-yard run by Brown put the score at 28-0 in the second quarter before quarterback Damian Demler threw to the endzone on the 2-point attempt. The ball bounced off Garrett Dingman and Kolby Slate caught it for 30-0.

"Our front line just dominated upfront for the second week in a row," Morgan said, referring to a 44-0 win over Asotin on March 5.

Quarterback Layne Gingerich started the scoring against Reardan with a long touchdown pass to Kyle Dail – a deep post in coverage in the back of the zone.

A 5-yard touchdown run from sophomore Mason Gilchrist soon followed before a 48-yard escape up the sideline by Brown for another score.

"It wasn't a surprise that they beat us, but it was that they handled us like they did," Nikkola said.

In the third quarter, Brown's 9-yard run up the middle and a 2-point conversion from Gilchrist put it beyond reach.

"(Linebacker/Offensive Lineman) Kobe Martinez, he played tremendously. Our two running backs (Sprecher and Abe Nelson), they worked their butts off," Nikkola said. "We were just not a match for their defensive line."

Colfax Jr QB Damien Demler plays in second half against Reardan.

Brenda Gingerich | Special to the Gazette

Colfax Jr Quarterback Damien Demler looks for an option during the second half of the Bulldogs win over Reardan.

Brown, a 4.0 student and trombone player for Coach Morgan's jazz band, has committed to play linebacker next year at College of Idaho.

Dail, a senior, is a first-year high school player for Colfax. Morgan is in his 22nd year as head coach.

Reardan has just six seniors on its roster with 14-15 kids playing varsity downs.

"That's just 2B football," Nikkola said. "We don't have a lot of depth."

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Garth Meyer, Former reporter

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Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.

 

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