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Published November 08, 2009 01:15 am - Colgan’s defense dominates 'Cats By Matt Newbery
sports@joplinglobe.com PITTSBURG, Kan. — The St. Mary’s-Colgan Panthers held Moundridge to just 38 yards of offense in the first half as they advanced to sectional round of the Kansas Class 2-1A football playoffs with a 41-6 victory over the visiting Wildcats Saturday afternoon at Hutchinson Field. The Panthers (10-1) will face either Centralia or Central Heights on the road next Friday in the quarterfinal round. The Wildcats (4-7) turned the ball over three times in the first 24 minutes — all three leading to points for SMC. The first miscue came during wild play in the opening quarter. Moundridge forced a bad pitch by Panthers senior quarterback Jesse Watt, which was scooped up by defensive back Lance Loganbill at the Wildcats’ 45. Loganbill started down the sideline, but lost the ball at the SMC 44, where offensive guard Adam Barnes gave the Panthers new life by making the recovery. Andy Farmer, who came in while Watt tended to an injury suffered on the fumble, then rolled to his right and found senior slotback Stuart Mitchelson at the Moundridge 25. Mitchelson caught the under-thrown pass, which just cleared a leaping Alex Otte in coverage, and raced to the end zone to open the game’s scoring. “The play was called for me to run outside, and I thought it was coming to me no matter what,” Mitchelson said. “Andy made a good pass, and the cornerback fell over so it was pretty easy to run to the end zone.” Senior Mason Ray’s point-after kick made it 7-0 at the 7:41 mark. That was just the start of the Panthers’ first-half onslaught. SMC had 296 yards of offense in the half — 143 on the ground and 153 through the air. Most of the big plays came against the inexperienced defensive backs and linebackers of Moundridge, either in the passing game or on the option. “Tackle to tackle, they’re as tough as anyone we’ll play,” St. Mary’s-Colgan head coach Chuck Smith said. “We weren’t going to run up the middle. It looked like it would be there and they’d cave it in.” “Coach Smith did a real good job of exploiting that,” Moundridge head coach Courtney Moddelmog said. “We just don’t have the playmakers on the perimeter and our youth showed.” Sophomore Zach Smith took an option pitch and turn it up the right sideline for a 37-yard scoring jaunt to raise the St. Mary’s-Colgan lead to 14-0 with 4:29 left in the first period. “I thought Stuart Mitchelson made some nice blocks on those option plays,” Coach Smith said. “Coach is always nice about saying, ‘Good block on that.’ It‘s a pretty big part of the play and I always try to do my best on it,” Mitchelson said of his contributions to the running game. 
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