Trojans blank rival Niwot, head to playoffs
November 8, 2009 by Longmont Ledger
Filed under Sports
LONGMONT — Quarterback Jake Johnson accounted for two touchdowns in the first quarter and Longmont went on to defeat rival Niwot 29-0 on Friday at Everly-Montgomery Field.
Johnson threw for 175 yards on 10-of-15 passing. He connected with Darian Finley Garcia on a 64-yard touchdown pass and ran for another. He also ran for 41 yards.
Longmont 29, Niwot 0 SCORING SUMMARY Score by quarters: Niwot 0 0 0 0 — 0 Longmont 12 3 7 7 — 29 Longmont — Jake Johnson 1 run (kick failed). Longmont – Darian Finley Garcia 64 pass from Johnson (run failed). Longmont – Joey Cinea 38 field goal. Longmont – Mark Lipford 7 run (Joey Cinea kick). Longmont – Garcia 12 run (Cinea kick). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Longmont: Knaus 14-46, Gunderson 6-42, Johnson 8-41, Lipford 4-40, Garcia 8-31, Herbert 3-(-5); Niwot:Manzanares 21-80, Oleszczuk 5-(minus-5), Perry 2-(minus-2). PASSING – Longmont: Johnson 10-15-0, 175 yards; Niwot: Oleszczuk 3-9-2, 22 yards; Manzanares 1-4-1, minus-1 yard. RECEIVING – Longmont: Cole 3-21, Knaus 2-17, Garcia 1-64, Chopp 1-17, Herbert 1-4, Edwards 1-11, Gunderson 1-1;Niwot: Black 1-15, Nichols 1-6, Johnson 1-1, Perry 1-(minus-1).
Longmont finished the regular season 8-2 and awaits Sunday`s release of the Class 4A state tournament pairings, while Niwot`s season came to an end with a record of 2-8.
Longmont led 12-0 after the first quarter and 15-0 at halftime.
Mark Lipford`s 7-yard touchdown run in the third quarter increased the lead to 22-0 and Garcia added a 12-yard touchdown run to finish the scoring.
Kelton Manzanares led Niwot with 80 yards rushing on 21 carries.
