Trojans take Greeley Central

Longmont 39,

Greeley Central 7

GREELEY — Jay Knaus rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown as Longmont overcame an early 7-0 deficit with 39 unanswered points to beat Greeley Central.

Christian Gunderson ran for 105 yards and a touchdown, as well, for Longmont.

Quarterback Jake Johnson ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Trojans improved to 5-1. He finished with 47 yards passing and 70 yards rushing.

Matt Thompson had two sacks for Longmont on defense.

SCORING SUMMARY

Score by quarters:

Longmont 0 22 14 3 — 39

Greeley Central 7 0 0 0 — 7

Greeley Central — 3 pass (kick).

Longmont – Jay Knaus 5 run (run good).

Longmont — Jake Johnson 36 run (Joey Cinea kick).

Longmont — Darian Garcia 5 pass from Johnson (Cinea kick).

Longmont — Christian Gunderson 70 run (Cinea kick).

Longmont — Johnson 1 run (Cinea kick).

Longmont — Johnson 1 run (Cinea kick).

Longmont — Cinea 32 field goal.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Longmont: Knaus 12-110, Gunderson 6-105, Johnson 9-70, Garcia 8-39, Charles 2-5, Herbert 2-(-5), Jordan Johnson 1-1, Lipford 1-5.

PASSING – Longmont: Johnson 6-11-1, 47 yards.

RECEIVING – Longmont: Garcia 2-14, Knaus 2-25, Chopp 1-3.

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