LCC dominates to clinch first unbeaten regular season
LAUREL - It would be fair to assume Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is ready for the post-season.
The #2 team in Class D1 dominated from the start, rolling to an 82-26 win over Tri County Northeast on Friday.
The Bears rattled off big play after big play, tallying 597 total yards of offense - 379 on the ground.
LCC's defense, meanwhile, forced three turnovers on a Wolfpack team that was without their starting quarterback and top running back.
TCNE was held to 240 yards of offense, with all of their points coming once LCC's first team defense was off the field.
The co-op of Allen and Emerson-Hubbard wrapped up their first season as 1-7, while Laurel-Concord-Coleridge finished unbeaten in the regular season for the first time as a program. Coleridge last finished unbeaten as a solo program in 2002, while Laurel-Concord's last unbeaten season came in 2000, the year they won their lone state championship.
The Bears' 82 points set a new team record, eclipsing a 78-point performance against Homer in 2020.
LCC will be the top seed in Class D1'S East bracket when the playoffs start next week.
GAME SUMMARY
TCNE - 6 0 7 13 - 26
LCC - 34 16 6 26 - 82
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER
11:06 - Dan Puppe (LCC) 20-yd TD run (2-pt conversion good)
10:53 - Hudson Morgan (TCNE) 78-yd KR TD (XP no good)
9:54 - Dan Puppe (LCC) 7-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
6:33 - Sutton Ehlers (LCC) 31-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
3:51 - Dan Puppe (LCC) 45-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
0:09 - Dylan Taylor (LCC) 9-yd TD run (2-pt conversion good)
2ND QUARTER
10:33 - Dylan Taylor (LCC) 36-yd TD pass to Dan Puppe (2-pt conversion good)
7:34 - Dan Puppe (LCC) 28-yd TD run (2-pt conversion good)
3RD QUARTER
3:51 - Dan Puppe (LCC) 6-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
1:04 - Colton Stallbaum (TCNE) 39-yd TD run (XP good)
4TH QUARTER
9:27 - Caleb Erwin (LCC) 5-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
7:45 - Connor Korth (LCC) 41-yd TD run (2-pt conversion good)
5:04 - Ben Jorgensen (TCNE) 27-yd TD run (XP no good)
4:20 - Tyler Boysen (LCC) 33-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
3:33 - Ben Jorgensen (TCNE) 30-yd TD pass to Bryan Isom (XP good)
1:30 - Gibson Roberts (LCC) 35-yd TD run (2-pt conversion no good)
INDIVIDUAL STATS
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE
RUSHING
- Dan Puppe: 9 carries, 134 yds, 5 TD
- Sutton Ehlers: 8 carries, 71 yds, 1 TD
- Connor Korth: 7 carries, 66 yds, 1 TD
- Caleb Erwin: 8 carries, 42 yds, 1 TD
- Gibson Roberts: 3 carries, 30 yds, 1 TD
- Eli Haisch: 5 carries, 24 yds
- Bradyn Urwiler: 3 carries, 17 yds
- Dylan Taylor: 4 carries, -5 yds, 1 TD
PASSING
- Dylan Taylor: 4-of-5, 118 yds, 1 TD
- Gibson Roberts: 0-of-1
RECEIVING
- Carter Kvols: 2 rec, 61 yds
- Dan Puppe: 1 rec, 36 yds, 1 TD
- Jake Rath: 1 rec, 21 yds
TRI COUNTY NORTHEAST
RUSHING
- Hudson Morgan: 10 carries, 51 yds
- Ben Jorgensen: 8 carries, 47 yds, 1 TD
- Colton Stallbaum: 2 carries, 43 yds, 1 TD
- Dylan Boyle: 9 carries, 20 yds
- Bryan Isom: 2 carries, 17 yds
- Thatcher Lamp: 2 carries, 15 yds
- Brayden McCorkindale: 2 carries, 9 yds
PASSING
- Ben Jorgensen: 2-of-6, 35 yds, 1 TD
- Hudson Morgan: 1-of-1, 11 yds
RECEIVING
- Bryan Isom: 1 rec, 30 yds
- Ben Jorgensen: 1 rec, 11 yds
- Jackson Belt: 1 rec, 5 yds