Blue Jays cruise past Iota

The Blue Jays scored in the closing seconds of the first half to push ahead 20-0 as St. Edmund cruised past Iota, 42-6 on Friday night.
“The play before the half was big to give us a big lead and then we put them down four scores early in the second half,” St. Edmund head coach Thomas David said. “That was a big hit to their (Iota) morale.”
After exchanging punts to open the game, the Blue Jays’ Lathan Lyons blocked an Iota kick and Austin Sittig recovered the ball at the Bulldog 26.
Five plays later, Drew Brown ran the ball in from 15 yards out.
The two-point conversion attempt was no good as the Blue Jays held a 6-0 lead with 4:01 left in the first quarter.
After another Bulldog punt, the Blue Jays mounted a five-play, 70-yard drive that moved into the second period.
Brown connected with Alex Hunt who made a beautiful 40-yard dash to the end zone.
The two-point conversion failed as the Jays held a 12-0 advantage with 11:16 left in the half,
The Bulldogs mounted an impressive drive deep into Blue Jay territory, but Brown intercepted Timothy Lunson at the St, Edmund 8 with 8:16 left in the second period.
The Jays had the ball for 13 plays but was forced to punt.
It seemed like the Bulldogs would score before the break, but Lunson fumbled the snap on a fourth-and-one near midfield.
On the next play, Brown hit Drake Brunet for a 45-yard scoring strike.
Ross LaFleur caught the two-point conversion as the Jays led 20-0 with 34 seconds left in the half.
St. Edmund’s John Hull recovered the second-half squib kick at the Blue Jay 40.
St. Edmund then went 60 yards in seven plays to build a comfortable lead.
Drew Brown connected with Cullen Brown for a 9-yard touchdown and Alex Hunt caught the two-point conversion as the Jays pushed ahead 28-0 with 9:25 left in the third period.
Brunet picked off an Bulldog pass near midfield on the next Iota possession.
The Blue Jays went 47 yards in eight plays, aided by an impressive catch by Ross LaFleur to move the ball to the Iota 14.
Four plays later, LaFleur scored on a 1-yard run and added the two-point conversion to give the Jays a 36-0 lead with 4:34 left in the third period.
After forcing a Bulldog punt, the Jays had to punt as well.
But Brown’s kick bounced off an Iota returner and St. Edmund then went 49 yards in five plays for their final points of the night.
William Chachere raced 33 yards to the end zone to give the Jays a 42-0 lead with 4:46 left in the game.
After an 80-yard touchdown run by Adam Ardoin was called by a penalty, Iota avoided a shut out for the second straight year against St Edmund when Tristian Miller scored on a 7-yard run with 1:31 remaining in the game.
Ardoin finished with 102 yards on 12 carries for the Bulldogs, while Miller added 41 yards on seven carries.
Brown completed 11-of-18 passes for 208 yards, while Zach LaFleur led the Jays on the ground with 85 yards on 16 carries.
St. Edmund (1-1) entertains Basile this Friday, while Iota (0-2) hosts Lake Arthur.
“We made some plays on defense with an interception and fumble recoveries as well as we blocked a punt,” David said. “The offense made some good plays and got the ball into the end zone.”