Colonels blank Woodland, 35-0
Cass sophomore quarterback Devin Henderson passed for two touchdowns in the first half and ran for two scores in the second half to lead the Colonels in a 35-0 win over visiting Woodland Friday night at Cochran Stadium. Overall, the Colonels' signal-caller finished 10-for-18 through the air for 169 yards and added 144 rushing yards for 313 total yards on the night. He also spent part of his time in the second half playing defense in the Cass secondary.
Following a scoreless first quarter, Henderson connected with Tino Jones for a 20-yard strike to give Cass a 7-0 lead with 8:43 remaining in the first half. The touchdown pass capped a nine play, 55-yard drive. Juan Parajito booted the first of five successful PAT kicks.
The Colonels’ next scoring drive covered 72 yards in seven plays. This time Henderson made a short toss to Sacovie White and the sophomore receiver did the rest. White’s run after the catch resulted in a 30-yard touchdown pass as he dove and stretched for the pylon with 2:42 left in the second period.
In the second half, Henderson finished off a five play, 62-yard drive with a seven yard run that gave the Colonels a 21-0 lead with 8:25 remaining in the third quarter. He later capped a six play, 68-yard march with a three yard touchdown run with 1:10 left in the period.
The final Cass touchdown came midway through the fourth quarter after Woodland attempted a fake punt deep in their own territory. Freddie Gbadie, who rushed for 61 yards on 13 attempts, added the final touchdown for the Colonels on an eight yard run. It was his first scoring run of the season after several near misses in earlier games.
The Cass defense made plays when necessary. Linebacker Ian Lowe had a key pass breakup in the first half on a fourth down play and Mark Perdue delivered a fourth down sack to end a Wildcats' drive early in the second half. Both Andrew Nguyen and Perdue picked off Woodland passes in the second half.
For Woodland it was a sixth consecutive loss to fall to 1-6 overall and 0-2 in Region 7-AAAAA. Senior running back Asa James paced the Wildcats' offense finishing with 89 yards on 16 carries. Woodland travels to 7th-ranked Calhoun next Friday.
Cass (4-3, 1-1) has an important matchup with Hiram next Friday back at Cochran Stadium. A Colonels win would secure no worse than a No. 4-seed in the Class 5A state playoffs with three weeks remaining in the regular season.
Next Friday’s Cass-Hiram game will be featured as the Johnny’s NY Style Pizza / Bartow County Game of the Week on BartowSportsZone.com and the Mixlr app.
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