Wk 13 LYN 2024 Heritage @ LCA

Bulldogs stay unbeaten at home in 35-14 win over Heritage in Region Semifinals

Liberty Christian Academy, Lynchburg, VA – As it worked out, the most important win of the game might have been the coin toss. LCA won it and deferred. Heritage took the ball, but LCA chose the goal to defend. They took the wind, and there was some wind.  “We deferred when we won the toss because we actually wanted to kick into the wind…and we thought that with the wind behind us, if early on we wanted to take a shot then the wind behind us could be beneficial, said LCA Coach Frank Rocco.”

“We wanted to control the ball, and keep it out of their hands.” – LCA Coach Frank Rocco

That paid off with a tough to handle kickoff which Heritage muffed and then barely made it out of their own end zone inside their own five. LCA forced a punt, into the win, and took over near midfield. A few plays later WR/LB 5 James Deyo (2/41,TD rush; 1/24,TD rec) bolted up the middle for the 37-yard TD run.

The Bulldogs added another ‘short field’ TD with RB/S 8 Gideon Davidson’s 9-yard run. Davidson jumped out of the way of a would be tackler, up the middle, showing off his athleticism. The Senior put Liberty Christian up 14-0 early in the second period. And once LCA gets a lead, they are hard to catch. Rocco laid out their thinking after the game, “We wanted to control the ball, and keep it out of their hands.” That’s how they went to half time with the Bulldogs up 14-0.

The Bulldogs added another Davidson TD in the third quarter from 8-yards out, and then QB 9 Tyler Jackson (3/10 rush; 2/5,45,TD pass) found Deyo on a 24-yard TD pass. Heritage finally got on the board in the fourth quarter on a 7-yard TD toss from QB 5 Ayden Slash (11/20,154,TD pass; 16/100,TD rush) to RB/LB 9 Brayden Morgan (4/5,34,TD rec) at the 8:44 mark to make it 28-7.

Offense: 

Rushing – 

LCA – Gideon Davidson 28/213,2TDs, Justis Belford 8/41,TD, James Deyo 1/41,TD, Tyler Jackson 3/10, Sam Rogers 2/4  Heritage  – Ayden Slash 16/100,TD, Zaid Rahman 7/17, Jeffrey Mosely 1/6, Tavion Clark 1/4, David Bradley 1/2

Passing- 

LCA – Tyler Jackson 2/5,45,TD  Heritage  – Ayden Slash 11/20,154,TD

Receiving- 

LCA – James Deyo 1/24,TD, Gideon Davidson 1/21  Heritage  – Jeffrey Mosely 4/55, Brayden Morgan 4/34,TD, David Bradley 1/37, Emeere Kelso 1/15, Zaid Rahman 1/13

Kicking – 

LCA – Sam Meija 5/5 PATs  Heritage  – Jeremy Estrade 2/2 PATs

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Scoring

1st Quarter: 

LCA    7-0 James Deyo 37-yard TD run; PAT Sam Meija (7:07)

2nd Quarter:

LCA  14-0 Gideon Davidson 9-yard TD run; PAT Sam Meija  (11:52)

3rd Quarter:

LCA  21-0 Gideon Davidson 8-yard TD run; PAT Sam Meija (10:43)

LCA  28-0 James Deyo 24-yard TD pass from Tyler Jackson; PAT Sam Meija (1:41)

4th Quarter:

H       28-7 Brayden Morgan 7-yard TD pass from Ayden Slash; PAT Jeremy Estrada (8:44)

LCA  35-7 Justis Belford 8-yard TD run; PAT Sam Meija (8:56)

H       42-14 Ayden Slash 35-yard TD run; PAT Jeremy Estrada (5:16)

But twelve seconds later RB/DB 2 Justis Belford (8/41,TD) scored from 8-yards out  to push it back to a 28 point margin. Heritage’s Slash would add a 35-yard TD run to round out the night’s scoring. The talented Slash was one positive for the talented Pioneers on the night. LCA nearly doubled up Heritage in total yards with a 354-197 yards advantage. This game got chippy as penalty flags were flying especially in the second half. Heritage was penalized for 118 yards, while LCA drew 65 yards in flags. LCA will now face Turner Ashby in the Regional Finals. Davidson was already looking forward to the challenge, “It’s going to be exciting, can’t wait.”   – Cap’n Crunch

	1	2	3	4	Final
LCA	7	7	14	7	35
Heritage	0	0	0	14	14