Jackson County Central and Martin County West were both winners at home Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of section football playoffs. The Huskies defeated Windom 62-28 in Section 3AA and the Mavericks were 42-14 winners over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in Section 3A.
At Jackson, three different quarterbacks threw a total of four touchdown passes and two kickers made extra-point attempts for JCC in its win.
Roman Voss threw two TD passes, a 56-yarder to Caleb Vancura and a 46-yarder to Travis Rogotzke. Brenan Runge and Thomas Freking teamed up on a 24-yard scoring play and Kash Luebben threw a 20-yard TD pass to Thomas Sether.
Liath Schmitt kicked the extra point after JCC’s first seven scores. Ulises Bouakham tacked on the PAT after the eighth score and the Huskies took a knee after their final score.
Jackson County Central scored five rushing touchdowns, Gabe Wolff ran for two on plays of 6 and 21 yards, Seth Stai scored from 13 yards out, Miles Sathoff scored on a 14-yard run and Noah Thompson had a 20-yard touchdown run.
The three quarterbacks combined to complete 11 of 19 passes for 246 yards. JCC had 357 yards rushing for a total of 603 yards total offense. The Eagles had 323 yards, 200 in the air and 123 on the ground.
JCC will host Redwood Valley at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Cardinals defeated Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 40-6 Tuesday.
On the other side of the bracket, Pipestone shut out St. James Area 30-0 and Minnesota Valley Lutheran beat Sibley East 40-8. The Arrows will host the Chargers in the other semifinal Saturday.
In Sherburn, MCW scored six rushing touchdowns in its win.
Carver Rohman had three TDs, scoring from 4, 17 and 61 yards out.
Joseph Forsberg scored on runs of 75 and 68 yards and Zach Anderson went in from one yard out.
Martin County West travels to Springfield Saturday. The Tigers beat Sleepy Eye 42-21 Tuesday.
On the other side of the bracket, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton had a bye and Murray County Central topped Adrian/Ellsworth 34-14. The Panthers host the Rebels Saturday.
Look for more on both the Huskies and Mavericks later today.
SECTION 3AA
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Quarterfinals
Jackson County Central 62, Windom Area 28
Redwood Valley 40, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 6
Pipestone 30, St. James Area 0
Minnesota Valley Lutheran 40, Sibley East 8
Saturday, Oct. 29
Semifinals
All games at 3 p.m.
Redwood Valley (4-5) at Jackson County Central (9-0)
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (6-3) at Pipestone (7-2)
Friday, Nov. 4
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
SECTION 3A
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Quarterfinals
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton had bye
Murray County Central 34, Adrian/Ellsworth 14
Springfield 42, Sleepy Eye 21
Martin County West 42, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 14
Saturday, Oct. 29
Semifinals
At higher seeded team
All games at 3 p.m.
Murray County Central (7-2) at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (7-1)
Martin County West (7-2) at Springfield (7-2)
Friday, Nov. 4
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m.