DUFUR – Top-ranked Dufur High overwhelmed visiting Crane in the first half, rolling to a 65-20 lead enroute to a 80-28 OSAA Class 1A eight-man football win Nov. 13.
The Rangers (9-1) scored on all nine of its offensive possessions in the first two periods after spotting eighth-seeded Crane (6-5) a 6-0 lead. The Rangers scored 42 unanswered points and the eventual halftime margin led to a running clock after the break. Dufur advances to the 1A semifinals and a contest against the Nov. 14 quarterfinal game winner of Perrydale at Imbler.
Crane scored on its opening drive on a 25-yard, Jacob Potter to Bear Doman pass play. Dufur responded with a seven-play, 79-yard drive capped by a 22-yard TD run by Ian Pechanec and Marcel Delgado’s point-after kick.
Dufur running back Bryson Cates finished the game with 284 rushing yards on 13 carries and 52 yards on two kickoff returns. He scored on runs of 38, 46 and 43 yards – on successive one-play possessions when the Rangers built a 26-6 first-quarter lead. Cates scored two more times before halftime from two yards away and on a 44-yard scamper. On Dufur’s first place from scrimmage to start the second half, Cates ran around left end for a 57-yard touchdown. The Rangers hit 72 points on Delgado’s PAT.
Dufur quarterback Gavin Anderson scored two rushing touchdowns before halftime; Chase Peterson threw a 45-yard halfback pass touchdown to Pechanec to end the first-half scoring.
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