City High Closes Regular Season With 63-7 Win at Davenport Central
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City High will enter the postseason on a high note the Little Hawks made sure of that on Thursday night.
Class 5A fifth-ranked City High rolled to a 63-7 win over Davenport Central in its regular season finale on Thursday night at Brady Street Stadium in Davenport.
City High improved to 8-1 on the season with the win, matching its highest regular season win total since going 8-1 in 2016 while Davenport Central closes the season 3-6.
Postseason pairings for Class 5A will be announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association on Saturday.
City High jumped to a quick 16-0 lead on a pair of touchdown passes from sophomore quarterback Drew Larson and a safety.
John Klosterman caught an 8 yard touchdown pass from Larson on the opening drive of the game and Larson hit Gable Mitchell with a 45-yard strike to make it 16-0.
Davenport Central scored its only touchdown of the game on a 4 yard pass from Nate Hummel to Dylan Graves after Charles Jones returned a kickoff 92 yards to the City High three yard line.
City High answered with a 6 yard touchdown run by Darren Richardson that gave the Little Hawks a 23-7 lead after one quarter.
The Little Hawks scored four touchdowns in the second quarter to build a 50-7 halftime lead.
Quinton Tran tossed touchdown passes of 20 yards and 5 yards to Ben Kueter and 46 yards to Mitchell as City High pulled away.
Ronnie Major added a 6 yard touchdown run in the first half.
City High 23 27 7 6 – 63
Davenport Central 7 0 0 0 – 7
ICH – John Klosterman 8 pass from Drew Larson (Kongalo Mwenemkamba kick)
ICH – Safety
ICH – Gable Mitchell 45 pass from Larson (Mwenemkamba kick)
DC – Dylan Graves 4 pass from Nate Hummel (Carter Hurst kick)
ICH – Darren Richardson 6 run (Mwenemkamba kick)
ICH – Ben Kueter 20 pass from Quinton Tran (Kick failed) 29-7
ICH – Mitchell 46 pass from Tran (Mwenemkamba kick) 36-7
ICH – Kueter 5 pass from Tran (Ben Brown kick) 43-7
ICH – Ronnie Major 6 run (Brown kick)
ICH – Joey Bouska 1 run (Brown kick) 57-7
ICH – Sam Rew 12 pass from Larson (Kick failed0
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