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Class 1A top-ranked Regina bolted to a 43-point halftime lead and rolled to a 50-7 win over Waterloo Columbus in a Class 1A opening-round contest at Regal Field in Iowa City on Friday.

Aiden Gaffey threw three touchdown passes and Gabriel Hegelheimer rushed for three scorers as Regina advanced to the Class 1A second round.

Regina will learn its postseason path when the Iowa High School Athletic Association releases postseason pairings on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Gaffey completed 7-of-8 passes and threw for 102 yards and three touchdowns and Hegelheimer ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns as Regina improved to 9-0.

Tate Wallace caught five passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns and Trey Streb had two catches for 23 yards and a touchdown for Regina.

Holt Hinkel added a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown for Regina which scored 44 or more points for the sixth game in a row.

Connor Keech had four tackles to lead Regina while Will Litton had 3.5 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and Wallace had 1.5 tackles for loss.

Nathan Parizek had a sack for Regina, Zach Poe recovered a fumble and Kaleb Moeller had two tackles and an interception.

Waterloo Columbus             0     0   0  7  –  7         

Regina                                       29  14  7  0  –  50

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