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CCC 23, Crescent City 0

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Published: November 17, 2007

CRESCENT CITY - Play defense well enough and you can get 23 points out of 27 yards.

Not only that, but a ticket to the second round of the state playoffs.

Clearwater Central Catholic proved it while advancing to the Class 2B-Region 3 finals with a 23-0 victory over fourth-ranked and previously unbeaten Crescent City on a cold Friday night at Wiltcher Stadium.

CCC (7-4) will travel to Frostproof in next Friday's Region 3 finals.

The Marauders managed only 101 yards in offense, but forced four turnovers, three of which led to 16 points. The other score was a touchdown set up by a high snap in a punting situation.

CCC got a third-quarter touchdown on Mike Hasley's fumble recovery in the end zone. The three scores produced by the offense - two 1-yard touchdown runs by Anthony Cochran and Jeff Ijjas' 32-yard field goal - came on drives covering a total of 27 yards.

The Marauders held the Raiders (10-1) to 60 yards and four first downs. Crescent City averaged 324 yards and 37.5 points per game during the regular season.

"We were pretty pleased with how we played defense," said CCC coach Mike Jalazo.

He said the team was fired up to begin with and drew extra motivation from Crescent City coach Al Wisnoski's refusal to allow CCC to film the game from the end zone.

The first of Cochran's two scores came at 6:38 of the first quarter, set up by a Raiders fumble recovered by Danny Wood at the 1-yard line.