Koch carries Hurricanes to victory

Updated: March 22, 2011 5:08PM

Dominant play up front made life easy for Jared Koch.

The Marian Central running back piled up 212 yards on 15 carries to spark the Hurricanes to a 40-7 victory over Grayslake Central in the second round of the IHSA Class 5A state playoffs in Woodstock. Koch crashed into the end zone three times (1, 8 and 76 yards).

"It was all the line," Koch said. "They were getting downfield and sticking on their blocks. I just did my job as a back by finding the open holes and running."

Halfback Corey Cavitt added 96 yards on 21 carries with two touchdowns.

Marian Central (8-3) will travel to Montini (9-2) for a state quarterfinal game next weekend.

Grayslake Central (6-5) did score a late touchdown when quarterback Ray Beckman lofted an 8-yard TD pass to C.J. Stempeck.

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