The Jackson County Central football team pulled away to beat Pipestone Area 45-6 and complete a third consecutive unbeaten regular season on Wednesday night at home. 

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The third-ranked Huskies marched right down the field on their first offensive drive after forcing an Arrows three-and-out.

Gage Johnson scored a one-yard rushing touchdown and two-point conversion to make it 8-0 JCC. 

The Arrows made an interception but the Huskies forced a safety on an intentional grounding penalty to make it 10-0 JCC after the first quarter. 

Ben Gallagher grabbed an interception to set up the next Huskies drive.

Evan Bartholomaus made a short toss that Roman Voss turned into a 39-yard touchdown catch to make it 16-0 JCC. 

Pipestone responded with a similar touchdown and made it 16-6 JCC. 

Roman Voss broke free for a 51-yard TD run later in the second quarter.

The two-pointer by Gage Johnson made it 24-6 JCC. Tavion Diggs plunged in from one yard away to make it 30-6 Huskies at halftime. Voss returned to the end zone on a 16-yard run and then Isaac Hesebeck added two more points to make it 38-6 JCC. Gage Johnson made another TD from 11 yards out and Ben Gallagher made the extra point kick to complete the 45-6 final score. 

Huskies head coach Tom Schuller says the team lost composure for part of the first half but still managed to win under challenging circumstances.

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The Huskies finish the regular season 8-0 for the eighth time in program history after a 25th straight regular season victory.

JCC earned the top Section 3AA seed and a first-round bye in the tournament with a semifinal game up next at home on Saturday, October 26th. 

The Huskies will host the winner of #4 Le Sueur-Henderson and #5 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. 

Pipestone Area gets a bye as the #2 seed with a game against the winner of #3 Redwood Valley and #6 Windom Area on that Saturday.