More than halfway through the season, Johnson is chugging along like a freight train with no signs of stopping.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars stayed perfect with a 65-18 win over Roosevelt on Thursday at Heroes Stadium, continuing their dominant run through the District 28-6A schedule.<\/p>\n
Johnson (5-0, 3-0), the top-ranked team in the Express-News top 20 power rankings, amassed 518 yards on offense and put the Rough Riders away quickly with a 31-12 lead at halftime. The Jaguars have beaten all five opponents by double-digit margins, and their high-octane offense is averaging just under 49 points per game.<\/p>\n
They showed that formidable strength against Roosevelt (3-3, 2-1) with a balanced attack the Rough Riders couldn’t solve.<\/p>\n
Senior quarterback Elvis Estrada threw for 194 yards on 8-of-18 passing with three touchdowns to three different receivers.<\/p>\n
Johnson rushed for 309 yards and averaged over 10 yards per carry. Noah Cartwright rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown, and Jeremiah Johnson had 108 rushing yards and two scores to lead the way on the ground.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars scored 17 points in the final 4:58 of the first half to pull away, and they slammed the door with two quick touchdowns to open the second half and extend the lead to 44-12 midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n
They started the run with a 29-yard field goal from Ethan Joseph, then senior defensive back Mikhail McCreary intercepted a pass from Roosevelt quarterback Xavion Chambers and returned it for a 61-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
After the Rough Riders answered back with a touchdown run from Ernest Smith with just over two minutes left in the half, Johnson struck back in 91 seconds, capping the quick drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge from Johnson 37 seconds before halftime.<\/p>\n
It didn’t take much longer for the Jaguars to add on in the third as Bryson Thompson rushed for a 4-yard score with 10:23 on the clock. Estrada then found Colin Cragun for a 36-yard touchdown pass with 7:18 left in the third.<\/p>\n
Cragun finished with two catches for 48 yards. Braelyn Allen led the receiving corps with three catches for 91 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown from Estrada to open the game. Justus Jeffery added three catches for 55 yards and a score.<\/p>\n
Chambers led Roosevelt with 18 carries for 157 rushing yards and a touchdown, and he completed 11 of 20 passes for 153 yards with a touchdown and an interception.<\/p>\n
Johnson aims to keep its undefeated season alive against Clark on Oct. 17 in a 2 p.m. tilt at Gustafson Stadium. Roosevelt suffered its first 28-6A loss of the season, and the Rough Riders look to strengthen their bid for a playoff spot when they take on Brandeis at 7 p.m. Thursday at Farris Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than halfway through the season, Johnson is chugging along like a freight train with no signs of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-461101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}