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Mostly Cloudy Hills West beats Lawrence
Colts take L.I. crown, 42-32
Lawrence’s high-octane offense didn’t disappoint in Saturday’s Long Island Class III championship game against Half Hollow Hills West at Stony Brook’s LaValle Stadium, but its defense had no Cruz control.
JeVahn Cruz, that is.
The Colts dynamic quarterback amassed 450 all-purpose yards, rushed for three touchdowns and passed for three scores to lead Hills West to a 42-32 victory over the Golden Tornadoes in a game that featured five lead changes.
Cruz’s 64-yard touchdown run with 2:27 remaining in the third quarter put the Colts (12-0) ahead for good, 28-26 after Nolan Gelman's fourth of six extra-point conversions. Cruz hooked up with Demarr Aultman on touchdown passes of 48, 25 and 42 yards.
Senior quarterback John Kinder scored all four offensive touchdowns for Lawrence (9-3) and rushed for 115 yards and passed for 82. John Cossack recovered a fumble for a touchdown on the first play of the second half to give the Golden Tornadoes one of their four leads.
