Tonight at Coatesville, the Red Raiders clinched the Ches-Mont National division and wrapped up a top-three seed in the District 1 6A playoffs beating Downingtown East.
This was one of those highly anticipated matchups that turned into a complete dud, for many reasons. The weather did not cooperate, nor did Coatesville, as the Red Raiders smothered the Cougars in every way, in one of the few times the Cougars got mercy-ruled.
Ashon Wesley ran for 257 yards and three touchdowns, and Harrison Susi threw for three touchdowns.
Harrison Susi got the Red Raiders on the board with a 38-yard touchdown pass. Ashon Wesley got the lead to 13-0 after one on a 20-yard run. The Coatesville deluge continued as RJ Rickabaugh hauled in a seven-yard pass from Harrison Susi.
The only bright spot for the Cougars was a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Michael Waite. Another touchdown pass from Susi to Ortega (12 yards) put Coatesville up 27-7 at halftime.
Ashon Wesley got the Red Raiders into the mercy rule on touchdown runs of 65 and 33 yards.
The fourth quarter was a glorified scrimmage, as both teams emptied their benches
Coatesville 42, Downingtown East 7
Downingtown East 0 7 0 0-7
Coatesville 13 14 15 0-42
Scoring
First Quarter
CV- Tommy Ortega 38 pass from Harrison Susi (Kick failed)
CV- Ashon Wesley 24 run (D. Ryan Ashbee kick)
Second Quarter
CV- RJ Rickabaugh 7 pass from Harrison Susi (D. Ryan Ashbee kick)
DE- Mike Waite 80 kick return (Harry Marks kick)
CV- Tommy Ortega 12 pass from Harrison Susi (D. Ryan Ashbee kick)
Third Quarter
CV- Ashon Wesley 65 run (D. Ryan Ashbee kick)
CV- Ashon Wesley 33 run (O’Hara pass from Susi)
