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Notre Dame shakes off Seahawks, wins 48-10 [photos]

Notre Dame's Jordan Ford (16) finds a hole and moves the ball downfield during the Notre Dame vs. Silverdale Baptist football game Friday, October 5, 2018 at Notre Dame in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Notre Dame's Jordan Ford (16) finds a hole and moves the ball downfield during the Notre Dame vs. Silverdale Baptist football game Friday, October 5, 2018 at Notre Dame in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Notre Dame's Jordan Ford (16) finds a hole and moves the ball downfield during the Notre Dame vs. Silverdale Baptist football game Friday, October 5, 2018 at Notre Dame in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

By Davis Lundy 4 min read

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It took Notre Dame 129 years to reach its first football state championship game. The belief around Glenwood today is that it will take only one more year to win the first football state title in school history.

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES

TENNESSEE Clay County 39, Sale Creek 0 McMinn Central 22, Bledsoe County 21 Knoxville Webb 55, Boyd-Buchanan 7 Cascade 55, Grundy County 35 Whitwell 13, Trousdale County 7 Sequatchie County 55, Cumberland County 13 East Hamilton 41, Hixson 6 Howard 49, Sequoyah 0 McCallie 31, Brentwood Academy 27 Notre Dame 48, Silverdale Baptist 10 Ooltewah 20, McMinn County 17 Grace Academy 35, King’s Academy 20 East Ridge 22, Central 15 Polk County 49, Sweetwater 20 Rhea County 27, Marion County 14 Red Bank 58, Walker Valley 6 Lookout Valley 48, Oakdale 0 GEORGIA Pickens 48, Heritage 0 North Cobb Christian 29, Gordon Lee 7 North Murray 35, Coahulla Creek 14 Chattooga 41, Model 8 Southeast Whitfield 42, Gilmer 14 Ridgeland 49, Cross Keys 0 Coosa 55, Dade County 28 Ringgold 49, Murray County 7 Northwest Whitfield 36, LaFayette 14 Dalton 45, at South Cobb 20 Trion 26, Christian Heritage 7 Calhoun 61, Adairsville 0

The Irish looked the part of a title contender Friday night at Jim Eberle Field as Jordan Ford scored three touchdowns and Cameron Wynn rushed for 154 yards as Notre Dame took apart Silverdale Baptist Academy 48-10 in a Division II-AA East Region game.

“I’ve been coaching 20 years and I have never seen a team start earlier than this one did after last year,” said coach Charles Fant, referring to his team’s loss in the 2017 state final. “We want to secure home field in the playoffs and follow the same path as last year, only with a different ending.”

Wynn, a finalist for Mr. Football a year ago, started the second half with a 76-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second half, and the Irish poured it from there in winning for the sixth straight time. Last year, the Irish won 11 straight before losing in the final. The Irish scored on all their possessions in the second half.

“Last year’s game is definitely driving us,” said Wynn, who has more than 20 scholarship offers to date.

Notre Dame (6-1, 4-0) will now face Knoxville Grace and Chattanooga Christian in back-to-back weeks with the region title on the line. Ford, a transfer who did not experience last year’s loss in the state final, scored on a punt return, a 50-yard pass and a 12-yard run in accounting for more than 150 all-purpose yards.

“This was a special night,” Ford said. “We just have to stay on the roll.”

Notre Dame scored on its first possession, going 67 yard in eight plays before Watkins scored his first touchdown. The two-point conversion made it 8-0.

Silverdale (3-4, 0-3) answered with its only positive drive of the half as the Seahawks went 80 yards in 11 plays with freshman Conner Delashmitt scoring from 17 yards out on the last play of the first quarter.

Fant was not pleased, and he gathered his team on the sideline.

“I told them they were not doing what they were taught, and if the starters couldn’t get it done, I was going to empty the bench,” he said.

It worked, sort of. After a 38-yard kickoff return by Ford, the Irish moved to the 25 before Wynn danced down the left sideline before fumbling into the end zone for a touchback. After a three-and-out by Silverdale, Ford took the punt back 48 yards for a touchdown that gave the Irish a 14-7 lead with 8:36 left in the half.

Quarterback Parker Brock and Ford connected on a 50-yard touchdown pass with 21 seconds left in the half.

Contact Davis Lundy at sports@timesfreepress.com.