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Sec 5 1st Round

CAMDEN NY  After a long bus ride, the Canandaigua football team needed a quarter to work out the kinds. Once the Braves got past a scoreless first quarter, they rolled to a 27-13 win over Section 3's Camden Friday night.
 
"I'm really, really proud of my kids right now," said CA coach Dave Nieman.

"To travel two and a half hours and get off the bus and play the way they did says a lot about this team's emotion and heart. Camden is a good, tough, physical team and to play them as we did after a trip like that was just great. I mean these kids got back after midnight Saturday morning and showed up to volunteer to help for a youth football practice at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Just a great bunch of kids."

The Blue Devils' PAT was no good and CA (3-0 overall) led 7-6 at the half.

The Braves then lit things up in the third quarter, scoring three times. The first came on a trick play that Nieman said he has had in his back pocket just waiting for the right time. It was a pass from quarterback Marshall Johnson to wide out John Klein. Klein, a QB when he was younger, then tossed a bullet to Justin Ruscio, who was open in the end zone.

Johnson next scored on a 1-yard run followed by 12yard TD pass to Ruscio.

Nieman had special praise for the defensive play of Sean Regan.