Ferris State wins second straight Department II title

MCKINNEY, Texas– Carson Gulker scored on 3 short runs, Sidney McCloud had a pick-six, and Ferris State rolled previous Colorado School of Mines 41-14 on Saturday to successfully safeguard its NCAA Division II national championship.Ferris (14-1)remained in its third national title game in 4 years, winning its very first title in 2015 to finish a 14-0 season. This was the Bulldogs’eighth straight trip to the playoffs.Gulker scored on a 2-yard go to complete a seven-play, 79-yard drive for a first-quarter rating, then the Bulldogs followed with a 20-point 2nd quarter on Eddie Jewett’s basket of 33 and 22 backyards, CJ Jefferson’s 19-yard go to complete an eight-play, 75-yard drive, and McCloud’s 31-yard return in the final minute of the half for a 27-0 lead.2 Associated The Orediggers (13-3) didn’t rating until there was just over a minute

left in the

3rd quarter on John Matocha’s 10-yard pass to Michael Zeman.Gulker restored the 27-point lead with a 1-yard go to complete a nine-play, 75-yard drive early

in the fourth quarter, and after Matocha’s second touchdown pass, Gulker added a 6-yard score.Ferris State’s Mylik Mitchell was 14-of-18 passing for 170 lawns, Marcus Taylor rushed for 103 yards on

13 brings, and Jefferson had 95 overall yards on 10 touches.The Bulldogs outgained the Orediggers 426-222 while their defense enabled just 4 hurrying lawns and had six sacks.Matocha, who won the Harlon Hill Award as Department II’s most outstanding player, was 22-of-38 passing for 218 backyards with 2 goals and two interceptions.