La Salle-Peru’s 5A postseason run ends with loss at Carbondale in second round

The La Salle-Peru football team was blitzed by Carbondale in all three phases of Saturday’s Class 5A second-round playoff game, and the Cavaliers never found an answer in a 41-13 defeat in Carbondale.The Cavaliers were shut out through the first three quarters, only finding the end zone in the fourth after Carbondale took out its starting defense when the running clock started.Sophomore tailback Sam Carter ran in a 5-yard rushing touchdown with 10:39 on the clock, and senior quarterback Grey Ernat completed a 9-yard TD pass to senior tight end Jaron Morscheiser with 2.3 seconds left.Outside of the two scoring drives, L-P punted four times, threw one interception and had one turnover on downs.“They’re a good, sound football team,” L-P coach JJ Raffleson said. “We struggled to move the ball offensively, so that put us in some rough situations.”Defensively, L-P struggled to contain the Terriers’ senior quarterback Davin Wooley.Wooley scored four touchdowns, three passing and one rushing,