Section V football: Monroe adds to historic shutout rout streak to reach championship
The Monroe Red Jackets offense have scored plenty of points during this high school football season, sometimes record-setting amounts.
The same thing happened on Saturday, but the Monroe defense also has something it can brag about.
Monroe moved into the Section V Class B championship game for the second consecutive season after the tournament's No. 1 seed shut out its seventh opponent this fall, No. 4 Wayne 42-0.
No team has scored against Monroe since Sept. 8 at Honeoye Falls-Lima. Also, Geneva forfeited to Monroe during the final week of the regular season.
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Player of the game
Monroe senior Robert Arnold returned a punt that he blocked 18 yards for a touchdown, had a 37-yard touchdown catch and five tackles, including a sack.
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By the numbers
3 - Touchdown passes thrown by senior Khaya Moses, who completed 10 of 14 attempts for 179 yards.
5 - Players who scored a touchdown during the Section V Class B semifinal at Monroe: Messiah Hampton (reception), Landan McKnight (reception), Tahjmir Mullins (rushing), Nazhier Wilson (rushing) and Arnold (two).
5 - Sacks by the Red Jackets, including one each by Jermaine Montgomery and Nahum Perry-Huggins.
18 - Number of quarterback sacks this season by Robert Arnold.
6 - Tackles made by Monroe senior Dashon Constantine, including two sacks. Red Jackets teammate Jermaine Montgomery had five tackles.
13 - Sacks this season by Monroe senior defensive end Dashon Constantine.
They said it
'My sophomore year the program was good, but we weren't as good as we are now. It just grew, the people and the team" - third-year Monroe varsity player Dashon Constantine.
"It's going to be a little more, how should I say this, problems. It should be a tight one. I think we have the pieces to get the job done" - Constantine on the Red Jackets playing in the sectional final.
"It was expected, we definitely expected to get back there (to the Section V Class B final). It was one of our goals. We look forward to the opportunity to be successful and victorious." - Monroe coach Terrell Cunningham.
What's next
For Monroe, the Section V Class B Tournament Final, 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at SUNY Brockport, where the Red Jackets face Honeoye Falls-Lima (8-2). The Wayne Eagles are 5-4.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Section V football: Monroe routs Wayne with shutout to reach final
