Hutchinson Community College won the Salt City Bowl for the third consecutive season, beating Lackawanna College 70-20 on Saturday afternoon in Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, ranked No. 14 in the NJCAA poll, finished its season 10-2, with both losses coming against Butler.
Elliott Alford threw three first-half touchdown passes and the Blue Dragons returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns on the way to a 42-7 halftime lead.
Alford finished with five TD passes — three of the to Cordarelle Patterson — the final one coming midway through the fourth quarter to put Hutch ahead 70-13. Patterson caught eight passes for 118 yards.
Hutchinson outgained No. 19 Lackawanna 464-286, and forced three turnovers while committing one.
Lackawanna0 7 6 7 — 20 Hutchinson25 17 14 14 — 70
First Quarter
H—Patterson 48 pass from Alford (blocked kick) 10:53
H—Johnson 42 pass from Alford (run failed) 6:12
H—Dinwiddie 37 run (run failed) 2:37
Second Quarter
L—Snipes 22 pass from Farrell (Gillette kick) 14:10
H—Edmond 86 int. ret. (Mesh kick) 12:14
H—Stewart 21 pass from Alford (Mesh kick) 9:32
H—Mesh 35 FG, :00
Third Quarter
H—Patterson 35 pass from Alford (Mesh kick) 12:18
L—Brown 1 run (blocked kick) 8:58
H—Lane 53 run (Mesh kick) 7:51
Fourth Quarter
H—Cameron 1 run (Mesh kick) 14:25
H—Patterson 8 pass from Alford (Mesh kick) 8:23
L—Brown 2 run (Gillette kick) 2:23
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Lackawanna, Brown 17-81, Taliaferro 10-49, Delatch 6-26, Farrell 12-8, Scott 1-5, Williams 3-0, Team 1-(-6); Hutchinson, Lane 7-84, Dinwiddie 5-53, Mayes 5-31, Alford 5-28, Patterson 4-10, Stewart 2-5, Cameron 1-1, Team 1-(-1).
Passing—Lackawanna, Farrell 6-19-123-3; Hutchinson, Alford 15-25-253-1.
Receiving—Lackawanna, Taliaferro 1-37, Brown 1-29, Snipes 1-22, Deloatch 1-21, Bickley 1-7, Burk 1-7; Hutchinson, Patterson 8-118, Stewart 5-82, Johns 1-42, Tipton 1-11.
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