WATERLOO - Jefferson erupted for 249 yards of total offense and four touchdowns in the first quarter and the J-Hawks kept on rolling to a 50-3 victory over Waterloo East on Friday night at Waterloo Memorial Stadium.

Jefferson needed just five plays and 1:18 of elapsed time to get on the scoreboard.

Valentino Green grabbed a 27-yard touchdown pass from Jared Eivins, and the J-Hawk attack was off and running.

A 63-yard keeper by Eivins set up Valentine's 10-yard scoring run to cap off a two-play series. Still another big play, a 67-yard Eivins to Mason Short pass, moved Jefferson into the red zone. From there, Short scored on a 1-yard run and it was 22-0.

Eivins, who played essentially just one quarter, concluded the 12-minute flurry with a 3-yard TD strike to Jalyn Stafford. That drive began with a fair catch interference flag that moved the J-Hawks to the Trojan 32.

Overall, Eivins threw for 103 yards and rushed for 69. Short had two receptions for 123 yards and the two TDs.

East did not reach Jefferson territory until the final series of the half. That drive reached the J-Hawk 40 before a pair of quarterback sacks threw the Trojans back into their own territory as time expired.

East turned the ball over three times in the opening 24 minutes.

Overall, Jefferson outgained East 381-23 while building a 43-0 lead at the break.

The Trojans, playing with several key starters sidelined by injury, got on the board in the fourth quarter. Nathan Heinz booted a 24-yard field goal.

East dropped to 0-8 overall while Jefferson is now 5-3 overall, 2-2 in Class 4A District 5 play. The J-Hawks host Linn-Mar on Thursday night.

JEFFERSON 50, WATERLOO EAST 3

.                          JEF         WE

First downs             14             9

Rushes-yards     39-262      30-58

Passing-yards         169          47

Comp-Att-Int        6-8-0     7-23-2

Punts-avg                  0     4-31.5

Fumbles-lost            2-1         2-2

Penalties-yds         3-25        4-36

Jefferson        29 14 7 0 - 50

Waterloo East   0   0 0 3 -   3

Scoring players

CRJ - Valentino Green 27 pass from Jared Eivins (Zeb Render kick)

CRJ - Green 10 run (Render run)

CRJ - Mason Short 1 run (Render kick)

CRJ - Jalyn Stafford 3 pass from Eivins (Render kick)

CRJ - Short 56 pass from Dylan Hart (Render kick)

CRJ - Tyler Unkel 8 run (Render kick)

CRJ - Hart 32 run (Render kick)

WE - Nathan Heinz 24 FG

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing

JEFFERSON - Tavian Rashed 8-54, Eivins 2-69, Green 1-10, Diego Gandara 1-5, Short 2-15, Hart 12-57, Keenan Stewart 4-19, Unkel 5-33, Myles Glassberg 1-0, Rhett Thompson 1-1, Team 2-minus 1

EAST - Eli Showalter 4-28, Al Campbell 17-1, Kierin Johnson 8-36, Tyre Reed 1-minus 7.

Passing

JEFFERSON - Eivins 4-4-0-103, Hart 2-4-0-66.

EAST - Campbell 7-23-2-47.

Receiving

JEFFERSON - Green 2-33, Short 2-123, Stafford 1-3, Unkel 1-10

EAST - Jeremiah Jordan 2-21, Christian Banks 1-minus 1, Johnson 2-4, Showalter 2-23