McDevitt's chance to make a run at the state's No. 2 Class AAAA team was to keep the field as wide as possible, use its muscle up front, and keep mistakes to an absolute minimum. The Crusaders went 0-for-3. And Cumberland Valley went wild, belting McDevitt's big front and rolling up a 42-0 halftime lead that screamed varsity vs. JV. Actually, that's not too far off the mark. "McDevitt is just so young at certain spots," CV head coach Tim Rimpfel said. "They have some kids out there playing who should be enjoying JV ball." And that's exactly what McDevitt did in a rapid, mercy-rule second half. While CV played second- and third-team players the entire second half, McDevitt scored a pair of TDs with virtually a full first-team lineup. "I was surprised by the way that game went in went one sense, because McDevitt isn't a bad team," Rimpfel said. "But we're pretty confident right now." You don't say. Even when CV did make a rare mistake, McDevitt was powerless to react positively. After Milligan's first pick on a miscommunication between McDevitt QB Jeremy Ricker and receiver Jeremy Smith, CV needed just three plays to go up 6-0. A 28-yard fade from Corey Bischof to wide receiver Bubba Heisler set up the first of Lawlor's two rushing touchdowns on the next play, a 5-yard pop. On CV's next series, Heisler couldn't hang onto the ball in the end zone, CV punted and McDevitt responded with a couple of first downs. It was the Crusaders' chance to make a game of it, but the drive fizzled and, well, so did McDevitt. "A lot of life went out of us there," McDevitt head coach Jeff Weachter said. "Our whole team lost some composure there. "We're definitely better team than that," Weachter said. Possibly, but there was little question that CV was just that good last night. With McDevitt wilting, CV floored it. Lawlor reeled off a 52-yard score to make it 14-0 by the end of the first quarter, then CV jumped it to 20-0 early in the second quarter. There followed Milligan's second interception, the one returned for a touchdown, and then a booted bad snap by McDevitt that beelined to the Crusader end zone before CV's Chase Berkheimer scooped it up at the 5 and lurched in. That made it 35-0. It was 42-0 shortly after when Bischof found Heisler on an 18-yard fade with 1:15 left in the half. Those last two scores enacted the mercy rule in the second half, much to the pleasure of the Eagles, who suffered a similar beating at the hands of McDevitt last year. "Our players got together [Thursday] night to watch the film of that game," said Rimpfel. "That's our leadership. We're cheering them on." At this point, that's hard not to do.