By RYAN ARENA

Sports Editor

Jarid Caesar rushed for 239 yards and three touchdowns to pace Riverside as the Rebels ended the regular season with an offensive explosion, defeating district rival Fisher, 62-27.

The performance put Caesar over 1000 yards rushing for the fourth consecutive season.

Riverside (6-4, 1-3) has taken off offensively as the playoffs approach, scoring 42, 55 and 62 points over the final three games.

“The offense is playing with a lot of confidence,” said Riverside Coach Mickey Roussel. “We’re hitting on all cylinders. We feel good about it, and this is a good time to do it.”

Riverside will travel to Spring Hill in the bi-district round of the postseason.

Jade Falgoust ran 11 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns. He also was 5-of-10 passing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. Remi Poirrier ran 7 times for 35 yards and caught two passes for 50 yards and a touchdown, while Bobby Smith caught two passes for 51 yards and a score.

As a team, the Rebels ran 41 times for 331 yards.

Fisher (3-6, 0-4) scored twice early to take leads of 6-0 and 12-7, but Riverside soon took off, never to look back.

Caesar scored his second touchdown of the game in the second quarter, a 1-yard run that made it 14-12. Later in the quarter, Falgoust found Smith deep for a 39-yard score to make it 20-12 at the half, after the extra point attempt failed.

“The game was pretty close early, 14-12 late in the first half” Roussel said. “We had a nice drive before the half

In the third quarter, the Rebels broke loose, scoring 23 points and seizing away any doubt of the end result. Falgoust scored on runs of 4 and 18-yards to make it 34-12. Falgoust found Poirrier for a 27-yard score to make it 41-12. Fisher would not score again until the fourth quarter.

Wade Laiche and Jordan Rebaldo would each score before the game’s conclusion, the latter scoring on a 38-yard fumble recovery.

In all, the Rebels put up 42 points in the second half to ice the game.

“To put up 42 points in a half is kind of unbelievable,” Roussel said. “We just hit our stride.”