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YARMOUTH — Unbeaten Yarmouth tuned up for its second trip to the postseason in only its fourth season of varsity competition by rolling to a 57-0 victory against Freeport in a Campbell Conference football game Friday night.

The Clippers, expected to be the top seed in the Western Class C playoffs, finished the regular season 8-0.

“It’s a long way from the first season,” Yarmouth Coach Jim Hartman said. “It’s over. Too bad we’ve got to forget about it (today) and get on to the playoffs. I’m sure in January and February we’ll really appreciate it.”

The Falcons, who went 3-5 in their second season as a varsity program, managed to stay close to the Clippers in the first half.

“We were a little out of sync and it took us a little while to get going,” Hartman said. “Once we got going, it was pretty good.”

Yarmouth took the momentum for good when freshman quarterback Brady Neujahr threw a 16-yard scoring pass to Asa Arden with 16 seconds left in the first half to make it 21-0. The touchdown pass came on the first play after Nick Proscia blocked James Purdy’s punt from inside the 10-yard line.

The Clippers then scored three touchdowns during the first five minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach.

“Our goal was to shut their outside game down, which we did for the most part,” Freeport Coach Ron Grover said. “They just took it to the middle.

“They have so much quickness. Their backs make one cut and then they’re gone.”

Yarmouth rolled up more than 550 yards of offense, rushing for 450. Proscia, the fullback, ran for 130 yards on 10 carries and scored two touchdowns. Neujahr completed 3 of 4 passes for 107 yards, including two scoring passes to Anders Overhaug.

In posting its third shutout, Yarmouth limited the Falcons to four first downs and less than 50 yards.

Much of Freeport’s yardage came during its first possession. After the opening kickoff, the Falcons marched to the Yarmouth 18 before giving up the ball on downs.

“Our defense was outstanding after they figured out what (Freeport) was doing,” Hartman said.

Freeport is the only team on Yarmouth’s schedule that runs the double-wing offense.

“We can’t duplicate that in practice,” Hartman said. “When our tackles stopped penetrating so deep and stayed in their running lanes, it was a different story.”

Staff Writer Paul Betit can be contacted at 791-6424 or at: pbetit@pressherald.com