Published: Sunday, 11/23/2014 - Updated: 40 seconds ago

BY DONALD EMMONS BLADE SPORTS WRITER

LIMA, Ohio Liberty-Bentons run at a Division V state football championship came to a halt Saturday night at Spartan Stadium.

Defending Division V state champion Coldwater proved to be the season-ending roadblock for the Eagles.

The Cavaliers scored 28 unanswered points to win 28-7 during a regional final in which Liberty-Benton possessed the football twice as long and ran nearly twice as many plays.

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Hats off to them, theyre a great program, Liberty-Benton coach Tim Nichols said. Maybe one of these days we can get these guys. It was theirs tonight, and we wish them luck. Itll sting for a while.

The Eagles (12-1) began with the games first possession and did what they set out to do offensively against the Cavaliers (12-1).

They controlled the clock and found plenty of productivity with their run game to take a 7-0 lead when Austin Combs scored from one yard out with 1 minute, 57 seconds left in the first quarter.

Liberty-Bentons opening drive consisted of 19 plays for 80 yards and chewed up more than 10 minutes of the opening quarter.

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Liberty-Benton's season ends