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Mason Sheron after scoring one of his three touchdowns on the afternoon.

DAVIDSON — Running back Mason Sheron rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns to lead Davidson past Valparaiso 42-21 in Pioneer Football League action Saturday afternoon at Richardson Stadium.

It’s the fifth straight win for the Wildcats, who built a 28-0 lead by the third quarter and improved to 5-2 overall and 4-0 in the PFL. Valpo dropped to 1-6 and 0-4.

Mari Adams with the handoff. Adams scored one of the ‘Cats touchdowns, his eighth in recent games.

Sheron ran 16 times at an average of 6.4 yards per carry and scored on runs of 2, 38 and 8 yards, as the Wildcats totaled 265 yards on 58 carries (4.6 yards per rush).

Davidson, which led 21-0 at the half, converted on four of its five fourth-down attempts, including twice on the game’s opening possession, a 12-play, 82-yard drive that spanned six minutes and 20 seconds. After Coulter Cleland found Maxwell Weaver for a 41-yard pass play on fourth-and-3 from the Valpo 43, Mari Adams scored on a 2-yard run, his eighth touchdown in the last three games.

The Wildcats also converted on two fourth downs on a third-quarter scoring drive that was capped by Will Cox’s 1-yard touchdown run that made it 35-7.

Cleland finished 11-of-15 passing for 148 yards and tossed a 12-yard touchdown to Brody Reina on the first play of the second quarter. He found Mark McCurdy a team-best four times.

Marcus Heard Jr. led the Wildcats defense with six tackles, while Julian Rawlins had two sacks and Yusuf Ahmed recovered a fumble.

Davidson finished with a 26-10 advantage in first downs and possessed the ball for nearly 39 minutes.

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