A slow start for quickly turned disastrous Friday night for Ottawa , as La Salle-Peru raced to a 21-0 lead and never looked back, rolling to a 41-24 victory in one of the state’s oldest rivalries.

Sophomore star quarterback Marion Persich powered the Cavaliers (1-2) to their first win of the season, also the first for head coach JJ Raffelson.

While La Salle-Peru got off to a fast start, Ottawa (2-1) didn’t go down without a fight.

Despite being pleased with his first career win, Raffelson said his team still had room to improve.

“It feels good to get the first win of the season and the first win in my head coaching career,” Raffelson said. “We played a good first half of football, and then we came back out and had some things go wrong.

“I’m glad we got the win, but we’ve got to pl

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