The Edna Karr playbook has several designed runs for dual-threat quarterback John Johnson, but his most successful runs came on a pair of drop backs.

His two rushing touchdowns in the second quarter sparked a run of scoring drives that lifted the top-seeded Cougars over No. 17-seeded Jesuit 39-13 in a Division I select second-round playoff game Friday at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Park in Algiers.

Johnson finished with six total touchdowns (three rushing, three passing) in a win that advanced Karr (10-0) to face No. 8-seeded Evangel Christian in the quarterfinals next week. Karr will be the home team.

“He bailed us out in the first half, especially with his legs,” Karr coach Brice Brown said of Johnson. “We had a lot of missed assignments and a lot of pressures that we weren’t anticipating. T

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