BITBURG, Germany - Bitburg, the only unbeaten team left in Division II DODDS-Europe football made certain it would stay that way Saturday by walloping the Naples Wildcats, 61-9, in a Division II semifinal game.

Next stop for the Barons is the Super Six championships in Baumholder, where they will defend their D-II title against Mannheim.

Bitburg (7-0) took a 20-0 first-quarter lead on rushing TDs by Corey Bason, Austin Schmidt and Kyle Edgar and added two more TD runs by Schmidt in the second quarter to go up 34-3 at halftime.

The Barons kept up the onslaught after halftime, breaking Corey Evans loose for two TDs and Austin Evans and Aaron Mayfield for one each.

Naples, which finished its season 4-3, got on the board with Hunter Johnson’s 37-yard field goal in the second quarter and Kyle Smigelski’s 1-yard plunge in the fourth.

But the Wildcats could manage little else against the relentless Bitburg defense, led by Gary Horn, who made 11 tackles, one of them a sack and one for a loss; Matt Flood, who recovered a fumble, broke up two passes and amassed eight tackles; Evans, who intercepted two passes and broke up two others; Edgar, who chalked up three sacks and broke up two passes; Schmidt, who recovered a fumble and had a tackle for loss among his 7 stops; Tane Oian, who made seven tackles, broke up two passes and picked off one; and Pat Less, who broke up a pass, recovered a fumble and picked up two tackles for loss.

Sam LeVault led Naples with 14 tackles.

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