LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. – Kansas Wesleyan Flag Football cruised to two wins on Saturday in the KCAC Flag Football Championships held at Paragon Star Sports Complex. Wesleyan dominated No. 7 seed Saint Mary in the first round 46-6, and then cruised into the finals with a 30-13 win over the Baker Wildcats in the semifinal round.
 
The wins set up a rematch with the Ottawa Braves in the KCAC Championship on Sunday, April 21, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
 
The same two teams met a season ago at Arrowhead for the KCAC Championship game.
 
It was 12-0 Coyotes in the quarterfinal against Saint Mary almost before you could get settled into your seat at Paragon Star.
 
Chihiro Iwata hit Ja'Daa Wilson with a 28-yard touchdown pass to open the game with 8:37 left in the first and less than three minutes later after an Alexa Mansur interception, Iwata hit Ciaran DeCuir with a 15-yard touchdown pass with 5:55 left in the first.
 
After the Coyotes turned it over on downs in the second, the Coyote defense stepped up as Angel Roman forced the second interception of the day, returning it 18 yards for a touchdown and it was 18-0 Coyotes with 8:11 left in the first half.
 
Wesleyan scored on its next drive as Iwata found DeCuir again this time for 13 yards and the score and the PAT2 from Iwata to Roman made it 26-0 Coyotes with 2:39 left in the half.
 
The Coyotes stopped Saint Mary on downs a yard short of a first down at midfield with 39 seconds left and the Coyotes only needed one play to score again as Iwata hit DeCuir for the third time in the game for 39 yard out and the PAT2 was good making it 34-0 at the half.
 
Wesleyan didn't slow down in the second half.
 
After Saint Mary punted on the opening drive of the second half, the Coyotes took over at the USM 9 after the 3-yard punt and Emilee Buhl hit Aaliyah Young for the 9-yard score with 8:30 to go in the third.
 
Saint Mary got on the board with 4:48 left in the third, but the Coyotes answered right back scoring with seven seconds left in the quarter on Buhl's 12-yard pass to Trinday Antonelli to make it 46-6.
 
Neither team scored in the second half, but the Coyote defense dominated picking off two more passes, one by Wilson at the KWU 30, and another at the KWU 30 again by Nickayla Howard.
 
Wesleyan outgained the Spires 286-108 in the game. 
 
Iwata was 13 of 20 for 164 yards and four touchdowns only playing in the first half. Buhl was 9 of 15 for 83 yards and two touchdowns. Iwata added 20 yards rushing, Ansdiane Rabano had 11 yards rushing and Jazmine Whitfield had four.

DeCuir caught four passes for 83 yards, three of them for touchdowns. Whitfield added four grabs for 35 yards, Antonelli had two for 32 yards and a score, Roman three for 19, Jayla Howes two for 14, Young four for 13 and Wilson, Khylie Douglas and Kelsie Tucker had one each.
 
Ashley Hawthorne had four flag pulls and two pass breakups for the defense. Rabano had two sacks. Howard had three pass break-ups to go with the pick.
 
Against Baker in the semifinals, the Coyotes scored first after turning Baker over on downs to start the game. Iwata capped the drive with an 11-yard pass to Howes with 4:51 left in the first giving the Coyotes a 6-0 lead.
 
Baker tied it at 6 with a score with 10:26 left in the second quarter, and from there it was all Coyotes.
 
Wesleyan ate up over seven minutes on the next drive as the Iwata capped it with a 2-yard pass to Roman with 3:22 left in the half making it 12-6 Coyotes.
 
After stopping Baker again, the Coyotes took over with 57 seconds left in the half, and needed only two plays to find the endzone again. A 21-yard pass to Roman gave the Coyotes first and goal at the 18, and Iwata capped the drive there with a pass to Howes for the score with 50 seconds left in the half.
 
Wesleyan scored on the first drive of the second half as Iwata found Whitefield for a 28-yard pass with 8:01 left in the third making it 24-6.
 
Baker scored on its next drive, making it 24-13 with just over a minute left in the third, but the Coyotes did it again, driving to the Baker 5, where Iwata hit Whitfield again with 7:38 left to make it 30-13.
 
Baker drove to the KWU 1 as time wound down in the fourth, but Mansur knocked down Gabriella Zabaletta's pass as KWU had three pass break-ups at the 1 to keep Baker out of the end zone.
 
Iwata was again phenomenal going 26 of 34 for 253 yards and five touchdowns, while adding 24 yards rushing on four attempts.
 
Whitfield had another eight catches for 77 yards and two scores. Roman had 6 for 75, Howes 5 for 56 and two scores, DeCuir 3 for 24, Wilson 2 for 14, Young 1 for 5, and Na'Kiya Lloyd 1 for 2.
 
Mansur had seven flags to lead the defense, while Roman had six. Mansur had two pass breakups while Wilson, Hawthorne and Howard had one each. Howes added a sack.