Scouting Reports: Regina-Wilton 1A Playoffs

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa - </strong>Wilton and Iowa City Regina faced off for the second time in three weeks on Friday. Regina won the first meeting and with it a district title. The Regals came out on top again, this time a 33-18 decision in the second round of the Class 1A playoffs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Regina (9-1) advanced to the quarterfinals and within a victory of another trip to the UNI-Dome. Wilton finished a fine season at 8-2. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Regals will play at MFL-MarMac (9-1) next week. They're chasing their eighth state championship since 2010, the last one coming in '20. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some players that stood out during Friday's game: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":471086,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Gentry Dumont","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'2u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2409","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Iowa City Regina ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Dumont really has put it all together during his final prep season. The head coach's son shined with the deep ball in this contest. Many of those chunk plays occurred early in the game when the Regals scored touchdowns on their first four drives. He finished with 229 yards and a TD through the air and ran for 49 more yards. He shows good accuracy and a quick release. 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