Correspondent photo / Michael G. Taylor Canfield quarterback Broc Lowry (12) celebrates with teammates after scoring one of his three touchdowns against Ursuline on Friday at Niles’ Bo Rein Stadium. Lowry finished with 26 carries and 217 yards.

NILES — If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

In the face of wet, windy and cold conditions, C​​anfield stuck to what it has done best all season long — running its power ground attack with quarterback Broc Lowry behind its physical offensive line.

Lowry racked up 217 yards and three touchdowns on the ground to lead the Cardinals past Ursuline 33-25 Friday night in the Division III regional semifinal.

“You get to this level, you’re going to do what got you here,” said Canfield head coach Mike Pavlansky. “There was no reason to panic and say we’ve got to do something totally different. We are who we are. We’re good at it and tonight our guys executed at a high level and we needed to to beat a good Ursuline team.”

The Cardinals got a pair of big rushing plays from Danny Inglis and Scottie Eaton — a 52-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and a 56-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, respectively — but Lowry carried the bulk of the load for Canfield.

The Indiana recruit put his head down and barreled forward, picking up chunks of yardage at a time. Even when the Irish were putting numbers in the box, Lowry was able to bounce the ball outside on stretch runs and counters.

“We’ve been physical all year long,” Pavlansky said. “Our offensive line did a tremendous job coming off the ball and neutralizing their defensive line, which was the best we’ve seen (this year).”

Lowry’s two biggest runs of the night came on draw plays right up the middle of the field into the teeth of Ursuline’s veteran-laden defensive front.

The first was a 43-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, which put the Cardinals ahead by two scores. Immediately after, Canfield attempted and recovered a surprise onsides kick, and Lowry scored again just three plays later on a three-yard touchdown run that was set up by his own 50-yard run.

“We definitely found some openings in the second quarter,” Lowry said. “We were trying to run away from those big guys up front — they’re great players and we were just trying to stay away from that as much as possible.”

But even as Canfield was able to build a 21-point lead in that first half, Ursuline never just goes away, especially with its offensive firepower.

The Irish scored to end the first half and received the ball to start the second half. However, as the opportunities came for Ursuline’s offense, they fell by the wayside.

In the first quarter, after driving to the one-yard line, a snap over quarterback Jack Ericson’s head resulted in a 15-yard loss and killed the drive. Then, Ursuline turned the ball over on downs in the second quarter and on its opening drive of the second half, which could have made it a one-possession game. Later in the third, after Marc Manning picked off Lowry, Ursuline returned the favor when Ericson threw an interception in the red zone.

The Irish also dropped a handful of points on special teams, including a missed PAT, a blocked field goal and a trio of failed two-point conversions.

“When you’re playing this deep in the playoffs, you have to capitalize when you have opportunities like that and we didn’t,” Ursuline head coach Dan Reardon said. “We moved the ball, but we couldn’t finish drives. We made one too many mistakes. If any one of those things goes differently, it could be a tie ballgame and we could be playing in overtime.”

“We knew they had a really good quarterback, good running backs. We knew what we were getting into and we had to take care of the ball better and finish drives better. If we do that, who knows?”

Overall, Canfield was able to keep Ursuline’s uptempo, fast-striking offense at arm’s length throughout the night.

“That’s what you have to do against a team like that because, like you saw in the fourth quarter, they could score at any time,” Lowry said. “It’s a good thing we were able to get those scores because that team is electric.”

Even though Ursuline finished with 395 total yards, it came on 79 total plays — an average of 5.0 yards per play. The Cardinals were largely able to keep Ursuline’s big-play ability in check by keeping everything in front of them on the field.

“That was a key, not to give up big plays,” Pavlansky said. “I don’t know how many explosive plays they had over 15 yards, but it wasn’t too many.”

For the Irish, they will say goodbye to a senior class that has helped return Ursuline football to the level it is now.

“I’m so proud of our seniors,” Reardon said. “They had four years and when they came in, Ursuline was in a very low place at that point in time. Because of the effort and commitment that they put in, that really got us back to where we are.”

Canfield now looks forward to a familiar foe. The Cardinals will face the region’s No. 1 seed Chardon, which defeated No. 13 seed Kenston 10-7, in the Division III regional final next week.

“Chardon is a really good program — they’re the measuring stick for Division III,” Pavlansky said. “We’re going to have our hands full. But we’re going to celebrate (Friday) and then start worrying about those guys (Saturday) morning.”