Photo: Buckeye’s 15 Viliami Tongotea goes up for a pass along with Bears defender 10 Brayden Munday. The pass was incomplete
The Bradshaw Mountain Bears fell to the Buckeye Hawks on a rare early Saturday evening contest 34-22 in Prescott Valley. The game was moved from Friday due to an officials shortage. A good Bears crowd enjoyed to the new P.A. system and scoreboard, but not the final score.
Buckeye put the Bears in a hole early, jumping on top 14-0 midway through the first quarter. Bradshaw Mountain responded with a touchdown run by Gabriel Ricketts to cut the deficit in half. The Hawks scored one final time in the quarter to lead 21-7, which turned out to be the halftime score after a scoreless second frame by both squads.
The Hawks went up 28-7 and with two possessions ending in fumbles by the Bears it looked as if it was all over. A late third quarter TD cut the deficit to 28-14, and when Grady Rose connected with Tanner Mitchell, and following a two point conversion, all of the sudden it was 28-22 with four minutes remaining.
Buckeye (3-0) sealed the win with Tongotea’s third rushing touchdown on their next possession to win by twelve. Tongotea led the Buckeyes with 149 yards rushing and Ricardo Juarez threw for 285 yards an two touchdowns, both to Darius Haskin who had five total catches for 258 yards.
Bradshaw Mountain was led by quarterback Grady Rose, who was 11-28-0 for 115 yards and a TD throwing and one rushing. Gabriel Ricketts with 66 yards rushing and one touchdown before leaving the game with an injury. Tanner Mitchell caught four passes for 66 yards and a touchdown. The Bears drop to (1-1) on the season and will travel to the San Tan Valley to face Combs next Friday at 7pm.
BUCKEYE HAWKS 34, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 22
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Buckeye 21 0 7 6 – 34
Bradshaw Mountain 7 0 7 8 – 22
Scoring Summary
B-Tongotea 15 yard run (Negrete kick)
B-Haskin 95 yard pass from Juarez (Negrete kick)
BM-Ricketts 4 yard run (Mitchell kick)
B-Tongotea 14 yard run (Negrete kick)
B-Haskin 48 yard pass from Juarez (Negrete kick)
BM-Rose 1 yard run (Mitchell kick)
BM-Mitchell 39 yard pass from Rose (Rose run)
B-Tongotea 11 yard run (Run failed)
Photo: 28 Johnny Parrish weaves his way through the River Valley defense
Chino Valley suffered a lopsided 55-6 home loss to the River Valley Dust Devils.
The Cougars scored late in the second quarter on a pass from backup quarterback Joseph Knisely to Ashton Loftin. Johnny Parrish had a good night on the ground, rushing for 196 yards on 22 carries. Turnovers and a good Dust Devil offense/defense proved costly. Two interceptions, two fumbles, plus an overthrown pass on a fake punt did not help the Cougars cause.
River Valley (1-1) in the 3A West Region and (3-2) overall, was led by QB Gavin Hogencamp and running back Kenneth Clay. Chino Valley drops to (0-2) and (2-3). The Cougars will host Florence on Friday at 7 pm.
RIVER VALLEY DUST DEVILS 55, CHINO VALLEY COUGARS 6
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
River Valley 21 14 13 7 – 55
Chino Valley 0 6 0 0 – 6
SATURDAY SCORES
Buckeye 34, Bradshaw Mountain 22
Williams 67, Mayer 8
Blue Ridge 38, Window Rock 14
Hayden 66, Cicero Prep 28
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
River Valley 55, Chino Valley 6
Arcadia 27, Coconino 21
ALA-Gilbert North 55, Westwood 24
Apache Junction 51, Combs 36
Bagdad 52, Mohave Accelerated 6
Camp Verde 49, Trivium Prep 21
Casa Grande 40, Central 30
Flagstaff 59, Rio Rico 12
Highland 27, Desert Edge 6
Lee Williams 50, Estrella Foothills 6
Marcos de Niza 63, Deer Valley 6
Mingus 47, Independence 16
Moon Valley 50, Washington 12
Payson 28, Tempe 0
Show Low 57, Winslow 0
Sierra Linda 14, Empire 12
Snowflake 49, Glendale 10
St. David 61, Mogollon 44
Thunderbird 55, Amphitheater 7
Youngker 41, Copper Canyon 0
Yuma 34, Kingman 0
Yuma Catholic 28, Lake Havasu 14
