Photo: 32 Brody Hanna returns an interception 47 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter with 11 Yasuf Abdul-Malik and 10 Christian Otterbridge in pursuit
The Prescott Badgers completely dominated the first half in a 56-7 win over the La Joya Community Lobos.
The game started 30 minutes late because La Joya Community left later than they should have on a holiday weekend and were stuck in traffic. That was the least of their problems as the Badgers scored six touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the game. It was literally a jaw dropping experience to see all the scoring that came in a lot of different ways. Six different Badgers scored touchdowns. It was so bad you could almost hear the La Joya Community crying uncle.
The Lobos received the opening kickoff and lost ten yards on three plays and were forced to punt. The punt was partially deflected by Dustin Davis which sent the kick out of bounds at the La Joya 22. Three plays later Adam Lloyd scored the first of his two touchdowns on a two yard run with 9:20 on the clock.
La Joya Community coughed up the ball and it was recovered by Cooper Kasun at the Lobos 13. Isaac Briseno took the ball to the home sideline for a seven yard score for a 14-0 lead with 8:27 left in the opening quarter.
Photo: 56 Gunnar Parra bears down on Lobos quarterback Jared Molina
The Lobos coughed the ball up again, this time Gunnar Parra was right there for the fumble recovery at La Joya six yard line. Lloyd ran the ball in six yards untouched for a 21-0 lead with 8:15 on the clock.
Photo: Josiah Peoples scores on a 66 yard punt return after getting past Nasir Smith
La Joya managed to hold onto the ball but were forced to punt again on another three and out. The first play from scrimmage quarterback Uriah Tenette aired it out to Josiah Peoples for a 77 yard touchdown play and a 28-0 lead with just under seven minutes to play still in the first quarter.
The mistakes by the Lobos kept on coming. The lead then increased to 35-0 when Brody Hanna stepped in front of a Jared Molina pass and Hanna returned the ball 47 yards for a pick six. After the game Hanna said, “We were on this type of coverage where I split the trips, and I was in the right place to take advantage of the pass. It was a good night for us out here on opening night in front of our home crowd.”
Photo: Johann Gundermann scored on this 79 yard pass play from quarterback Uriah Tenette
Johann Gundermann ran past the defender and Tenette placed another perfect pass to his receiver who bolted 79 yards for an astounding 42-0 lead just eight minutes into the game. The kickoff with 3:51 left started a running clock that would make it a one and three quarter hour game.
The Badgers scored two more times when Tenette rushed the ball in from 12 yards out and Peoples returned a punt for 66 yards with just under seven minutes to play in the second quarter to lead 56-0. Peoples said, “On the punt, I just beat the defender to the edge, and had to fight through another defender to close it out. That was a lot of fun tonight. I could not wait to get out here and play. It is my senior year and I want to leave it all on the field.”
The quick second half saw mostly subs for Prescott who failed to score, but in the third the Lobos got on the board when Jayden Quick ran a punt return back for a touchdown.
The Badgers offense was led by senior QB Uriah Tenette, who completed 4-8 for 198 yards and two touchdowns. Tenette said, “It felt good to be back out here and to get the win at home. This was my first contact since I missed the scrimmage so it felt good to be back at it. I thought we did some good things but there is room for improvement. We just need to build on this win going into Thunderbird next week.” Sophomore Eugene Lowe played the entire second half completing four of six. Adam Lloyd scored two touchdowns on five carries for 41 yards to lead the ground game. Defensively, Gunnar Parra, Cooper Kasun, and Brody Hanna, all had big nights terrorizing the Lobos offense. Johann Gundermann was a perfect eight for eight on extra points.
Prescott (1-0) will travel to Phoenix to take on the Thunderbird Titans (1-0) on Friday at 7 pm. La Joya Community will host Empire.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 56, LA JOYA COMMUNITY LOBOS 7
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
La Joya Community 0 0 7 0 – 7
Prescott 42 14 0 0 – 56
Scoring Summary
P-Lloyd 2 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Briseno 7 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Lloyd 6 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Peoples 77 yard pass from Tenette (Gundermann kick)
P-Hanna 47 yard interception return (Gundermann kick)
P-Gundermann 79 yard pass from Tenette (Gundermann kick)
P-Tenette 12 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Peoples 66 yard punt return (Gundermann kick)
LJ-Quick 44 yard punt return (Serrato kick)
Bradshaw Mountain at Snowflake
The Snowflake Lobos built a 41-0 lead through three quarters. Bradshaw Mountain was able to get into the end zone, scoring four touchdowns in the final twelve minutes, but the Snowflake punched in one more touchdown to win by 14.
Lobos quarterback Jacob LaDuke completed six of nine for 104 yards and a touchdown. LaDuke also had a big night rushing for 83 yards and three touchdowns. Judd Flake, Karter Raban, and Kanton Turley, also had rushing touchdowns. Merrick Ulberg caught the only Snowflake touchdown pass.
The Bears (0-1) will travel to Tucson to face Canyon Del Oro also (0-1), after a surprising 12-3 loss to Eastmark.
SNOWFLAKE LOBOS 47, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 27
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Bradshaw Mountain 0 0 0 27 – 27
Snowflake 7 14 20 6 – 47
No scoring summary available.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
PRESCOTT 56, La Joya Community 7
Snowflake 47, Bradshaw Mountain 27
Chino Valley 54, Kingman Academy 0
ALA-Ironwood 52, Douglas 21
ALA-West Foothills 41, Wickenburg 6
Arcadia 41, Glendale 0
Bagdad 42, El Capitan 8
Brophy Prep 35, Williams Field 28
Casteel 31, Boulder Creek 21
Cortez 42, Coronado 6
Deer Valley 62, North Canyon 6
Eastmark 12, Canyon Del Oro 3
First Baptist (Dallas, TX) 48, Buckeye 13
Flagstaff 27, Gila Ridge 21
Kingman 44, Kofa 0
Lake Havasu 34, Lee Williams 27
Liberty 22, Desert Edge 0
Mesquite 21, Mingus 20
Mica Mountain 17, Poston Butte 8
Northwest Christian 21, Walden Grove 16
Page 47, Holbrook 26
Paradise Valley 9, Central 7
Paradsie Honors 34, Mohave 27
Payson 42, Winslow 0
Peoria 27, Apache Junction 13
Superior Jr/Sr 1, Mayer 0, Forfeit
Thunderbird 34, Moon Valley 0
Vista Grande 12, Coconino 7
Yuma Catholic 26, Marcos de Niza 0
Thursday Scores
ALA-Queen Creek 38, Saguaro 10
Chandler 27, Cesar Chavez 18
Combs 28, Catalina Foothills 21
Empire 14, Sierra Linda 7
Estrella Foothills 40, Youngker 13
Hamilton 17, Centennial 10
Ironwood 19, Trevor G Browne 14
Ironwood Ridge 28, Seton Catholic Prep 20
McClintock 54, Maricopa 33
Mohave Accelerated 20, Williams 12
