Photo: 1 Uriah Tenette with 79 Blake Mcglory leading the way
The Badgers were “Little” victims as they fell to the (5) ranked Thunderbird Titans 36-14 on a hot evening in Phoenix. The temperature at kickoff was at 105 and only dropped to 98 by game’s end, and to make matters worse, there was no breeze for the entire game.
The Littles, senior Elijah and freshman Daryl accounted for all five of the Titans touchdowns. Elijah rushed for 159 yards on 24 carries with four scores. Daryl Little caught three passes for 95 yards and a touchdown, as the pair accounted for 254 of the 307 yards of total offense for Thunderbird.
Things started off good enough as the Prescott defense came out and got a quick stop of the potent Titan offense.
The Badgers then jumped on top with their first possession when Uriah Tenette threw a pass to Josiah Peoples who went high up to pull the ball down for the score. Johann Gundermann added the extra point for a 7-0 lead
Thunderbird’s second possession saw Elijah Little splitting the defense for a 23 yard run and score.
Photo: 5 Daryl Little goes up for the pass as Adam Lloyd with his arms up deflects the ball away. A flag was thrown on the play for pass interference negating the great play by Lloyd.
The second quarter saw the Titans take the lead. The home team was driving again and a key third down came with ten minutes left in the quarter and resulted in a pass interference call on defensive back Adam Lloyd, who actually made a great play on the ball to deflect the pass away from the receiver. The referee insisted that Lloyd put his hand on the receiver’s shoulder. Photos of the play said a different story. The “phantom” call resulted with the ball being placed at the Badger six. A run up the middle by Elijah Little for his second touchdown of the night, and following two point conversion put the Titans up 15-7.
Photo: 9 Isaac Briseno gets some running room in the first half
Later in the quarter, Little scored his third touchdown to give Thunderbird 22-7 lead at the half.
The Badgers came out in the third quarter and used nearly eight minutes on the clock, finally converting a one yard run by Tenette to pull within 22-14.
Thunderbird went up by two touchdowns again when Elijah Little scored on a five yard run, following another pass interference penalty called on the Badgers.
Trailing 29-14 with 9:30 left, Wyatt Pierce came up with a muffed punt by the Titans to give the offense another chance at the Thunderbird 25. The Badger offense bogged down and the Titans scored their final TD on a 22 yard pass from Andrew Cohill to Daryl Little. Cohill completed only six of fourteen passes for 124 yards and that late touchdown.
Jacob Chamberlain led the rushing attack for the Badgers with 44 yards on nine carries. Adam Lloyd ran for 43 yards, and Isaac Briseno had 38 yards. Uriah Tenette completed seven passes for 75 yards and a TD. Josiah Peoples had one catch for the touchdown, and Johann Gundermann had three catches for 29 yards. Cooper Kasun had seven tackles and Brody Hanna had six to lead the defense.
#15 Prescott (1-1) will face another top team with a return trip to Phoenix to play #7 Northwest Christian (2-0). Thunderbird will make the short trip to play Apollo. Both games are Friday at 7 pm.
THUNDERBIRD TITANS 36, PRESCOTT BADGERS 14
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Prescott 7 0 7 0 – 14
Thunderbird 7 15 0 14 – 36
Scoring Summary
P-Peoples 34 yard pass from Tenette (Gundermann kick)
T-E. Little 23 yard run (Scheuemann kick)
T-E. Little 6 yard run (Little pass from Cohill)
T-E. Little 5 yard run (Scheuemann kick)
P-Tenette 1 yard run (Gundermann kick)
T-E. Little 5 yard run (Scheuemann kick)
T-D. Little 22 yard pass from Cohill (Scheuemann kick)
CANYON DEL ORO DORADO 27, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 14
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Bradshaw Mountain 0 7 0 0 – 7
Canyon Del Oro 7 17 7 7 – 38
Scoring Summary
CDO-Douglas 8 yard pass from Bower (Douglas kick)
CDO-Cachoeira 37 yard pass from Bower (Douglas kick)
CDO-Greer 4 yard run (Douglas kick)
BM-Jackson 5 yard run (Head kick)
CDO-Douglas 41 yard Field Goal
CDO-Mondragon 4 yard run (Douglas kick)
CDO-Strang 20 yard pass from Dickey (Douglas kick)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
Canyon Del Oro 38, Bradshaw Mountain 7
Chino Valley 46, Bourgade Catholic 6
ALA-Gilbert North 20, Gilbert 10
Apple Valley (CA) 35, Corona Del Sol 14
Arcadia 24, Walden Grove 21
AZ College Prep 48, Apache Junction 0
Brophy Prep 44, Regis (CO) 0
Buckeye 29, Youngker 19
Camp Verde 54, Fountain Hills 25
Deer Valley 21, Sahuarita 0
Empire 31, La Joya Community 12
Estrella Foothills 42, Mingus 23
Greenway 34, Flagstaff 14
Hayden 30, Bagdad 20
Ironwood 27, Central 26
Lee Williams 21, Sierra Linda 20
Mica Mountain 42, Mesquite 0
Mogollon 60, Mayer 0
Northwest Christian 42, Sahuaro 7
Notre Dame Prep 20, Desert Edge 14
Payson 49, Page 24
Salome 24, Mohave Accelerated 18
Seton Catholic Prep 22, St. Mary’s 0
Show Low 21, Willcox 7
Snowflake 31, Cactus 14
Vista Grande 53, Pueblo 0
Williams26, Superior Jr/Sr 20
Winslow 29, Holbrook 6
Thursday Scores
ALA-Foothills 1, Mohave 0, Forfeit
Blue Ridge 52, Window Rock 0
Chandler 63, Mountain Ridge 3
Combs 2, Eastmark 0
Glendale 24, Rio Rico 14
Poston Butte 58, Copper Canyon 7
Tempe 21, Yuma 20
Washington 20, Cortez 13
Wickenburg 26, Parker 6
