Photo: 1 Uriah Tenette on his way for a 37 yard touchdown
Quarterback Uriah Tenette rushed for two touchdowns and passed for one more as the Prescott Badgers dominated the final two quarters to beat the Flagstaff Eagles 30-3 at the Northern Arizona Skydome.
On top of that, Tenette had two other touchdown runs called back on penalties. The senior ended with 120 yards on the ground that could have been a lot more as the Eagles spent a lot of energy trying to chase Tenette down.
Photo: 21 Adam Lloyd gets a hand to face as he brings down 23 Adan Garcia
Flagstaff had some success on their opening drive moving down to the Badgers 31 before the defense put together two negative plays with a tackle for loss of five by Gunnar Parra. Blake Mcglory sacked Brown for another loss.
Prescott took the lead when Tenette took a busted play and circled around the fifteen yard line before taking off for the end zone, on officially a seven yard run. Johann Gundermann kicked the extra point and with 3:43 left in the first quarter, the Badgers led 7-0.
Flagstaff quarterback Chase Brown was pressured and threw the ball down field where Tenette came up with his fifth interception of the season at Eagles 47. After a holding penalty, Adam Lloyd got some great blocks by Carter Cashatt and Beau Brice, while running the ball 32 yards down to the Flagstaff 30. A pair of penalties helped stalled the drive, forcing a punt. Johann Gundermann’s punt was placed at the one yard line when Cooper Kasun kept the ball from going into the end zone.
The Eagles best drive of the game came when they moved the ball 82 yards to the Prescott 17, where they stalled. Ryder Meyers kicked a 36 yard field goal with 6:36 in the second quarter to trim the Badger lead to 7-3.
The Badgers had a golden opportunity to add to their lead after getting the ball down to the two yard line. The run off the left side with seven seconds left came up a yard short. The Eagles celebrated and both teams headed to the locker room.
Photo: 10 Jacob Chamberlain looks to get past 7 Tuffy Callander
Prescott came out with more focus and intensity as the offense took the second half kickoff and performed a penalty free drive to go on top 14-3 when Tenette split the defense running down the middle of the field while being escorted by his supporting cast of blockers to score from 37 yards out.
The Badger defense took over, continuing to punish Flagstaff offense and quarterback Chase Brown with intense pressure forcing a three and out. Prescott took over at the Eagles 34 after a 15 yard punt, and took just two plays to extend the lead to 21-3. Tenette hit Gundermann in the corner of the end zone catching the ball in stride for the touchdown.
Photo: 2 Johann Gundermann after the catch with 35 Ryder Meyers in pursuit
Prescott held Flagstaff to a second consecutive three and out, taking the over the ball at their own 41 yard line. Tenette ran down the far sideline for what appeared to be another touchdown but a holding penalty negated the 57 yard run.
Meanwhile the defense recorded two more sacks by Gunnar Parra and Frankie Jaume, finishing off the night for the Flagstaff starting quarterback.
Prescott would score eventually when Adam Lloyd scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the season from seven yards out to make it 28-3. The final nail in the proverbial coffin came when Brody Hanna sacked backup quarterback AJ Valdez in the end zone for the safety to make it 30-3 with just under six minutes to play.
The Badgers received the ball on the free kick and Josiah Peoples thought he had a 60 yard touchdown, but yet another penalty negated the fine run. A few plays later, Tenette had a second touchdown run brought back because of another penalty, but Prescott was able to nearly run the clock out. Flagstaff had to come out and take a knee to finish off the final sixteen seconds for Prescott’s sixth win in seven games. All in all the Badgers were assessed 17 penalties, while Flagstaff had 7.
Tenette said, “We came out real slow and had a lot of setbacks with the flags. We knew were better than that and had to come out with a different intensity of rth second half. We were able to go out and play to our ability and finished off the game to get the win.”
Running back Adam Lloyd, had his third 100 plus yard game of the season, said, “We came out and did not play very well. We went into the locker room at halftime and our seniors came in and took control to get everybody pumped up for the second half. We gave it our best 100%. Our defense stayed in assignment tonight and really kept them in check.”
Gundermann, pulled in seven catches for 103 yards and a TD, said, “I was really hot and upset about our play in the first half. At halftime we got fired up. We came out and put together that first drive. That put us up by two scores and we built on it from there. The offensive line came up big for us providing the holes, and for Uriah to get some extra time to throw the ball. The defense did a great job handling them all night.” Josiah Peoples had three catches for 56 yards and had his punt return for a touchdown nullified by a penalty.
The stats showed how dominate the Badgers were, overcoming all the penalties, with 481 yards of total offense. Uriah Tenette was 15-19-0 228 yards and a touchdown. On the ground, Tenette rushed for 120 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns. Adam Lloyd scored a touchdown with 101 yards on 14 carries.
The defense kept the Eagles out of the end zone and had 11 tackles for loss. Brody Hanna led with eight tackles including the safety. Isaac Briseno and Cooper Kasun each had seven. Adam Lloyd with six, and Frankie Jaume and Gunnar Parra each had five. Rutger Funk had a fumble recovery.
Jadon Wetzel had 115 yards on 17 carries for the Eagles. Chase Brown ended up with 9 completions in 24 attempts for 91 yards and an interception before coming out of the game injured early in the fourth quarter. The Badgers defense gave up only one play of over 20 yards, a 24 yard completion to Chase Carlson. Tuffy Callander led the Flagstaff defense with 13 tackles.
Next up, the Badgers (2-0), (6-1), will play their highly anticipated rivalry battle with Bradshaw Mountain (2-0), (5-2). The stakes are huge because the winner will have the inside track to winning the Grand Canyon Region, including higher seeded playoff spot. Kickoff is set for 7 pm Thursday in Prescott Valley. Flagstaff will play Lee Williams in Kingman on Friday at 7 pm.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 30, FLAGSTAFF EAGLES 3
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Prescott 7 0 14 9 – 30
Flagstaff 0 3 0 0 – 3
Scoring Summary
P-Tenette 7 yard run (Gundermann kick)
F-Meyers 37 yard Field Goal
P-Tenette 37 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Gundermann 31 yard pass from Tenette (Gundermann kick)
P-Lloyd 7 yard run (Gundermann kick)
P-Hanna safety
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Prescott 2-0 6-1
Bradshaw Mountain 2-0 5-2
Flagstaff 1-1 5-2
Coconino 1-1 4-3
Mingus 0-2 1-6
Lee Williams 0-2 1-6
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
Bradshaw Mountain 39, Mingus 22
Chino Valley at Window Rock, postponed to November 7
ALA-Gilbert North 49, Cactus Shadows 42
Amphitheater 42, Rincon/University 15
AZ College Prep 55, Combs 14
Bagdad 62, Mohave Accelerated 0
Brophy Prep 51, Desert Vista 10
Buena 70, Desert Vista 0
Camelback 60, North 36
Camp Verde 41, Glendale Prep 7
Chandler 42, Casteel 21
Coconino 40, Apache Junction 13
Copper Canyon 27, Maryvale 26
Desert Sunrise 42, Alhambra 0
Douglas 41, Rio Rico 3
El Capitan 28, Williams 14
Estrella Foothills 33, Washington 11
Glendale 27, Carl Hayden 13
Hamilton 42, Perry 20
Hayden 71, Ray 0
Kingman 17, Winslow 14
Liberty 34, Salpointe Catholic 24
McClintock 47, Gilbert 7
Mica Mountain 50, Canyon Del Oro 6
Mogollon 67, Joseph City 20
Moon Valley 26, Youngker 21
Payson 30, Blue Ridge 21
Peoria 30, Greenway 27
Queen Creek 31, Centennial 21
Saguaro 35, Chaparral 21
Sahuarita 40, Cholla 0
Show Low 38, Monument Valley 0
Sierra Linda 19, La Joya Community 6
Snowflake 24, Marcos de Niza 10
St. Mary’s 35, Lake Havasu 7
Walden Grove 48, Pueblo 0
Wickenburg 34, Yuma 6
Yuma Catholic 49, Buckeye 28
Thursday Scores
Prescott 30, Flagstaff 3
Arcadia 42, Mesquite 10
Boulder Creek 35, Sandra Day O’Connor 14
Cactus 50, Verrado 41
