Photo: Arland Bruce fights to get past a Vegas Knight Hawk as he electrified the crowd returning the kickoff 55 yards for the Wranglers first touchdown
The Vegas Knight Hawks used a big second quarter to take a thirty point lead into halftime and cruised to a 63-43 win over the Northern Arizona Wranglers.
The game was close with Vegas taking a 14-13 lead midway through the first quarter. When former Wrangler Quentin Randolph rushed in from two yards out, it was the first of five straight touchdowns that would cover the remainder of the first half, putting Vegas on top 43-13 at the half.
Photo: Wranglers Quarterback Ramone Atkins throws a pass while getting pressured by 99 Mayan Ahanotu
The Wranglers were able to get the offense going again but they were chasing way more than they could get back.
Photo: Quentin Randolph hauls in the pass as he gets past the defenders
Randolph finished with a TD run, and a pair of pass receptions, had this to say, “I love Prescott Valley and always like coming back here to play. The Wranglers gave me my start.” About his Knight Hawks team, “We’ve had our share of ups and downs and just got above 500, but I think we’re catching steam right now. I really like our offensive line. They are a bunch of dogs that gives our quarterback time to make something good happen.”
Knight Hawk Antonio Wimbush had the best all around game with 4 touchdowns, 2 on the ground and 2 through the air. Jayden De Laura completed 11-14 for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Northern Arizona quarterback Ramone Atkins was 23-42 with 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Marvin Kinsey rushed for 36 yards and two touchdowns. Arland Bruce had 2 TDs, scoring the first and last Wrangler TDs in the game. The first coming on a 55 yard kickoff return and the other coming at the very end of the game through the air from Atkins. Kobe Smith had the other TD reception.
Kieran Page led the team in tackles and had the only interception of De Laura.
The Wranglers will host San Diego on Saturday at 6:05 pm.
VEGAS KNIGHT HAWKS 63, NORTHERN ARIZONA WRANGLERS 43
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Vegas 21 22 13 7 – 63
Northern Arizona 13 0 8 22 – 43
Scoring Summary
V-Wimbush 48 yard run (Derby kick)
NAZ-Bruce 55 yard kickoff return (Kick failed)
V-Windham 24 yard pass from De Laura (Derby kick)
NAZ-Kinsey 7 yard run (Hall kick)
V-Randolph 2 yard run (Derby kick)
V-Carrigan 2 yard run (Derby kick)
V-De Laura 6 yard run (Derby kick)
V-Wimbush 8 yard pass from De Laura (Derby kick)
V-Wimbush 1 yard run (Kick failed)
NAZ-Smith 8 yard pass from Atkins (Stoudemire pass from Atkins)
V-Wimbush 9 yard pass from De Laura (Derby kick)
NAZ-Atkins 4 yard run (Cook pass from Atkins)
NAZ-Kinsey 3 yard run (Run failed)
V-Bland 9 yard kickoff return (Derby kick)
NAZ-Bruce 8 yard pass from Atkins (Atkins run)
IFL STANDINGS
Western Conference W-L Overall W-L
Bay Area 5-2 7-2
Arizona 6-2 7-3
Vegas 6-3 6-4
San Diego 6-4 6-4
San Antonio 3-4 3-7
Tucson 2-5 3-6
NORTHERN ARIZONA 0-8 1-9
Eastern Conference W-L Overall W-L
Quad City 7-2 8-2
Green Bay 7-2 7-3
Jacksonville 4-3 7-3
Tulsa 4-3 6-4
Fishers Freight 1-7 2-8
Iowa 1-8 1-8
SCOREBOARD
Vegas 63, WRANGLERS 43
Green Bay 52, Iowa 32
Jacksonville 54, Arizona 48
Quad City 31, Tulsa 27
