Photo: 7 Braylon Johnson rushed 149 yards and three touchdowns in the Badgers win over Mingus with lineman 73 Elijah Carr.
Mingus at Prescott
Three Badgers scored seven touchdowns in a 48-0 blowout win over the Mingus Marauders on homecoming night at Prescott High School.
Braylon Johnson had the hat trick scoring on runs of 4, 48, and 24. Jacob Chamberlain scored on runs of 8 and 3, and Kenny Miller-Terry scored on a pass reception and a fumble recovery in the end zone.
The Badgers were stopped on their initial possession turning the ball over on downs at the Mingus 28, but from that point forward the offense wore down the 20 man squad of the Marauders, building on a 7-0 lead after one quarter, to lead 28-0 at the half.
Photo: 50 Menno Dow chasing down the Mingus quarterback Hunter Bejarano
The Prescott defense spent a lot of time in the Marauder backfield explaining the dismal numbers by Mingus quarterback Hunter Bejarano, who completed just 6 of 22 for 97 yards and a pair of interceptions.
The Badger “D” also held the Marauder ball carriers to just 13 yards on the ground.
Photo: 75 Dante Dekort applying pressure to the Mingus QB
Johnson scored the first TD going off tackle from 4 yards out. In the second quarter Chamberlain blasted through from 8 yards out. Johnson had the longest run of the night when he broke through the line and weaved his way 48 yards to make it 21-0. In the final seconds of the first half, a fumble by the running back went into the end zone where Kenny Miller-Terry was and he pounced on the ball to make it 28 to zip.
It was Miller-Terry again with a 23 yard pass reception from quarterback James Hefferin who was 5-7 for 89 yards in the game as the score grew to 34-0. Johnson scored his third TD on a 24 yard run to make it 41-0 with 2:29 left in the third.
Photo: 56 Gunnar Parra is about to lay into the Mingus quarterback
Mingus went for it on fourth down and four yards near midfield but the Badgers defense blew up the play giving Prescott good field position.
The opening play of the fourth quarter saw Chamberlain pretty much walk in for a 48-0 lead and a running clock ensued.
Though the Badgers started off a bit slow, it was a good game to put last week’s horrible game further distance behind them. Travis Gates said, “We had a good week of practice and felt like we were ready tonight. Having the fans behind us really helps us with that too. Last week was definitely a valley for us and now we a coming out of that to get into the peaks again.”
Chamberlain with 211 and Johnson 149 combined for 360 yards of rushing as the Badgers averaged just under eight yards per carry. Trace Overton led the team in tackles with eight. The Badger defense gave up just 110 yards of total offense to the Marauders that included nine tackles for loss.
Braylon Johnson said, “This was a huge confidence builder for us. We had a bad week last week and there is no denying that. Our big boys are leading us down the field and this is something we can build on for the rest of the season.”
Prescott (1-1) and (3-2) will travel to Bullhead City to face Mohave on Friday at 7pm. Mingus fell to (0-2) and (0-5) will host Coconino.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 48, MINGUS MARAUDERS 0
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Mingus 0 0 0 0 – 0
Prescott 7 21 13 7 – 48
Scoring Summary
P-Johnson 4 yard run (Costes kick)
P-Chamberlain 8 yard run (Costes kick)
P-Johnson 48 yard run (Costes kick)
P- Miller-Terry fumble recovery in end zone (Costes kick)
P-Miller-Terry 23 yard pass from (Kick failed)
P-Johnson 24 yard run (Costes kick)
P- Chamberlain 3 yard run (Costes kick)
Bradshaw Mountain at Mohave
The Bears went to Bullhead City and beat the Mohave Thunderbirds 31-21. Kylin Jackson rushed for 204 yards and 2 touchdowns. Quarterback Michael Sanford threw for 110 yards and two touchdown passes to Caden Dabney for 28 of the 31 points. Titus Womble added a second quarter field goal to round out the scoring.
After a scoreless opening frame, Bradshaw Mountain scored first on a Sanford pass to Dabmey. Mohave responded with their own touchdown pass from Joe Yoney to Pedro Marentes to tie the game at seven with three minutes left in the first half.
The Bears scored quickly on a 51 yard run by Jackson and Womble added a field goal after recovering a Thunderbirds fumble setting Bradshaw Mountain up to get the final score of the half.
Jackson scored his second TD on a 64 yard punt return early in the third quarter for a 24-7 lead.
Mohave came back on a second touchdown pass by Yoney to close the gap to 24-14.
Sanford connected with Dabney again for a 31-14 lead, but Yoney would air mail the ball to Marentes again to make the score 31-21 as the third quarter came to an end.
Both teams’ defenses highlighted the final twelve minutes as the Bears improved their season record at (3-2), (2-0) in the Grand Canyon Region.
Defensively, the Bears were led by Diego Galaz and Sebastian Witkowski who had 11 tackles each.
Bradshaw Mountain will host Flagstaff on Friday at 7pm. Mohave will host Prescott.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 31, MOHAVE THUNDERBIRDS 21
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Bradshaw Mountain 0 17 14 0 – 31
Mohave 0 7 14 0 – 21
BM-Dabney 33 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
M-Marentes 8 yard pass from Yoney (Ruiz kick)
BM-Jackson 51 yard run (Womble kick)
BM-Womble 27 yard Field Goal
BM-Jackson 64 yard punt return (Womble kick)
M-Ruiz 17 yard pass from Yoney (Ruiz kick)
BM-Dabney 9 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
M-Marentes 40 yard pass from Yoney (Ruiz kick)
Scottsdale Christian at Chino Valley
The Scottsdale Christian Eagles improved to (6-0), (2-0) in the Metro West Region with a lopsided 62-6 win over the Cougars at Chino Valley.
Eagles quarterback Sean Helgeson had a big night, throwing five touchdown passes. Freshman running back Ben Watkins scored a pair of TDs on the ground.
The loss snapped a four game win streak for the Cougars as they fall to (4-2) overall and (1-1) in the Region.
Both teams will be on the road Friday with Scottsdale Christian playing at Cortez while Chino Valley travels to face Bourgade Catholic. Start time for both is 7pm.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
Prescott 48, Mingus 0
Bradshaw Mountain 31, Mohave 21
Scottsdale Christian 62, Chino Valley 6
Arcadia 20, ALA-West Foothills 0
Buckeye 55, La Joya Community 20
Combs 58, Maryvale 0
Estrella Foothills 30, Agua Fria 14
Gila Ridge 21, St. Mary’s 14
Glendale 14, Westview 7
Lake Havasu 49, Kofa 14
Lee Williams 55, Flagstaff 0
Mesquite 50, Greenway 27
Mica Mountain 31, Sahuarita 0
North Canyon 49, Rio Rico 7
Northwest Christian 38, Moon Valley 6
Paradise Honors 39, Independence 0
Peoria 43, Poston Butte 14
Sierra Linda 14, Shadow Mountain 13
Snowflake 49, Marcos de Niza 18
Sunrise Mountain 27, Coconino 24
Thunderbird 27, Deer Valley 14
Walden Grove 35, Empire 21
Youngker 58, Alhambra 0
Thursday Scores
Benjamin Franklin 35, Valley Christian 6
Campo Verde 30, Notre Dame Prep 17
Chandler 49, Sandra Day O’Connor 10
Desert Heights Prep 54, Salome 50
Horizon 62, McClintock 3
Mountainside 47, Kingman Academy 0
Odyssey Institute 30, Wickenburg 9
4A GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School W-L W-L
Lee Williams 2-0 4-1
Bradshaw Mountain 2-0 3-2
Coconino 1-0 2-3
Prescott 1-1 3-2
Flagstaff 0-1 1-4
Mohave 0-2 3-2
Mingus 0-2 0-5
SCOREBOARD
Prescott 48, Mingus 0
Bradshaw Mountain 31, Mohave 21
Lee Williams 55, Flagstaff 0
Sunrise Mountain 27, Coconino 24
2A METRO 3 REGION STANDINGS
School W-L W-L
Scottsdale Christian 3-0 6-0
Camp Verde 3-0 5-1
Chino Valley 1-1 4-2
Fountain Hills 1-2 1-5
Cortez 0-2 1-5
Bourgade Catholic 0-3 3-3
SCOREBOARD
Scottsdale Christian 62, Chino Valley 6
Camp Verde 48, Cortez 6
Fountain Hills 33, Bourgade Catholic 27
