Photo: 8 Nick Phillips gets past 16 Landon Freshour on his way for one of his two touchdowns
#41 Flagstaff at #32 Prescott
Quarterback James Heffrin threw three touchdown passes and Kenny Miller-Terry and Nick Phillips caught two TD passes each to lead the Prescott Badgers over the Flagstaff Eagles 30-13 on a cool night In Prescott.
Photo: 11 Kenny Miller-Terry fights his way past 9 Noah Schossow into the end zone for his first of two touchdowns
Prescott came out and the offense moved the ball down the field, but a fumble recovery by Flagstaff at the Eagles 11 only postponed the inevitable. On the Badgers second possession James Hefferin connected with Kenny Miller-Terry on a 29 yard pass play for a 7-0 lead. Nick Phillips pulled in a four yard pass from Heffrin to make it 13-0 after one quarter.
Flagstaff put together a long drive to pull within 13-7 on three yard run by Adan Garcia midway through the second quarter. Garcia rushed for 156 yards on 27 carries in his first start of the season.
Near the end of the half Gio Pugliese threw a pass to Miller-Terry to make it 20-7 at the break.
The Eagles came out in the second half and went right down the field to pull within 20-13 when Adan Garcia went off tackle and rambled 23 yards. The extra point attempt was blocked.
Photo: 84 Eli Allen works for more yards after the catch in the first half against Flagstaff
The Badgers went back to Hefferin at quarterback and he connected with Ashton Whitwell on a pass down the center of the field to get into Flagstaff territory. The drive stalled right there forcing a punt. Whitwell’s punt dropped and rolled and ended up at the Eagles 2 yard line. The Eagles picked up a first down, but then punted the ball back to Prescott, who returned it to the Flagstaff 39.
The Badgers went to the air and Hefferin dropped the ball right into the arms of Nick Phillips for a 39 yard scoring strike increasing the lead to 27-13.
After the Badgers blocked a field goal attempt by Gael Castruita of Flagstaff, the Badgers had a touchdown pass called back due to a penalty, then ultimately punting the ball back to the Eagles.
Prescott took advantage of a bad snap of an Eagle punt with the ball at the Flagstaff 16. After three chances inside the five yard line, the Badgers settled on a 21 yard field goal by Brady Costes to extend the lead to 30-13 with five minutes left.
Hefferin was 6-10-0 for 124 yards and 3 TDs. Pugliese went 6-8-1 for 68 yards. Jacob Chamberlain led the Badgers in rushing with 22 carries for 115 yards. Gunnar Parra led the Badger defense with 13 tackles and Easton Shy had 10.
Prescott improves to (2-3) in the Grand Canyon Region and even their season record at (4-4). Flagstaff fell to (0-4) and (1-7). The Badgers will play down in the west valley next Friday in a big non-region game must win versus Youngker at 7pm.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 30, FLAGSTAFF EAGLES 13
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Flagstaff 0 7 6 0 – 13
Prescott 13 7 7 3 – 30
Scoring Summary
P-Miller-Terry 29 yard pass from Heffrin (Costes kick)
P-Phillips 4 yard pass from Heffrin (Kick failed)
F-Garcia 3 yard run (Castruita kick)
P-Miller-Terry 8 yard pass from Pugliese (Costes kick)
F-Garcia 23 yard run (Kick blocked)
P-Phillips 39 yard pass from Heffrin (Costes kick)
P-Costes 21 yard Field Goal
#30 Buckeye at #3 Bradshaw Mountain
The Bradshaw Mountain Bears took advantage of Buckeye Hawks mistakes to build a 49-7 halftime lead on their way to a 56-20 win in Prescott Valley.
Photo: 25 Kylin Jackson tied David Moran for the most touchdowns in Bradshaw Mountain Bears history with his three TD’s last night
Kylin Jackson scored three first half touchdowns and quarterback Michael Sanford threw a career best 4 touchdown passes in the win. Jackson finished with 104 yards on 17 carries and Sanford completed 9-17 for 159 yards. Jon’te Jones rushed for a team high 126 yards
The Bears went up 7-0 on a Kylin Jackson 4 yard run, but the lead was very short lived.
Buckeye quickly struck back on their first play from scrimmage as quarterback Mekhi Sharper hit Salvador Castro in stride with a 69 yard touchdown pass to tie the game at seven.
After an exchange of possessions, Jackson returned a punt 73 yards and a 14-7 Bears lead.
The first quarter ended with the Hawks threatening at the Bradshaw Mountain 14 yard line. The first play of the second quarter changed the game when the snap sailed over the quarterbacks head, Sharper chased after the ball and tried to pick it up, but kicked it further towards midfield where Sebastian Witkowski fell on it.
Photo: The Bears defense came up with three second quarter turnovers by Buckeye to blow the game open by halftime
Bradshaw Mountain never looked back taking advantage of two more turnovers as they went on to score five second quarter touchdowns to put the game away by halftime. Jackson scored his third touchdown on a four yard run and it was 21-7. As Buckeye threatened again, Anthony Valenazuela picked off a pass in the end zone. Then three plays later, Jon’te Jones bolted 72 yards down the field to make it 28-7. The Bears recovered a Buckeye fumble at the Hawks 15 ayrd line and scored when Michael Sanford threw the first of his season high four touchdown passes, thuis one to Cadne Dabney to make it 35-7.
Once again the Hawks went down the field and got a big run by their QB Sharper on a 65 yard run the Bradshaw Mountain 12. After a comedy of errors, the Hawks turned the ball over on downs.
The Bears moved quickly and scored again on a TD pass from Sanford to Dabney to make it 42-7. The so called icing on the cake for the Bears came after another Buckeye fumble with just fifteen seconds left in the half. Sanford threw to Landon Taggart in the end zone to make it 49-7 at the half.
Buckeye outscored the Bears 13-7 in the second half with a running clock to close out the game.
Other offensive leaders for the Bears were Jon’te Jones with a team high 126 yards on the ground. Caden Dabney caught two passes, both for touchdowns. Desmond Tolbert and Landon Taggart each had a touchdown reception.
Buckeye was led by quarterback Sharper who threw for 259 yards and rushed for 109 more. Salvador Castro caught 9 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns..
Bradshaw Mountain improved to (4-0) in the Grand Canyon Region (6-2) overall and will travel to Flagstaff to face Coconino (4-0), (5-3) for all the marbles next week for the region title.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 56, BUCKEYE HAWKS 20
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Buckeye 7 0 6 7 – 56
Bradshaw Mountain 14 35 7 0 – 20
Scoring Summary
BM-Jackson 4 yard run (Womble kick)
B-Castro 69 yard pass from Sharper (Willett kick)
BM-Jackson 73 yard punt return (Womble kick)
BM-Jackson 4 yard run (Womble kick)
BM-Jones 72 yard run (Womble kick)
BM-Dabney 15 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
BM-Dabney 14 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
BM-Taggart 15 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
B-Castro 67 yard pass from 8 (Kick failed)
BM-Tolbert 14 yard pass from Sanford (Womble kick)
B-Sharper 16 yard run (Willett kick)
GRAND CANYON REGION
School- W-L W-L
Bradshaw Mountain 4-0 6-2
Coconino 4-0 5-3
Mohave 3-2 6-2
Lee Williams 2-2 5-3
Prescott 2-3 4-4
Flagstaff 0-4 1-7
Mingus 0-4 0-8
SCOREBOARD
Prescott 30, Flagstaff 13
Bradshaw Mountain 56, Buckeye 20
Coconino 28, Lee Williams 12
Mohave 47, Mingus 0
2A METRO 3 REGION STANDINGS
School W-L W-L
Scottsdale Christian 5-0 9-0
Camp Verde 4-1 7-2
Cortez 2-3 3-6
Fountain Hills 2-3 3-6
Bourgade Catholic 1-4 5-4
Chino Valley 1-4 4-5
SCOREBOARD
Fountain Hills 46, Chino Valley 30
Cortez 41, Bourgade catholic 33
Scottsdale Christian 49, Camp Verde 14
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
Bradshaw Mountain , Buckeye
Fountain Hills 46, Chino Valley 30
Agua Fria 41, Westview 20
Arcadia 35, Poston Butte 12
Coconino 28, Lee Williams 12
Combs 34, Mesquite 0
Greenway 13, Moon Valley 10
Lake Havasu 36, Youngker 19
Marcos de Niza 40, Glendale 0
Mica Mountain 43, Amphitheater 0
North Canyon 34, Carl Hayden 22
Northwest Chrisitian 24, St. Mary’s 20
Peoria 26, ALA-West Foothills 18
Pueblo 36, Rio Rico 0
Snowflake 26, Eastmark 6
Walden Grove 35, Catalina Foothills 10
Thursday Scores
Prescott 27, Flagstaff 13
Crismon 18, Gilbert Christian 15
Deer Valley 20, Estrella Foothills 14
Mohave 47, Mingus 0
Paradise Honors 38, Thunderbird 7
Shadow Mountain 41, Wickenburg 0
