Photo: Rianna Aguilar had a big day rushing for two touchdowns, and throwing for two more in the Badgers win
Flag Football
The Prescott Badgers broke open a tied game in the second half by scoring three touchdowns on their way to a 28-14 win over the ALA-Gilbert North Eagles at Prescott High School.
Both teams used long time consuming drives to score their touchdowns in the first half with the Badgers striking first.
Maggie Maneely pulled in a pass from Rianna Aguilar for the first touchdown. Mallory Walsh added the PAT.
The Eagles tied the game less than a minute into the second quarter when Maci Hansen caught a short pass from quarterback Karissa Behnke. India Dean added the extra point for the equalizer.
Both teams had their moments of moving the ball, but the score remained tied at seven at halftime. Then the rain came and it got a little sloppy at times, but the Badger offense came alive.
The Prescott defense came out and forced the Eagles to punt right away, setting up the offense at the ALA 25 yard line.
The dual threat Aguilar kept the Eagles off balance and scored on a 25 yard run giving the Badgers a 14-7 lead with 8:30 left in the third quarter.
Photo: 4 Olivia Raber with the ball
Another three and out gave the Badgers great field position again .Aguilar called her number again and scored from 4 yards out to make it 21-7 with two minutes left in the third.
Lucy Zembrik came up with a big sack then Halle Terelak-Foster came up with an interception setting up the Badgers offense once again. Aguilar connected with Aubrey Kitahata on a long pass play to make the score 28-7 midway through the final quarter.
The Eagles managed one more score on a long 60 yard pass play from Karissa Behnke to Gwenyth Scheurm.
ALA-Gilbert North ends their season at (12-3), while the Badgers move on and will host #4 Salpointe Catholic (13-1) on Wednesday at 6pm in the semifinals.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 28, ALA_GILBERT NORTH EAGLES 14
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
ALA-Gilbert North 0 7 0 7 – 14
Prescott 7 0 14 7 – 28
Scoring Summary
P-Maneely 17 yard pass from Aguilar (Walsh kick)
ALA-Hansen 2 yard pass from Behnke (Dean kick)
P-Aguilar 25 yard run (Walsh kick)
P-Aguilar 4 yard run (Walsh kick)
P-Kitahata 35 yard pass from Aguilar (Walsh kick)
ALA-Scheurn 60 yard pass from Behnke (Dean kick)
4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Quarterfinal Round Scores
#1 Prescott 28, #8 ALA-Gilbert North 14
#4 Salpointe Catholic 49, #5 Flagstaff 14
#3 Mingus 14, #6 Mesquite 0
#2 Eastmark 14, #7 Crismon 7
4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Semifinals on Wednesday at 6pm
#4 Salpointe Catholic (14-1) at #1 Prescott (16-2)
#3 Mingus (14-1) at #2 Eastmark (13-3)
Football
The Coconino Panthers got their revenge in a big way with a 31-14 playoff win over the Bradshaw Mountain Bears in Prescott Valley.
The second round playoff game was a rematch of a regular season contest, in which the Bears beat Coconino 28-21 in Flagstaff.
Photo: 25 Kylin Jackson with the ball in the third quarter with Dylan Buckley on his heels
Coconino took a 3-0 lead in the opening quarter on an Easton Quiroz 34 yard field goal
In the second quarter, Gavin Moran busted through the center of the line as he went 30 yards for the score and a 10-0 lead. That would be it for the scoring as Coconino defense was stellar, stopping the Bears offense in all five of their possessions.
Photo: 8 Michael Sanderford looks for a receiver as he is pursued by 8 Brady Stiegler
The Bears were finally able to get the offense going and capped off a long drive with a 1 yard quarterback sneak by Michael Sanford. Titus Womble added the extra point to pull Bradshaw Mountain to within 10-7.
Coconino responded with a time consuming drive capped off by a Dylan Collado touchdown run to push their lead to 17-7.
Near the end of the third quarter, Kylin Jackson became the all-time rushing leader accomplishing the feat on a 2 yard run to give him 3210 total yards for his career as a Bradshaw Mountain Bear.
Jon’te Jones scored on a 2 yard run to close out another impressive drive to pull the Bears to within three again at 17-14.
Once again the Bradshaw Mountain defense could not get the Coconino offense off the field, and the Panthers extended their lead once again to ten when Austin Raths caught a 35 yard pass from Hendrix Hanley.
The Bears feeling the pressure went for it on fourth down deep in their own territory with under five minutes remaining. The result was a turnover on downs. Coconino put the game away for good on the first play when Callado ran in from seven yards out to give the Panthers the 31-14 lead.
Kylin Jackson closed out an amazing career with just 61 yards on 16 carries and 48 reception yards. Jones was able to get just 40 yards on 8 carries. Landon Taggart led the Bear receivers with 3 catches for 44 yards.
Bradshaw Mountain, winners of the Grand Canyon Region end their season at (8-3). Coconino, at #14 moves onto the next round with a long road trip ahead to Yuma and will meet up with #6 Gila Ridge.
COCONINO PANTHERS 31, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 14
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Coconino 3 7 7 14 – 31
Bradshaw Mountain 0 0 7 7 – 14
Scoring Summary
C-Quiroz 34 yard Field Goal
C- Moran 30 yard run (Quiroz kick)
BM-Sanford 1 yard run (Womble kick)
C-Callado 2 yard run (Quiroz kick)
BM-Jones 2 yard run (Womble kick)
C-Raths 35 yard pass from Hanley (Quiroz kick)
C-Callado 7 yard run (Quiroz kick)
4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Second Round Scores
#14 Coconino 31, #3 Bradshaw Mountain 14
#6 Gila Ridge 42, #22 Estrella Foothills 14
#1 Arcadia 50, #16 St. Mary’s 25
#8 Marcos de Niza 27, #24 Paradise Honors 14
#12 ALA-West Foothills 34, #5 Combs 14
#4 Mohave 42, #20 Northwest Christian 34
#7 Mica Mountain 35, #10 Lake Havasu 0
#2 Snowflake 35, #15 Eastmark 0
4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Quarterfinals on Friday at 7pm
#14 Coconino (8-4) at #6 Gila Ridge (10-1)
#8 Marcos de Niza (10-1) at #1 Arcadia (11-0)
#12 ALA-West Foothills (10-2) at #4 Mohave (9-2)
#7 Mica Mountain (9-2) at #2 Snowflake (10-1)
