Hart’s 7 TD Passes Lead Badgers Over Bears 55-0

Photo:  2 Rylee Hart with the pass as 4 Rowan Ferrell comes after her

The Prescott Badgers scored on all but one possessions in a 55-0 lopsided win over the Bradshaw Mountain Bears in Prescott Valley.

Quarterback Rylee Hart led the Badgers by completing 31 of 39 passes for 318 yards with 7 touchdown passes to five different receivers, that left no doubt that the Badgers (6-3) are back running on all cylinders and are in the hunt for a playoff run. Hart said, “This feels really good in how we were able to play tonight. This has kind of been a rebuilding season but tonight it felt like we are back to our old selves and it is so awesome to honor our seniors with a big rivalry win.”

Photo: Addy Brandon with the pressure on quarterback Morgan Gosik with center Carlee White

As well as the offense performed the defense was equally impressive making life miserable for Bears quarterback Morgan Gosik who had to scramble many times as she struggled to find time to throw the ball. Gosik was able to complete four of eight for 56 yards but had a pair of interceptions. Gosik rushed for all 41 yards that Bradshaw Mountain had. Bridgett RoseBond took some second half snaps and was five out of seven for 43 yards and two interceptions as well.

Photo:17 Danika Phillips gets after Bears quarterback Morgan Gosik

Prescott held Bradshaw Mountain to a three and out  to start and then jumped on top when 7-0 with 8:16 on the clock when Hart connected with Halle Terelak-Foster on a 25 yard pass play. 

Photo:10 Brinkley Larson returns an interception as quarterback Morgan Gosik and 6 Melanie Carranza attempt to stop her

Brinkley Larson set the Badgers up at the Bears 22 when she stepped in front of the Bears receiver on the next series. Prescott was stopped this time by the Bears at the 11 yard line but the Badgers would get it back on another three and out as the punt was returned to the Bears 30.

Hart found Addy Brandon on a 7 yard scoring strike at the end of the first quarter to make it 14-0.

Photo: 4 Abigail Christoph scores the first of her three touchdowns with Bradshaw Mountain defenders 9 Kyomi Enriquez and 24 Carolyn Flatgard.

In the second quarter, two more Badger touchdowns from Hart to Brandon for her second and Abigail Christoph caught her first on a 28 yard pass play with two minutes remaining in the half after an interception by Terelak-Foster.

Terelak-Foster picked off her second pass, but Prescott returned the favor when a Kaylin Pinarelli pass was picked off by Melanie Carranza. The Bears were able to move the ball into badger territory for the first time in the final seconds of the first half to the Prescott 30 as time expired.

Leading 28-0 to start the second half, Prescott went on a 12 play 86 yard scoring drive to start the second half ending with a 6 yard TD pass from Hart to Pinarelli for a 35-0 lead midway through the third.

The Bears went three and out and Prescott added to their lead when Isabella Ramos went up high to pull down the Hart pass to lead 42-0 a minute into the final quarter. 

Larson picked off her second pass of the night on the very first play of the Bears next possession, returning to inside the 20. Three plays later Terelak-Foster threw her touchdown pass to a diving Christoph to make it 49-0.

Bradshaw Mountain had only run four second half plays and was able to get the offense some work moving the ball into Prescott territory to the Badger 40 before turning the ball over on downs.

The Badgers added one score for the explanation point when Hart threw a short pass out to the sideline where Christoff caught it and motored her way down the sideline 56 yards for the touchdown. About her last catch, Christoff said, “At first I thought she was going to get me but I was able to get around her. Then I thought the other one was going to catch me but they didn’t.” 

About playing in her first rivalry game, “Pretty exciting but stressful. Playing varsity is definitely a challenge, but I like a challenge.” Brandon was a perfect six for six, but just missed her only extra point attempt of the night leaving the score at 55-0 with 1:23 remaining.

The Bears gave it one last attempt to score and moved the ball with both Gosik and RoseBond completing passes into Badger territory to the 33 yard line as the final seconds ticked off.

Photo: 5 Lucy Zembik gets after 11 Morgan Gosik

Lucy Zembik. who was a thorn in the Bears offensive paw all night, said “Morgan is a great player, she worked her butt off. Coming in we knew if we could shut down their offense it was game over. Our defense was really locked in tonight and I knew what my job was and I knew she was not going to get many yards off of me. I didn’t want her to get any yards off of us.” About the Coconino loss, Zembik added, “I think that was the punch in the mouth we needed. That was our wake up call.”

Prescott coach Ryan Hart said,” We had really good energy and we built on it and now the girls are believing in themselves. We bounced back after the loss a couple weeks back and tweaked a couple things that are working out for us. The goal was to come out early, jump on top, bring the energy which we did and maintain a high level throughout and we did exactly that tonight. Bradshaw is always scrappy and so I emphasized early that we had to come out strong.” 

After being shut out for the first time in program history versus Coconino, Prescott has outscored their opponents 90-3 in the last two games.

Prescott is now (1-2) in the Grand Canyon Region and will host Mohave on Monday at 5pm.Two more games follow one at home versus Lee Williams on Wednesday and the road makeup game at Flagstaff on Thursday. Bradshaw Mountain ends their regular season at (2-4) and (5-8). 

PRESCOTT BADGERS 55, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN BEARS 0

Score by Quarters-      1        2        3        4    –     T

Prescott                      14      14       7       20   –    55

Bradshaw Mountain     0        0        0        0    –     0

Scoring Summary

P-Terelak-Foster 25 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Brandon 7 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Brandon 1 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Christoph 28 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Pinarelli 6 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Ramos 11 yard pass from Hart (Larson kick)

P-Christoph 5 yard pass from Terelak-Foster (Larson kick)

P-Christoph 56 yard pass from Hart (Kick failed)

GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS

School                         W-L       W-L

Coconino (3)                 5-0       11-1

Mingus (5)                     4-1       11-1

Flagstaff (8)                   3-1        9-1

Prescott (7)                   1-2        6-3

Bradshaw Mountain      2-4        5-8

Lee Williams (17)          1-3        5-4

Mohave                         0-5        0-10

#-Division 4A Rank as of October 30

SCOREBOARD

Prescott 55, Bradshaw Mountain 0

ALA-Gilbert North 27, Combs 7

Eastmark 56, Peoria 0

Estrella Foothills 35, Tempe 0

Lee Williams 40, Mohave 0

Mesquite 45, Saguaro 0

Mingus 7, Flagstaff 0

Salpointe Catholic 35, Flowing Wells 0

St. Mary’s 27, Barry Goldwater 0

Badgers win against Estrella Foothills

Photo by Tori Davis: Coach Ryan Hart talks with Ellie Richards during the 35-3 win over Estrella Foothills.

The Badgers got back on the winning track with a 35-3 non-region win over Estrella Foothills. 

Rylee Hart went 25-37 with 335 yards and 4 touchdowns with TD passes to Kaylin Pinarelli, Halle Terelak-Foster, Addy Larson, and Ella Pifer. Ellie Richards rushed for 26 yards to lead the ground game. Eight different receivers caught passes that included Richards, Addie Christoph, Isabella Ramos, and Addy Brandon. Foster led the team with 8 catches for 122 yards.

Brinkley Larson made all five extra point attempts as the Badgers punted only one time in the whole game.