Alfar, Mustangs too much for Durango

Cody Alfar rushed for 145 yards and  three touchdowns Friday to lead Shadow Ridge's football team to a 51-20 win at Durango.

Alfar rushed for a 58-yard score and a 45-yard TD in the first quarter and added a 7-yard TD carry early in the second quarter to give Shadow Ridge (5-4, 3-2 Northwest League) a 20-7 lead.

Durango led 7-0 on a 1-yd TD run by Artie Gallegos that capped a nine-play, 54-yard opening drive.

Shadow Ridge’s Melvin Johnson supplied a 20-yard TD scamper, which was followed by a 30-yard field goal by Caio Gadanha and a 30-yard TD strike to J Henderson from Dustin Puia to make it 37-7.

Durango (0-9, 0-5) used a hook-and-lateral to score before the half. Quarterback Ben Hayden connected on a 4-yard out to Caleb Booze, who lateraled to Gallegos, who raced 40 yards down the right sideline to make it 37-13 at the break.

Puia scored on a 1-yard keeper in the third quarter, and Johnson provided a 91-yard kickoff return for a TD in the fourth quarter to put away the game for Shadow Ridge, which got an interception from Joseph Rodriguez and a forced fumble from Reece Lofthus.

Hayden added a 5-yard TD run in the fourth quarter and finished with 115 yards passing for Durango, which got 63 yards in kickoff returns from Gallegos.