Mitchell, Diamondbacks top Trojans

By DON McDERMOTT LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

October 16, 2009 - 2:28 pm

Desert Oasis's Elijah Mitchell scored a pair of second-quarter touchdown runs to help the Diamondbacks (5-2, 4-2 Southwest) to a 35-0 road win over Pahrump Valey (0-7, 0-6) on Friday night.

Mitchell had TD runs of 14 and 13 yards to help Desert Oasis take a 21-0 lead. Brennen Stott added a 42-yard TD pass to Colin Maestas.

Mitchell’s second scoring run came after a botched punt attempt in the final 20 seconds of the half.

The Diamondbacks got a 7-yard TD run by Roycen Shepherd and a 60-yard scoring run from Peter Okafo in the second half.

Pahrump lost its 16th consecutive game.

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