SMALL SCHOOLS: ‘Inspired’ Mustangs dominate
Gosse threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as The Meadows turned a Class 2A Southern League showdown into a laugher Friday with a 42-14 home win.
“We started a new thing; we went five wide (receivers),” Gosse said. “That really opened it up, and maybe got them confused. We came out inspired, and if we come out inspired every game, that’s what we can do.”
Gosse completed his first 10 passes. He finished 19-for-21 for 283 yards, with his only attempt in the second half a completion for no gain.
“Absolutely, we wanted to come out and be aggressive,” DeSantis said. “I knew it was important to set the tempo early.
“We just wanted to come out and get some early points and get them out of their running game.”
The Mustangs (6-1, 5-0) won their 10th straight home game.
The Meadows’ Austin Brown caught six passes for 118 yards, including touchdown receptions of 44, 3 and 14 yards. Max Newman had six receptions for 84 yards and one TD, and Dylan Lee caught five balls for 79 yards.
“We knew that they play a good pass defense, but they might try to stop our run game,” Mustangs guard Andrew Duddlesten said. “We decided to come out and be more aggressive.”
Brown intercepted three passes to lead The Meadows’ defense, which forced four turnovers and held the Lynx (5-3, 4-2) to their lowest scoring total since their season opener.
Travis Sonnenberg led Lincoln County with 92 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries.
The Meadows outgained Lincoln County 342-208.
“We really came out clicking,” Gosse said. “They had a lot of guys in the box, the line was giving me plenty of time, the receivers were getting open and the coaches were giving us the right plays. That’s how we have to come out every game.”
Moapa Valley 68, Sunrise Mountain 0 — At Sunrise Mountain, the Pirates (5-3) rushed for 245 yards en route to the easy win over the Miners (1-7).
Kelan Weiss passed for touchdowns of 20 and 3 yards in the first half as Moapa Valley took a 47-0 halftime lead.
Casey Green rushed for 93 yards, including a 13-yard TD run in the third quarter. Haydn Waite added TD runs of 9, 1 and 7 yards. Riley Solomon had 85 yards rushing for Moapa Valley.
Virgin Valley 15, Boulder City 14 — At Mesquite, the host Bulldogs (3-5, 1-0 3A Southern) built a 15-0 halftime lead and survived late scare to nip Boulder City (5-4, 0-2).
The Eagles pulled to within 15-14 on Ross LaMarca’s 48-yard screen pass to Devin Combs with 1:28 to play, but pushed the conversion kick wide right, missing a chance to tie the game.
Virgin Valley recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.
Preston Swasey caught a 13-yard pass from LaMarca in the third quarter, cutting the deficit to 15-8.
Combs had 22 carries for 107 yards for Boulder City, which outgained the Bulldogs, 300-196.
Henderson International 46, Indian Springs 14 — At Indian Springs, Chris Miele hauled in three touchdown passes, including two in the fourth quarter to help the Wolverines (3-5, 2-3 1A Southern) pull away from the Thunderbirds (2-5, 1-4).
Miele caught TD passes of 53 and 82 yards from Jay Sutorius early in the fourth quarter after Indian Springs had pulled to within 24-14. Sutorius ran for 100 yards and threw for 153.
The Wolverines built a 24-0 lead in the first half on Sutorius’ 76-yard return of the opening kickoff, a 6-yard run from Keenan Gladd-Brown and a 17-yard pass from Logan Christie to Miele.
Chris Laliberte added a 40-yard scoring run late in the game.
Indian Springs scored twice in the third quarter — on a 16-yard run by Dominic Smith and a 32-yard pass from Adam Reinke to Xavier Pena.
Tonopah 61, Spring Mountain 20 — At Tonopah, Denver Otteson rushed for 264 yards and three touchdowns on 28 attempts to lead the Muckers (4-4, 4-1 1A Southern) past the Eagles (6-3, 4-2).
Otteson scored on runs of 60, 47 and 9 yards. He also threw for 30 yards and a touchdown.
James Maestas led Spring Mountain with 77 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
