Eagles rally late to beat T-birds

Spring Mountain's football team could have folded when it fell behind by 14 points in the second quarter Friday.

Or when visiting Indian Springs took a 12-point lead midway through the fourth.

Instead, the Eagles rode 24 points in the final seven minutes to a dramatic 46-42 Class 1A Southern League win -- their first over the Thunderbirds since 2005.

"That's the real impressive thing with our guys; they just didn't give up," Spring Mountain coach Aaron Masden said. "We talked all week about fighting through adversity.

"We put them through a lot of hard drills doing extra conditioning. Our whole motto was, 'What are you going to do when challenged with some adversity,' and obviously it paid off."

Spring Mountain (3-1, 2-0) rallied to tie the game at 34 with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Robby Lindbloom, only to watch Indian Springs take a 42-34 lead on Adam Reinke's 22-yard scoring strike to Junior Baker with 3:05 left.

But Brandon Thompson returned the ensuing kickoff 75 yards for a score, bringing the Eagles within 42-40 as the two-point conversion run failed.

Indian Springs (1-2, 0-1) muffed the following kickoff, and Spring Mountain's Samuel Batton recovered the fumble at the Indian Springs 15-yard line. Moments later, James Maestas' 13-yard TD run gave the Eagles a 46-42 lead.

The Thunderbirds drove 55 yards without any timeouts in 1:47 to the Spring Mountain 10, where they ran out of time.

Lindbloom threw for 107 yards and four touchdowns.

• Canyon View (Utah) 27, Boulder City 18 -- At Cedar City, Utah, the Eagles (2-2) used two third-quarter touchdown passes from Ross LaMarca to pull within 20-18 but were unable to get any closer.

LaMarca, who threw for 157 yards, hit Joe Woodbury with a 69-yard scoring strike and Preston Swasey with a 55-yard TD pass in the third quarter.

Devin Combs carried 13 times for 74 yards for the Eagles.

Steven Kaposta had 14 tackles to lead the Boulder City defense.

• Laughlin 74, Tonopah 42 -- At Laughlin, the Cougars (3-1) outscored the Muckers 44-8 in the second half.

Denver Otteson threw for 130 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 78 yards to lead Tonopah (0-3).