Pahranagat Valley rips Spring Mountain
Brady Whipple wasn't sure whether he could remember all of his return touchdowns Friday.
With two interception returns, one kickoff return and one punt return for touchdowns in the first half, it was easy for the senior running back to lose track.
Whipple scored five TDs overall, leading Pahranagat Valley to a 68-22 Class 1A Southern League win at Spring Mountain on Friday.
"I remember one," Whipple said of his barrage of touchdown returns. "I remember the punt return at the beginning of the game."
That play, a 69-yard runback to open scoring, was the first of six unanswered Panthers TDs.
Pahranagat Valley (7-0, 4-0) rolled to a 62-14 halftime lead.
Whipple brought back interceptions 65 and 48 yards for touchdowns and returned a kickoff 75 yards for a score. He also carried six times for 85 yards and a TD and punched in three 2-point conversion runs.
Chase Leavitt carried eight times for 70 yards and two TDs for the Panthers, who got three catches for 64 yards and one TD from Kale Leavitt.
Eight of Pahranagat Valley's 10 touchdowns came on plays of 20 or more yards.
Harrison Matthews caught nine passes for 196 yards and two TDs to lead Spring Mountain (2-5, 1-3).
• Moapa Valley 49, Dayton 0 -- At Overton, the Pirates (5-2) totaled 501 yards of offense on the way to a victory over the Dust Devils (3-5).
Brad Weiss led the rushing attack with 132 yards and two touchdowns. Ben Paul gained 122 yards and scored a TD for Moapa Valley.
Moapa Valley quarterback Max Jenkins passed for 125 yards and three TDs. He also had a rushing touchdown.
The Pirates held the Dust Devils to 12 rushing yards and 66 yards of offense.
-- Jon Oglesby
• Faith Lutheran 21, Desert Oasis 13 -- At Faith Lutheran, the Crusaders (5-3) scored all three of their touchdowns in the second half.
In the third quarter, Faith Lutheran opened its scoring with a 77-yard reverse run by running back John Cartier.
The Crusaders took the lead in the fourth when quarterback Joe Portaro found wideout David Sperry in the end zone for a 23-yard TD pass.
Portaro completed 11 of 19 passes for 121 yards.
-- Jonathan Reese
• The Meadows 49, Agassi Prep 26 -- At The Meadows, quarterback Gerard Martinez completed 14 of 18 passes for 170 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Mustangs (6-2, 4-1 Southern League).
Mustangs running back Pat Kenny rushed 17 times for 112 yards and three touchdowns.
-- Ryan Austin
• Virgin Valley 42, Boulder City 16 -- At Boulder City, Jonathan Gleave scored on a run, a pass and an interception return for Virgin Valley (7-1, 2-0 3A Southern League).
Terran Leavitt threw a 35-yard touchdown to Gleave and a 12-yard TD pass to Shandon Miera. Colton Teerlink and Keyanee Faught each had a TD run for the Bulldogs.
Ryan Washburn scored on a 1-yard run for Boulder City (4-3, 0-2). Jeremy Smith returned a kickoff 86 yards for the Eagles' other touchdown.
• Needles (Calif.) 33, Mountain View 30 -- At Needles, Calif., Andrew Mathews' 20-yard touchdown pass to Blake Baldwin on fourth down with 51 seconds left lifted the Mustangs (6-1, 5-0 2A Southern League).
Mountain View, which led 16-0 at the half, fell behind 26-24 in the fourth quarter before reclaiming the lead on a 22-yard touchdown pass on fourth down from Raymond Velarde to Tanner Peterson.
Cortland LeBoeuf rushed 21 times for 215 yards and TDs of 29 and 37 yards for the Saints (2-6, 2-3). Stevie Kidd had two touchdown runs for Needles.
• Abundant Life (Utah) 52, Henderson International 32 -- At Henderson International, the Wolverines didn't recover from a 26-6 halftime deficit.
Jay Sutorius carried 11 times for 113 yards and caught three passes for 84 yards and a touchdown to lead Henderson International.
• Tonopah 55, Sandy Valley 16 -- At Sandy Valley, Tonopah's varsity team played a little more than a quarter and left with a 31-0 lead as the Muckers (5-2, 4-0 Class 1A Southern) rolled past the Sidewinders.
Scott Thibodeaux scored on a 45-yard run and a 43-yard punt return and hit Denver Otteson on a 20-yard scoring pass for Tonopah.
• White Pine 14, Calvary Chapel 8 -- At Ely, Matt Searle's 2-yard touchdown run with five minutes to play lifted White Pine (2-5, 2-3 2A Southern League) past visiting Calvary Chapel (3-4, 2-3).
White Pine led 6-0 at the half, but the Lions scored and were successful on the 2-point conversion to take the lead.
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