Hurricane fullback Brian Scott snares the ball with his fingertips on this touchdown pass from Taylor Parker. The Tigers host Granstville in the next round of the 3A playoffs. (photo/Develon Isom)
Tigers' running back Adam Thompson follows his blockers on his 22-yard touchdown run. (photo/Develon Isom)
Tigers’ quarterback Taylor Parker (7-of-12 for 133 yards) threw two first quarter touchdowns in helping to get Hurricane off to a fast start. The Tigers built a 28-0 lead by the time 11 minutes had expired and they never looked back in the 42-7 resounding win.
Before Parker scored though, running back Weston Yardley scampered 33 yards putting Hurricane up 7-0 on their second possession. It was the capping play on a three-play 48-yard drive. A few moments later, after forcing a Wasatch three-and-out, Parker threw a short pass to fullback Brian Scott on Hurricane's first play of the possession on the Wasps' 41. Scott snared the pass by the fingertips, turned north and made a 41-yard touchdown out of the sneaky play. The Tigers were up 14-0 with 6:08 remaining in the first quarter.
On the next Tigers’ possession, Parker connected with tight end Colton Marshall on a 49-yard touchdown pass to make the score 21-0 with 4:27 remaining on the first half clock.
The Tigers’ defense forced a fifth Wasatch three-and-out and took over after the punt on the 50-yard line.
Hurricane showed off its triumvirate of running backs in three plays. Scott ran for a 19-yard rush, and then Weston Yardley gained nine yards on another run. Adam Thompson finished the quick drive off with a 22-yard dash to the end zone and the Tigers were up 28-0 after the PAT with 46 seconds to go in the first quarter.
The Tigers’ defense held the Wasps’ offense to -1 net yardage on its first five possessions. Wasatch generated some positive gain on its sixth possession when quarterback James Delacenserie hit Talem Franco for a 24-yard pass. Wasatch marched from their 20 down to Hurricane’s four-yard line but stalled on a fourth a goal giving the ball to Hurricane.
Hurricane gained 432 yards of total offense in the game and was 4-of-8 on third downs. Eleven different Tiger players rushed the ball, totaling 291 yards on 34 rushes. Leading the way was Scott’s 87 yards on seven carries, sophomore Joseph Takau 53 yards (five rushes), and Yardley with 51 yards (three rushes). Marshall finished with three receptions for 62 yards (one touchdown).
The Tigers’ defense held Wasatch to -7 rushing yards, had four sacks and one interception. Linebacker Jared Edwards registered eight tackles.
Wasatch passed for 261 yards and was only 2-of-13 on third down attempts. Delacenserie finished going 14-of-27 for 174 and one touchdown and one interception. Franco caught five receptions totaling 118 yards and Seth Haderline led the Wasps’ defense with 11 tackles.
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BOXSCORE
Wasatch 0 – 0 – 0 – 7 < 7
Hurricane 28 – 7 – 7 – 0 < 42
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Scoring plays:
H < Yardley 33 run (Stratton kick) 8:11
H < Scott 42 pass from Parker (Stratton kick) 6:19
H < Marshall 49 pass from Parker (Stratton kick) 4:41
H < Thompson 22 run (Stratton kick) 0:56
H < Thompson 9 run (Stratton kick) 6:02
H < Takau 40 run (Stratton kick) 1:42
W < Bamgartner 14 pass from Delacenserie (Rubio kick) 2:37
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3A SECOND ROUND GAMES/NOV 4-5
Grantsville (7-4) at Hurricane (10-0)5:00PM
Desert Hills (7-3) at Stansbury (9-1)5:00PM
Cedar (5-5) at Delta (10-1)5:00PM
Spanish Fork (8-3) at Juan Diego (10-1)4:00PM
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Questions or comments: E-mail: develon.isom@kcsg.com
Twitter: DevelonIsom-KCSG
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Questions or comments: E-mail: develon.isom@kcsg.com
Twitter: DevelonIsom-KCSG
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