Game
Summary/Box Score
April 28, 2007 Bear River Valley Rockets at Vipers @ Weber High School
VIPERS 35 BEAR RIVER VALLEY 27
PLEASANT VIEW – A game between two of the RMFL
AA’s top ranked teams, expected to be a defensive struggle throughout… became one…
in the second half, as the Vipers recovered from a 21-7 first quarter hole to
take a 28-27 halftime lead and then hold on for a nerve-racking 35-27 victory
over rival, Bear River Valley Rockets.
After Viper tailback, Devon
Holbrooks 3-yard touchdown run, the only score of the entire second half after
55 points were scored in the first half, the Rockets had one final opportunity
to get the win. However, as the Rockets drove, Rocket quarterback, Mike Jenkins
would find Daniel Grant over the top, however, as Grant struggled for the end
zone, he lost the football near the Vipers 2-yard line with less than a minute
to go in the game, extinguishing the Rockets final hope to beat the Vipers for
the first time ever.
The Vipers rushing game was
in rare form, throughout, getting 319 yards on 39 carries. Holbrook rushed for 148 yards on 18 carries
and the one touchdown rushing and Josh Christensen rushed for 121 on 15
carries, including a 38-yard touchdown burst late in the first quarter to cut
into the Rockets 14-point lead at the time, pulling the Vipers to winthin
21-14. Holbrook, who scored three total touchdowns on the day (2 rushing, 1
receiving) would haul in a 28-yard toss from Viper quarterback, James Flynn to
knot the game up at 21-21 on the Vipers next possession early in the second
quarter. Then, in the see-saw game, the
teams traded big touchdown pass plays later in the quarter as a Rocket decision
to fake the extra point… that failed… was the difference in the game until
there was only about 4 minutes to go in the game.
Rocket quarterback, Mike
Jenkins, had an all-star game effort, leading this team in rushing with
74-yards on 12 runs and he passed for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns against only
one interception to keep the Rockets offense moving. The Rockets out-gained the Vipers 425 to 385
in total net yards, however, the 35 to 27 statistic ended up being the most
relevant in the end.
Two Rocket receivers would
go over 100 yards, including tailback, Mike Messinger, who caught the big
54-yard pass play to pull the Rockets to within 28-27 and the other was Dave
Williams with 2 receptions for 101 yards, largely due to the 79-yard catch and
run for score that got the Rockets on the board early in the game, following up
the Vipers who scored first on an Andy Schingler 27-yard interception return
for a touchdown… the only interception that Jenkins through all evening.
With both teams’ stellar defenses finally tested, big players emerged to make big plays. For the Rockets, Eric Jones lead all with 9 tackles and 2 sacks. Tyler DeBry recorded 7 tackles and Adam Whitaker had two interceptions of Viper quarterback, James Flynn. For the Vipers, the Christensen boys lead the day, once again. Mike Christensen recorded 5-1/2 tackles, including 1-1/2 sacks and Matt Christensen had 5 tackles as the Vipers shut the Rockets out of the end zone the entire second half to secure the victory and the early edge for home field advantage through the 2007 AA playoffs.
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Bear River Valley Rockets |
21 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
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Vipers |
14 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
35 |
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VIPERS:
Andy Schingler 27-yard interception return
(Kennington kick) 14:11 BEAR RIVER
VALLEY: Justin McDermeit 12-yard pass from Jenkins (Spencer kick) 9:01 BEAR
RIVER VALLEY: Kody Merritt 10-yard pass from Jenkins (Spencer kick) 6:07 VIPERS: Josh Christensen 38-yard run (Kennington kick) 2:16 |
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VIPERS:
Devon Holbrook 28-yard pass from Flynn (Kennington kick) 10:57 |
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VIPERS: Devon Holbrook 3-yard run (Kennington kick) 4:07 |
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BEAR RIVER |
VIPERS |
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First
Downs |
16 |
12 |
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Rushes-Yds |
29 |
134 |
39 |
319 |
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Passing |
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6--12--3 |
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Passing
Yds. |
324 |
95 |
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Sacked-Yds |
6 |
33 |
3 |
29 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
291 |
66 |
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Total
Yds. |
425 |
385 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
6-43.3 |
3-54.3 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
14 |
122 |
9 |
80 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
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Individual
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Rushing: |
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Player
-Team |
Tot.
Att. |
Tot.
Yds |
TD's |
2 pts. |
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Mike
Jenkins - Bear River Valley |
12 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Williams - Bear River Valley |
5 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Wilson - Bear River Valley |
8 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Messinger - Bear River Valley |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Devon
Holbrook - Vipers |
18 |
148 |
1 |
0 |
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Josh
Christensen - Vipers |
15 |
121 |
1 |
0 |
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James
Flynn - Vipers |
2 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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Rashad
Kennedy - Vipers |
4 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Mike
Jenkins - Bear River Valley |
17 |
37 |
324 |
4 |
1 |
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Jarmes
Flynn - Vipers |
6 |
12 |
95 |
2 |
3 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Mike
Messinger - Bear River Valley |
7 |
149 |
1 |
0 |
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Dave
Williams - Bear River Valley |
2 |
101 |
1 |
0 |
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David Grant
- Bear River Valley |
4 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
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Cody
Merritt - Bear River Valley |
2 |
20 |
1 |
0 |
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Justin
McDermeit - Bear River Valley |
2 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
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Colby
Cook - Vipers |
3 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
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Devon
Holbrook - Vipers |
1 |
28 |
1 |
0 |
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Josh
Christensen - Vipers |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Brannon
Stacy - Vipers |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Eric
Jones - Bear River Valley |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Tyler
DeBry - Bear River Valley |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Adam
Whitaker - Bear River Valley |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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Cody
Anderson - Bear River Valley |
5.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Dallan
Robinson - Bear River Valley |
5.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason Best
- Bear River Valley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Travis
Fuit - Bear River Valley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Clark
Funk - Bear River Valley |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Watson - Bear River Valley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryan
Freeman - Bear River Valley |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nick
Meyer - Bear River Valley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Colter
Hamilton - Bear River Valley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nick
Green - Bear River Valley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Earl
Taylor - Bear River Valley |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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John Walker
- Bear River Valley |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Larsen - Bear River Valley |
0.5 |
0 |
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