By Bruce Smith
For the Deseret News
The final score may have revealed a 27-19 victory over Juan Diego
over Skyline Friday night. But to the people involved, the outcome basically
was determined by a couple of key plays.
With about 10 minutes
remaining and Juan Diego ahead 14-12, Skyline quarterback Tyler Snyder had the
Eagles rolling until he was tackled near the Juan Diego 9-yard line on a
third-down play.
The officials marked the
ball and, with their own eyes, couldn’t determine if Snyder had made the first
down. They called in the nearby chain gang and measured.
It was close. Really close.
“About as close as you can
get,” said Skyline coach Steve Marlowe.
People on the sidelines nearby said you could put a credit card in-between, but little else. Juan Diego coach John Colosimo was across the field, but compared it to an eyelash.
With the fans on their
feet, and everyone on the sideline watching intently, the officials measured it
twice to be sure. In the end, they determined it was fourth down. On the next
play, the Soaring Eagle roared through Skyline’s offensive line and changed the
outcome of the contest.
Three plays later, Nick
Markosian broke loose on an amazing 82-yard run that made the difference in the
game, kept the Soaring Eagle undefeated and might be one of the key moments of
the season.
“That was certainly the big
play,” said Colosimo, whose team lost 28-7 at Skyline last year. “It was a
great game between two hard-hitting teams. We got some penetration on them on
that play and you could say we made the most of it.”
Juan Diego improved to 4-0
and faces a battle with another undefeated team – Granger– next week. Skyline,
which may have one of the most talented players in the state in Garrett
England, dropped to 1-3.
England scored two of
Skyline's touchdowns. He got the Eagles rolling early, taking the opening
kickoff over his shoulder and somehow avoiding going into the end zone. He
turned around on the goal line and ran 99 yards for a touchdown that was the
only score in the first half.
The second half, however,
was filled with offense.
Juan Diego got back into
the game by accepting the kickoff and Markosian led the Soaring Eagle on a
14-play drive that culminated with a five-yard run by Jessie Springer. The game
went back-and-forth after that.
Snyder, who had 110 yards
rushing and was easily Skyline’s top runner, sprinted 83 yards to give the
Eagles the lead again, but Juan Diego came back with another long drive to
regain the lead on a short run by Chase Williams.
In this matchup between two
evenly matched teams, it seemed to be Skyline’s turn until Juan Diego’s defense
stepped up. The Soaring Eagle also got interceptions from Ricardo Espinoza and
Cole Nelson that stopped Skyline drives.
A 16-yard pass from Markosian
to all-everything Dakota Cox put the game away.
“It was a great game and
they made the biggest play,” said Marlowe. “Don’t know how to say it …
hindsight is always 20-20. We got to get ready for region play next week.”
GAME SUMMARY
Skyline 6 0
6 7 - 19
Juan Diego 0 0
14 13 - 27
S – Garrett England
99 kickoff return (kick failed)
JD – Jessie Springer
4 run (Andrew Montoya kick)S – Tyler Snyder 83 run (run failed)
JD – Chase Williams 3 run (Montoya kick)
JD – Nick Markosian 82 run (Montoya kick)
JD – Dakota Cox 16 pass from Markosian (kick failed)
S – England 3 pass from Snyder (Stewart Barrett kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Sky JDFirst downs 14 12
Rushes-yards 30-150 46-225
Passing yards 184 78
Passes 11-17-3 4-8-0
Fumbles-lost 3-0 1-0
Penalties 5-33 7-45
Punts 2-37.5 3-34.3
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Skyline – Snyder 18-110, Evan Sharp2-13, Chris
Williams 4-9, England 5-7, Gavin Avery 1-11. Juan Diego – Markosian 11-112,
Chase Williams 16-160, Jessie Springer 15-54, Cox 1-5.PASSING: Skyline - Snyder 11-17-3-184 yards. Juan Diego – Nick Markosian 3-7-0-62 yards.
RECEIVING: Skyline – Cody Farrington 6-89, Garrett England 3-34, Williams 1-19, Avery 1-6. Juan Diego – Kahea Chang 1-34, Cox 2-26, Justin Caywood 1-10.
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