Moore conquers Nogales

 Nick Trujillo

CACTUS CHRONICLE           

            

After a devastating three-point loss to Sahuaro, Tucson High traveled south to Nogales, taking home a 67-40 win Friday night.

“We went for the win,” head coach Justin Argraves said. “Go big or go home, baby.”

“We never lost focus. We always had our mind on the objective,” senior quarterback Donovan Moore, who accumulated 237 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, said.

Sophomore running back Bryce Coleman rushed for 195 yards and one touchdown.

Though the Badgers were on the road for the first time this season, the team led the entire game, and never looked back.

While Moore and Coleman did their part for the Badgers, many others found their way to the stat sheet, and both teams lit up the scoreboard during the third quarter.

Junior Joe Ornelas scored a 36 yard touchdown, his first touchdown of the season and of his high school career.

“It felt good to finally get my first touchdown,” Ornelas said. “I didn't even expect it,”   

Tucson High’s defense held the Apaches to only one touchdown in the fourth quarter, after both teams combined for a total of 50 points in the third quarter, 36 coming from THMS.

While both teams scored on their opening drives coming out of the half, junior Austin Perkins intercepted a pass and stopped a Nogales drive on the eight yard line.

Seconds later Coleman broke through the line for a 92-yard touchdown from the Apache eight yard line.

“Bryce is doing things seniors can't do, he isn't overly fast, but he has the vision for the gaps,” Moore said.

Almost a complete opposite to the second half, the game was a close race between both teams.

Junior Lawrence Wallace returned a 95-yard kickoff for a touchdown in the first 13 seconds of the game. 

Five minutes into the game, officials called a lightning warning delaying the action for thirty minutes.

After the lightning passed, Moore rushed 45 yards for a touchdown.

After a quick strike by the Apaches, Tucson High answered with a 13-yard rush by senior Markquise Simmons.

Moore was in control most of the game, scoring a 42-yard touchdown in the second quarter.