Playing in a surprise deluge the Broncos excelled in the conditions on the dirt(now mud) field. With no visible lines on the field and numerous pond-sized puddles, The Broncos roared (swam?) to a 33-0 half-time lead behind the running of Corey Mixon and Matt Reilly and the passing of Evan Moore.
After an interception by Cody Little, the Broncos took only three plays from the 40 yard line to score on a Mixon 11 yard run.
 Combine playing on a dirt field and in the rain gives you the chance to run through mud puddles and not get in trouble. A member of the Kern Valley Senior Broncos picks up some yardage in the game played on Saturday. |
Another fumble recovery by Bryce Riley gave Kern Valley the ball again on the 40, and this time Moore found Jeremy Lawson on a 20 yard pass play near the end zone which was caught, fumbled, and picked up by Reilly to go up 19-0.
The defense came up big again with another interception by Lawson on the 40 and this time Moore found tackle-eligible Johnny Chase for a five yard pass to go up 26-0. Lawson would score again just before the half to increase the cushion to 33-0.
The second half saw numerous substitutions as the game was out of reach with the final score being 46-14. The entire team celebrated qualifying for playoffs with a team plunge in the giant mud pond in the end zone.
Mixon finished with 10 rushes for 133 yards, one TD and two catches for 35 yards and one TD. Reilly rushed for 73 yards and two scores. Lawson rushed for 66 yards, one touchdown and caught one pass for 28 yards. Chase had two catches for 69 yards and two TD’s. Moore ended the game with one carry for 14 yards and 5-of-7 passing for 132 yards and four touchdowns.
Defensively, Logan Kraus-Smith and Aaron Wright had four tackles. Alex Hurley, Peyton Wily, Davey Powell, and Lawson had three, while Steven Whisler, Mixon, Little, and Christian Mejia all had two. Tyler Mullens, Riley, Moore, Chase, Reilly, and Zach Reiswig, all had one. Playoffs will be in Mojave non Saturday at 4 p.m.
Freshman Ponies 20
Trona Tornados 0
The Kern Valley Ponies used three big scoring plays in the first half to post their seventh win of the season against the Trona Tornados.
The Freshman Ponies took control of the game early in the first quarter on their way to a 20-0 road victory.
The win upped their season record to 7-2 for the team coached by Carter Pope and assisted by Jeff Jost, Ed Miller and Kenny Bushling.
Kern Valley got on the board with their very first play from scrimmage as Austin Hurley ran it in from 44 yards out. The extra point was no good for a 6-0 Ponies lead.
Kern Valley’s next possession saw Zach Bushling take off around the left side for a 39 yard touchdown run, and the extra point run by Keaton Kisssack was good to up the lead to 13-0.
Blake Lanterman led the way on Kern Valley’s first possession of the second quarter with four carries for 40 yards and catching one pass for 10 yards.
After two Kern Valley penalties the Ponies final score came on a 27 yard touchdown run by Keaton Kissack, the extra point was good as Kern Valley closed the half with a 20-0 lead.
The Ponies defense once again dominated the game from the start as they allowed Trona one first down the entire day. The Ponies stingy defense held Trona to a minus 11 yards on 22 attempts.
The leading tacklers for the Ponies were, Hurley (5), Blake Lanterman and Bushling (4), Chase Mullen, Colby Ritchison and Jacob Lightner (3), Jordan Jost (2) and Cameron Stamps, Charles Gholson and Robert Mental (1) each.
Offensively the Ponies were lead by Lanterman six carries for 53 yards, Conrad Miller six carries for 45 yards, Kissack six carries for 43 yards, Zach Sietsma four carries for 23 yards, Bushling two carries for 45 yards and Hurley one carry for 44 yards.
Kern Valley will travel to Mojave to open the playoffs against the Bishop Broncos on Saturday.
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