Coronado continues turnaround

The Cougars, who lost four of their first five games this season, erupted for four consecutive second-half touchdowns en route to a 40-26 rout of the host Wolves on Friday night.

Coronado (5-4, 3-2) notched its fourth straight win, and Basic (5-4, 1-4) suffered its fourth consecutive loss.

Cougars coach Alex Moore said the key to his team’s turnaround was a closed-door meeting a day after a 38-0 drubbing by Del Sol left Coronado at 1-4.

“The kids did a little soul searching over the weekend and came out Monday ready to go,” he said. “They’ve stepped it up since the Del Sol game. They got punched in the mouth and took it personal ever since then.”

Derek Eamon rushed for 181 yards on 17 carries and scored two touchdowns, and Brady McManus threw for 148 yards and two scores to lead Coronado’s attack. Colton Schofield returned an interception for a touchdown and had two sacks to spark the Cougars’ defense.

Basic quarterback Josh Ross threw for 243 yards and two TDs and ran for a score. But he lost two fumbles on muffed handoffs, was picked off on consecutive plays and was sacked five times as the Wolves squandered 12-0 and 18-14 leads.

“We just ran out of steam, and that has really hurt us in a lot of games this year,” Wolves coach Cliff Frazier said.

Basic scored a late touchdown and 2-point conversion for the final margin, and the game was called with 1:55 left after Wolves kicker Kelly Armistead got hit hard on the ensuing kickoff and lay motionless on the field for several minutes as players from both teams knelt near him at midfield.

Armistead was eventually helped off the field and diagnosed with a concussion.

• Spring Valley 20, Sierra Vista 19 — At Sierra Vista, the No. 10 Grizzlies escaped with a win as the Lions failed on a possible game-winning 2-point conversion.

Trailing 20-14, Sierra Vista (2-6, 2-2 Southwest) drove 80 yards to score with 28 seconds remaining on Emir Lopez’s 5-yard run.

The Lions decided to go for the victory, but Akil Sharp was stopped at the 1, and Spring Valley won its fourth game in five tries.

The loss was Sierra Vista’s fifth by seven points or fewer.

Spring Valley (7-2, 4-1) scored on a 7-yard Tracy Lide run and a 72-yard pass from Anton Stallworth to Brandon Weisenberger to take a 14-0 lead late in the third period.

But the Lions scored two touchdowns in a 50-second span. Sharp scored on a 2-yard run to end the third quarter. On the first offensive play of the final period, Darian Yahyavi intercepted a Stallworth pass and returned it 43 yards for a TD.

Chris Zatezalo’s extra point was blocked, and the Grizzlies led 14-13.

Stallworth hit Weisenberger from 43 yards out on Spring Valley’s next possession, pushing the lead to 20-13.

Sharp paced the Lions with 135 yards on 30 carries.

— Sam Leeper

• Green Valley 35, Foothill 14 — At Foothill, Frank Satterfield rushed for 320 yards and four touchdowns on 34 carries as the Gators (4-5, 3-2 Southeast) ran past the Falcons (2-7, 2-4).

Green Valley took a 14-0 lead with touchdowns on its first two drives: a 22-yard run by Satterfield and a 20-yard pass from Nick Libonati to Kyle Larimer.

Foothill cut the lead to 21-14 on Raymond Gray’s 11-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter.

The Falcons recovered a fumble with 9:36 left in the fourth quarter to get a shot to tie the game. Foothill quarterback Derek Muaava found Marcus Hurtado on a quick slant, but as Hurtado was breaking into the open he fumbled the ball back to the Gators.

Satterfield added touchdown runs of 35 and 74 yards to seal the victory.

Hurtado finished with three receptions for 102 yards.

— Jamie Chagnon

• Western 52, Bonanza 14 — At Western, Phillip Payne made the most of a three-reception night, scoring three touchdowns, to lead the sixth-ranked Warriors (6-1, 4-0 Southwest) past the Bengals (2-6, 0-4).

Western quarterback J.D. Buonantony tossed the three scoring passes to Payne, including a 72-yard screen pass on a third-and-25 play in the fourth quarter. Payne also scored on catches of 10 and 35 yards.

Reggie Bullock rushed for 137 yards and two scores. Brian Mickel added two carries — both touchdowns — for 59 yards as the Warriors racked up 354 yards on just 35 offensive plays.

Bonanza’s Rakim Lowe rushed for one touchdown and threw a scoring pass to Deseun Martin. Lowe completed 10 of 21 passes for 119 yards.

— Bartt Davis

• Chaparral 43, Eldorado 28 — At Eldorado, Quentin McCloud ran for 132 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries to lead the Cowboys past the rival Sundevils in the annual “Cleat Game.”

Chaparral’s Tyquise Anthony threw touchdown passes of 54 and 50 yards.

Eldorado trailed 21-7 at halftime but tied the score on two third-quarter touchdowns by Manny Estrada, a 1-yard keeper and a 13-yard pass to Desmond Haynes.

The Cowboys regained the lead on McCloud’s TD runs of 20 and 2 yards.

The Sundevils made things interesting when Charles White scored on a 16-yard pass from Estrada on fourth-and-12 with about 31/2 minutes left. Eldorado then tried an onside kick, but Chaparral recovered.

Anthony tacked on his 50-yard TD pass to Jermal Turner and a 2-point conversion run to seal the win.

— Brian Danise

• Silverado 48, Liberty 14 — At Liberty, Telvin McMillian rushed for 208 yards and four touchdowns as the Skyhawks smothered the Patriots (1-7, 0-5) to clinch first place in the Southeast Division.

McMillian scored on runs of 65, 40 and 17 yards to give Silverado (8-0, 5-0) a 21-0 lead with 6:44 left in the first quarter. McMillian added a 5-yard TD run early in the second quarter and had rushed for 181 yards by halftime.

The Skyhawks outgained the Patriots 418 yards to 93.

Silverado’s Jordan Evans returned a fumble 29 yards for a touchdown.

Liberty’s Ryan Doty threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Garrick Powell.

— Tim Guesman

• Las Vegas 32, Rancho 0 — At Las Vegas, a balanced rushing game and a dominating defense led the Wildcats to a shutout over the Rams in the 51st “Bone Game.”

The Wildcats (6-3, 4-1 Northeast) kept Sir Herkimer’s bone for the 12th straight season, pounding Rams quarterback James Cammack. With a defensive front designed to shut down Cammack, Las Vegas held the elusive junior to 6-for-20 passing for 50 yards, intercepted him twice and limited him to nine rushes for 8 yards.

The Wildcats surrendered just 102 yards to Rancho (4-5, 0-5)

Las Vegas got two scores each from running backs Robert Hackett (13 rushes for 117 yards) and Emery Schexnayder (11 for 108).

— Jon Gold

• Shadow Ridge 40, Arbor View 6 — At Shadow Ridge, the dynamic passing combination of Chris Jones to Preston Davis led the Mustangs (3-5, 1-4 Northwest) past the Aggies.

Arbor View struggled to contain Davis, who finished with 10 catches for 222 yards and three touchdowns.

Shadow Ridge scored first when Jones broke several tackles in the backfield and escaped with a 29-yard TD run.

The Aggies (2-6, 0-5) squandered two chances to score in the first half, losing two fumbles deep in Mustangs territory.

— Gabe Whetten

• Canyon Springs 46, Valley 14 — At Valley, Devonte Christopher completed 13 of 16 passes for 401 yards and six touchdowns in the first half to lead the third-ranked Pioneers to a rout of the Vikings (2-6, 2-3 Northeast).

Christopher, who left after the first half, completed nine of his first 10 passes, and Canyon Springs (7-1, 5-0) needed just 11 plays to score its first 34 points.

Juron Criner (186 yards on four receptions) scored three first-half touchdowns and Raveon Samuel (seven catches for 121 yards) scored twice to help the Pioneers grab a 40-0 halftime lead.

— Jeff Wollard

• Centennial 28, Legacy 9 — At Centennial, Chris Henderson rushed for 123 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown, to lead the Bulldogs (4-4, 1-4 Northwest) past the Longhorns (0-8, 0-5).

Centennial’s Tyson Turley broke a scoreless tie with a 14-yard TD run with 5:58 remaining in the second quarter.

Legacy’s Deshae Edwards answered with a 16-yard touchdown run, but Henderson followed with his TD run to give the Bulldogs the lead for good.

Centennial made the score 21-7 with 3.6 seconds left in the first half when Matt Holley caught a 30-yard pass and pitched a lateral to Torrence Whalum, who ran 20 yards for a touchdown.

— Adam Berchin

• Gorman 52, Clark 0 — At Clark, Keola Antolin accounted for 264 total yards and four touchdowns as the Gaels (8-0, 4-0 Southwest) rolled past the Chargers (2-6, 1-4).

Antolin scored on runs of 13, 50 and 8 yards and a 55-yard punt return.

Gorman’s Dylan Barrera had two 13-yard touchdown passes, to Xavier Grimble and Trey Mays. Barrera also scored on a 7-yard run.

— Jeff Hoskin

• Del Sol 35, Desert Pines 7 — At Desert Pines, Matt Burge threw two touchdown passes and Earnest Hall rushed for two touchdowns, leading the Dragons (7-1) past the Jaguars (4-5).

Del Sol, which intercepted Dalton Leilua five times, pulled away with three fourth-quarter touchdowns, including Burge’s 19-yard pass to Tim Lawson.

— Nathan Stuck

• Faith Lutheran 28, Boulder City 23 — At Faith Lutheran, Garrett Sherwood scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to help the Crusaders defeat the Eagles.

Sherwood had TD runs of 1 yard and 90 yards and caught a 35-yard TD pass from Max Done.

• The Meadows 40, West Wendover 24 — At The Meadows, Pat Kenny rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns as the Mustangs (6-2, 3-0 3A Southern League) beat the Wolverines (2-4, 0-3).