Tehachapi at Burroughs (Ridgecrest)
Friday, September 26, 2008
Warrior Derek Lange finished this play without his helmet after it was knocked off by the Burroughs defense.
Lange went on to rush for 29 yards and scored a one-yard touchdown. Photo by Michael Duffy, The Tehachapi News
Posted September 26, 2008 by Tom Shea, The Bakersfield Californian Clutch TD Gives Burros Big Win
RIDGECREST --- A game that began sloppy ended electric.
Tehachapi and Burroughs combined for 10 turnovers and 233 yards in penalties Friday, but the game's final seconds wiped away any recollection of poor execution by the squads.
Stephen Harlow who had a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the game's final seconds, lifted Burroughs a 23-21 non-league victory over the Warriors, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.
The winning score came on the heels of a clutch play by Tehachapi.
Down 20-17 with less than 3 minutes left, Tehachapi's Kurtis Knudson connected with J.J. Balkar for a 53-yard completion to the Burroughs 3-yard line, setting up a Knudson-to-Matt Bloom 3-yard touchdown strike with 32 seconds remaining.
Burroughs (3-0) had a solid night from sophomore quarterback Derrick Dison, who amassed 182 yards of total offense, including a second-quarter 39-yard screen pass to Harlow.
Tehachapi had a comparable passing game, with 121 yards through the air, but was stymied with six lost fumbles.
Josh Strauss of the Warriors (1-3) had a game-high 89 rushing yards on 14 carries.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tehachapi 7 0 0 14 21 Burroughs 3 7 7 6 23
The Scoring:
First Quarter:
Bur (6:57) - Smith 20 yard FIELD GOAL
Teh (5:03) - Loli 9 yard TD RUN (Remier PAT kick good)
Second Quarter:
Bur (2:43)-Harlow 39 yard TD PASS from Dison (Smith PAT kick good)
Third Quarter:
Bur (7:00) - Thomas 22 yard TD RUN (Smith PAT kick good)
Fourth Quarter:
Teh (6:03) - Lange 1 yard TD RUN (Reimer PAT kick good)
Teh (0:32) - Bloom 3 yard TD PASS from Knudson (Reimer PAT kick good)
Bur (0:15) - Harlow 98 yard TD KICKOFF RETURN
THS vs BURROUGHS STATS
THS BHS First Downs 13 12 Rushes-Yards 41-200 33-106 Passing Yards 121 130 Comp-Att-Int 7-12-1 9-21-3 Total Yards 321 236 Punts Fumbles-Lost 6-6 1-0 Penalties 14-131 12-92
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING--Tehachapi: Strauss 14-89, Loli 16-78, Lange 6-29; Burroughs: Thomas, 14-54, Dison 16-52
PASSING--Tehachapi: Knudson 6-11-1-100, Coontz 1-1-0-21; Burroughs: Dison 9-21-3-130
RECEIVING--Tehachapi: Balkar 2-71, Coontz 1-26, Strauss 3-18; Burroughs: Harlow 4-72, Hess 2-27, Leiva 1-17, Manns 2-14
Varsity – Tehachapi 1-3, Burroughs 3-0
JV — Tehachapi 34, Burroughs 19
Frosh – Tehachapi 27, Burroughs 7
Stephen Harlow of Burroughs returns a kickoff 98 yards in the final seconds of the game to lead the Burros to a narrow 23-21 win
over the Warriors. The Warriors fall to 1-3 in pre-league play. Photo by Mark Suorez, Burrosfootball.com
