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It was an extended bus trip dwelling for the Riverton Silverwolves final week and an excellent longer week that adopted, recovering from a disappointing loss at Dixie, however it gave coach Jody Morgan’s group ample alternative to get better and deal with its subsequent opponent — the Cyprus Pirates.
On Friday night time, the Silverwolves took solely two offensive performs to attain their first landing, and their focus remained as they performed maybe one of the best half of soccer in at school historical past, rolling to a 56-6 non-region victory on the Pirates’ dwelling subject.
Tegan Morton threw for 220 yards and 4 touchdowns, Beaux Robert blocked a punt that led to a rating and Talon Parker had three good punt returns as Riverton took a 49-0 lead at halftime and coasted via a shortened second half, which was performed with a operating clock as a result of UHSAA’s “mercy rule.”
“We had been able to play, and everybody was excited to see all people to effectively on this sport,” mentioned coach Morgan. “We wished to point out that we weren’t the identical group as final week. We had been anxious to get one other sport below our belt.”
Cyprus, which entered the sport undefeated (2-0), was outplayed all through. The Pirates couldn't include Riverton’s operating assault, and Tegan Morgan was usually free to roll out and discover open receivers. Early within the sport, he mentioned tight finish Owen Barton approached him and mentioned, “Discover me. I’ll be open on a publish, and I’ll take it the remainder of the best way.”
Tegan Morgan related with Brayden Preston and Logan Dunfield for first-quarter scores, then discovered Barton open on a 31-yard landing for a 28-0 lead early within the second quarter. Barton’s go to to his quarterback on the bench got here shortly afterward. It needed to wait just a few minutes, although, as a result of Bryson DuPaix recovered Roberts’ punt block ultimately zone that led to a different simple rating.
After the Silverwolves let a 13-7 lead slip away final week in St. George, no factors had been sufficient on this night time.
“I noticed him (Barton). He’s an enormous man, however I couldn’t loft it as a result of he had a man proper on him, so I fired it in there, and he did the remainder of it,” Tegan Morgan mentioned.
Barton, in reality, escaped his defender after which broke a number of different tackles for a 35-0 lead.
At that time, Riverton had a lot momentum, it might do nothing fallacious. By half, the Silverwolves out-gained Cyprus in whole yards 340-62. The Pirates additionally didn’t assist themselves with penalties, which coach Tyler Garcia probably didn’t see in earlier wins over Tooele and Highland.
The Pirates lastly scored within the third quarter, profiting from a muffed Riverton punt, and a number of other essential runs by quarterback Skyler Armenta, a 6-foot-4 chief who additionally excels on the Cyprus wrestling group.
Riverton’s protection, although, saved him in verify for a lot of the sport, and the ensuing effort ought to have made the fast journey again to RHS much more festive than the journey dwelling the week earlier than.
Easton Hicks added 88 yards on simply 5 rushes for Riverton. Dunfield was the chief of 5 receivers who caught passes for the Silverwolves. Barton had simply two catches, however made probably the most of them.