By the tip of Timpanogos soccer’s area rivalry win over Mountain View final Friday, Timberwolves junior Luke Livingston had eclipsed 1,000 yards of complete offense in simply 4 video games.
And apparently, he doesn’t actually care.
“The factor about Luke is, should you ask him, he’s gonna let you know, ‘I’d slightly do no matter I can to assist this workforce win,’” Heaps stated. “He doesn’t care. He’s not an enormous stats man.”
The street hasn’t been a simple one for the Timberwolves after dropping their beginning senior quarterback, however due to some artful coaches and gamers like Livingston doing no matter it takes, the workforce hasn’t misplaced a step in its 4-0 begin, as they beat rival Mountain View, 42-11, of their first area recreation.
“If somebody would have informed us we had been going to be 4-0 with out our quarterback,” Heaps stated, “we'd have stated ‘hey, 3-1 can be nice, 4-0, in all probability not,’ so the truth that we're, it reveals the resilience of the workforce that we've this 12 months.”
There are few issues extra foreboding in soccer than an damage to a quarterback, and for the Timberwolves, that concern was confirmed in Week 1, as senior quarterback Chase Riggs went down through the Timberwolves’ 41-25 win over Jordan.
There was a lot to be excited for Riggs at first of the season. The senior threw for 17 touchdowns and solely three interceptions in his junior 12 months. Earlier than leaving the sector towards Jordan, he had already racked up severe numbers, throwing for 370 yards and 4 touchdowns, two of them to Livingston.
Since then, Heaps and his coaches have had Livingston and junior MJ Iosefo, the beginning operating again, splitting reps on the quarterback place. The result's the fifth-best scoring offense within the state at 45.5 factors per recreation.
Livingston, who was on the All-State first workforce as a sophomore receiver final 12 months, at the moment leads the workforce in passing yards (407), speeding yards (352), and receiving yards (265). He's additionally the scoring chief in all these classes with 16 complete touchdowns.
“He’s unimaginable with the ball in his fingers,” Heaps stated. “If that’s operating a deep route, or taking a direct handoff and operating it, or simply throwing it, it simply reveals the straight-up athleticism the child has.”
The Timberwolves have more durable video games forward, to make sure. Their first 4 opponents have a mixed file of 3-12, and their subsequent two video games will likely be towards Payson (a Thursday recreation streaming on KJZZ) and Cedar Valley.
With Riggs already again to taking snaps in observe, the hope is that he will likely be absolutely healed and able to go both this week or the subsequent. If that's the case, then not solely do the Lions and Aviators have to organize for him, however they’ll even have to regulate to dealing with Livingston again full-time at receiver and Iosefo within the backfield.
Timpanogos may also be the final area workforce to face off towards Stansbury, a workforce that has a robust chance of being undefeated when it steps onto the Timberwolves’ discipline on Oct. 12. The 2 groups performed with the Area 7 title on the road final season, with the Stallions profitable it.
“The Stanbury recreation is one which the boys talked about rather a lot in the summertime,” Heaps stated. “That’s undoubtedly a recreation that’s circled.”
Between from time to time, it’s all about beating the subsequent opponent, Heaps stated. “The one method you win a area title is profitable every week.”