Dion Fue (8) and Hunter Mehn (7) of the Bingham Miners have a good time after scoring a landing in opposition to the West Jordan Jaguars in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Miners received 48-0. Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
As October dawns in Utah highschool soccer, Bingham is checking all of the bins of a group gearing as much as be a troublesome out within the 6A playoffs.
The Miners clobbered rival West Jordan Friday with a potent mixture of swashbuckling dashing, explosive move performs, suffocating protection and particular groups influence for a 48-0 shutout victory.
“They performed lights out and did precisely what we requested them to do in all three phases,” Bingham coach Eric Jones mentioned. “I can’t actually ask for the rest.”
Bingham wanted solely 4 performs on its first scoring drive after a trio of rushers gashed West Jordan’s protection for almost 50 yards to arrange a Carson Sudbury 4-yard landing scamper.
The Miners protection stonewalled the following Jaguars drive with a fourth down corralling cease of quarterback Dameon Crosby. Bingham went to work on the bottom once more – chewing up yardage till quarterback Dallen Martinez linked with Havea Fotu for a 9-yard display move rating to make it 14-0 with 8:55 left within the second quarter.
“He’s a stud,” Jones mentioned of Fotu. “He’s undersized however he performs like a monster. He’s electrical within the open subject, he’s robust, he’s humble. He’s only a nice child to have on our facet and I like rooting for him.”
After one other Jaguars three and out, Martinez escaped the West Jordan rush and located Hunter Mehn downfield for a 35-yard achieve to transform a 3rd and 20 into the crimson zone. Fotu took care of the remaining, pummeling up the center for a 1-yard scoring dive and a 21-0 lead.
The Miners declined to coast when closing out the primary half, driving 60 yards in underneath two minutes for a fourth landing. Martinez dropped an ideal ball to Mehn within the nook of the top zone simply over a West Jordan defender to make it 28-0 within the last seconds earlier than the break.
“I took two steps, noticed he was coated fairly good, thought I may possibly get to the again shoulder and simply hit him good,” Martinez mentioned.
Bingham ratcheted up the tempo within the opening of the third quarter, motoring by means of a four-play scoring drive with dashing performs that stretched West Jordan laterally. Fotu discovered the top zone once more for his third and last scoring rush of the evening from 5 yards out and a 35-0 lead with 8:49 left within the third quarter.
“I didn’t give them my legs or my hips, so my legs are capable of drive,” Fotu mentioned. “We’re all the time taught to be bruising backs so that you’ve simply acquired to maintain your toes and preserve going.”
On the following kickoff, Bingham’s particular groups acquired in on the enjoyable when Kisina Afemui ripped the ball out of the West Jordan returner’s palms and rumbled 25 yards in the wrong way for an additional rating. The Miners went up 41-0 after a blocked additional level.
A fumble restoration for the Miners protection and a 2-yard Triston Brimhall rating finalized the rout, 48-0.
Subsequent as much as shut out the common season is a date with rival Riverton, a group that’s gotten one of the best of Bingham since 2019, and a recreation that the Miners are additional motivated to win.
“Gotta keep targeted going into the final week. One other huge rivalry recreation arising with Riverton,” Jones mentioned. “I don’t ever assume that the whole lot is on cruise management, however yeah, we’re taking part in fairly good soccer proper now.”