September 7, 2011
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Boulder Creek doomed by slow start in loss to Brophy MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
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Boulder Creek senior Austin Farnlof gets out and pulls, blocking for sophomore running back Dylan Spradling during Friday’s 45-33 loss to the Brophy Broncos. The 1-1 Jaguars return home for a 7 p.m. game Friday when they play host to the 1-1 Prescott Badgers.To view more photos from Friday’s game go to facebook.com/TheFoothills.Focus.
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A week after rebounding from a slow start to a runaway win in their season opener the Boulder Creek Jaguars found themselves in the same situation on Friday against Brophy Broncos. This time, against the perennial power Broncos (2-0), the Jaguars (1-1) never recovered from a 14-0 early hole, pushing the host team, but never taking the lead in 45-33 loss marked by a number of great individual efforts. “Avoiding the slow starts is something we as a coaching staff are going to have to figure out,” Jaguars coach Dan Friedman said. “I’m not sure if it’s a situation where we have some players that haven’t been in big games before or what, but you can’t dig yourself a hole against a team like this.” After giving up a 60 yard kickoff return to open the game, the Broncos, led by junior quarterback Tyler Bruggman, needed only four plays to score the game’s opening touchdown, a 20 yard pass to senior Andy Urias-Julien. After a poor return on the ensuing kickoff Boulder Creek opened their first series of the game on offense from their own 7-yardline. When they managed only four yards on three plays the Jaguars were forced to give the ball back to the Broncos. Instead of getting off a punt, a high snap from center forced senior punter Jacobus Van Leeuwen to go high in the air simply to corral the errant snap. By the time Van Leeuwen caught the ball he elected to try and throw it to a teammate rather than punt the ball away with a pair of Broncos breathing down his neck. The errant throw was incomplete giving the ball back to Brophy on the Jaguars 11-yard line. One play later the Broncos were celebrating another touchdown as Bruggman once again found Urias-Julien. Less than four minutes into the game the Jaguars were down 14-0. In danger of getting blown out early, Boulder Creek turned to senior quarterback Trevor
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Boulder Creek senior quarterback Trevor Bonifasi goes airborne as he dives for the goalline to score one of his four touchdowns during Friday’s game. Despite rushing for 165 yards on 15 carries, throwing for 208 yards on 24 – 34 passing and catching a 29-yard pass for a touchdown Bonifasi and the Jaguars came up short, falling 45-33 to the Brophy Broncos.
Bonifasi to stem the tide. Instead of relying on his arm Bonifasi would be the star for the Jaguars offense thanks not only his feet, but also his hands. On a night where he would rush for 165 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries, the Jaguars quarterback showed off his versatility with a host of tough physical runs, including a three-yard touchdown run, in which he fought off a couple of tacklers before diving across the goal line, but also some speed to run away from the defense on rushes of 46 and a 64-yard touchdown. “When we were watching film we felt that they didn’t do a great job accounting for the quarterback, so it was definitely
something we were looking to test,” Bonifasi said. “My line did a great job tonight blocking, both in the run game and in pass protection. I don’t remember getting sacked even once.” Unfortunately for the Jaguars both quarterbacks put up stellar numbers as Bruggman would finish the night with 223 yards on 16-of-27 passing and three touchdowns. “I really think fans tonight were watching two of the better quarterbacks in the state,” Friedman said. After getting within one, at 1413 three minutes into the second quarter, on a 29-yard touchdown
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