Freshman Take on Pittsburgh
Pittsburg 41, Monte Vista 6
35-0 at half, Monte Vista plays Pirates even 6-6 in second half
Zachary Cribb makes 32 yard run for a 1st down
DL Tanner Hibberd made a big stop for no gain with Pittsburg threatening 1st and Goal on MV's 5.
QB John Hooper passed to WR Cameron Bothwell for MV's only score.
DB Jack McKee stopped a Pittsburg drive with a fumble recovery on the MV 18
RB Kyle Henry receives kick off and runs it back to the Pittsburg 39.
OL Grant Martin opens hole for to gain 8 yards up the middle.
WR Peter Stanton catches 9 yard pass from QB John Hooper.
TE R. Tyler Warson throws a block allowing Crab run up the Right sideline for a nice gain.
DB Dominic Turchet saved a touchdown by chasing down the Pittsburg runner on the MV 5.
DB Michael Anderson then made a nice stop, followed by a sack by LB Ryan Moskow leaving the Pirates 4 and goal on the MV 12. Unfortunately, Pittsburg went for it and scored on a timing pass to the corner of the end zone.
RB Kyle Henry receives kick off and runs it back to the Pittsburg 39.
Chase Redd kicks off second half pinning the Pirates down on their own 20.
DL Ryan Hancock, LB Jake Clare and LB Scott Shirreffs make successive stops forcing Pittsburg to punt.
Next MV possession, QB Hooper connects with WR Stanton for 35 yards.
3 plays later on 4th and 1RB Kyle Henry receives kick off and runs it back to the Pittsburg 39.4, TE Warson take a swing pass to the right for a 1st down.
A pass up the middle to Stanton makes it 1st and goal on the Pittsburg 5, followed by a pass to WR Cameron Bothwell for a TD.
DL Victor Chase saved a TD chasing down a Pirate streaking down the left sideline.
DB Jack McKee made a nice tackle on the left sideline as well.
LB Shirreffs made several stops up the middle, with one where he turned the Pittsburg RB around so he was running back up the field.
WR Turchet took a pass from Hooper for 8 yards.
RB Crab ran left for 17 yards with TE Conner Young blocking.
5th quarter highlights:
DL Dylan Dalton wraps up a Pirate RB for a loss.
LB Travis Sheppard made a classic tackle.
WR Jordan “Tornado” Smith throws a huge block to open up the left side on a sweep.
QB Ryan Moskow passed to WR Greg Gibbert for 8 yards.
RB Samuel Christensen ran up the middle for 12 yards with OL Alex Engle opening the hole.

