Prep football roundup: Four teams punch tickets to state; one undefeated team falls

The Borah High football team was down nine starters heading into Thursday’s matchup against Mountain View, including starting quarterback Jake Standlee and backup Nate Huskey.

Instead of providing excuses, the Lions trotted out 6-foot-1, 200-pound senior receiver Ellis Magnuson to run the wildcat.

And it nearly worked.

The injury-depleted Lions stayed with the Mavericks for three quarters before Mountain View scored the game’s final three touchdowns for a 48-24 victory at Dona Larsen Park.

“It was really tough to just kind of figure out what to prepare for, so probably we spread ourselves thin with reps during the week because we were prepping for everything,” Mountain View coach Judd Benedick said. “It didn’t work very well, and it took us a while to adjust.”

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Standlee suffered an undiagnosed forearm injury against Boise last week, and Borah coach Jason Burton declined to reveal the injury after Thursday’s loss. Burton did say both Standlee and Huskey were “doubtful” for Borah’s game at Centennial next Friday.

“My hat’s off to them and their coaching staff, because their kids were fired up still to play, and they still played their butts off,” Benedick said. “They weren’t feeling sorry for themselves because they didn’t have their quarterback. They played awesome.”

The Lions (5-2) leaned heavily on the athletic and versatile duo of Magnuson and junior receiver/linebacker Austin Bolt out of the gate.

Magnuson drew the Mavericks’ defense in with his legs early in the Lions’ opening drive before airing it out for a 56-yard touchdown pass to Bolt and a 7-0 lead with 9:17 on the clock.

Kicker Kellan McCullough added a 24-yard field goal on the Lions’ second drive, which started after linebacker Jacob Batubenga forced a Mountain View fumble that Bolt recovered on the Mavs’ 35-yard line.

Bolt then powered his way to an 82-yard kickoff return to make it a 17-7 Borah lead after the first quarter.

Bolt accounted for all three of the Lions’ touchdowns, the last coming on a 1-yard fly sweep that brought Borah within 28-24 with 6:01 to go in the third quarter.

“I’m super proud of these guys, and that’s what I told them in the locker room,” Burton said. “... They came out and fought, and that’s all we can ask them to do.”

As impressive as the Lions’ effort was given the circumstances, the night belonged to Mountain View senior running back Jaymon Barrus, who assured the Mavericks (5-2) a playoff berth with 206 rushing yards and three TDs on 19 carries.

Senior tight end Joey Elwell, a Montana commit, provided the Mavericks’ counter punch with four receptions for 75 yards and two TDs.

“When we run the ball really well it opens it up for the skill guys and it opens it up for tight ends like me to get a few touches,” Elwell said. “It all starts up front. That’s kind of what we pride ourselves on is being nasty up front and opening up holes.”

Nampa 35, Middleton 28

Nampa is going to the state playoffs for the first time since 2009, and the Bulldogs knocked off the top-ranked and unbeaten Vikings to get there.

Quarterbacks Braden Minor and Donnie Estrada threw two touchdown passes each, and Jace Mann returned an interception 80 yards for a score to give Nampa (6-1, 5-1 4A SIC) its sixth straight win.

Middleton (6-1, 5-1) entered the game averaging a classification-best 48.5 points per game, but the Vikings scored a season-low 28 points and committed three turnovers.

Bishop Kelly 32, Kuna 15

Senior Matt Heilman started the second half with a 70-yard kickoff return, sparking Bishop Kelly (6-1, 6-1 4A SIC) to a win against Kuna (3-4, 2-4).

The game was tied 8-8 at halftime, and BK led 18-8 through three quarters.

Quarterback Beau Nelson gave the Knights some breathing room with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including a 99-yarder to Mike Stone.

Nelson finished 10-for-18 passing for 202 yards and three TDs without an interception to help the Knights secure a playoff berth for the seventh year in a row.

Homedale 63, Parma 0

Top-ranked Homedale pushed its record to 8-0 and simultaneously clinched a playoff berth with a shutout of 3A SRV foe Parma.

It was the third shutout of the season for the Homedale defense, which held the Panthers (1-6, 1-2) to 90 total yards and came up with two interceptions and a fumble.

Mason Kincheloe totaled 113 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 13 carries. The Trojans scored seven of their nine TDs on the ground.

First quarter

EAG — Austin Frisk 37 field goal, 10:30

RM — Brayden Hamilton 12 pass from Colby Jackson (run failed), 8:29

RM — Nick Romano 37 pass from Jackson (pass failed), 3:49

Second quarter

RM — Romano 60 run (run failed), 10:27

EAG — Kaden Baskett 28 pass from Ben Ford (Frisk kick), 6:20

Third quarter

RM — Romano 2 run (kick blocked), 6:37

EAG — Ford 37 run (Frisk kick), 5:39

Fourth quarter

RM — Romano 24 run (Josh Pratt kick), 0:52

RUSHING — Rocky Mountain: Colby Jackson 5-(-7), Dylan Olley 1-(-13), Nick Romano 37-261. Eagle: Nelson Russell 4-15, Ben Ford 17-151, Kaden Baskett 4-10, Jackson Stampfli 1-(-1), Charlie Baker 15-79, Team 1-(-10).

PASSING — Rocky Mountain: Jackson 9-18-1 150. Eagle: Ford 10-27-3 101; Drew Lajocies 0-1-0 0.

RECEIVING — Rocky Mountain: Conner Croft 3-72, Justin Jones 1-7, Romano 3-37, Brayden Hamilton 2-36. Eagle: Dalton Mashore 1-14, Russell 3-32, Baskett 5-53, Baker 1-2.

First quarter

BOR – Austin Bolt 56 pass from Ellis Magnuson (Kellan McCullough kick), 9:17

BOR – McCullough 24 field goal, 2:29

MV – Jaymon Barrus 5 run (Kyle Hugo kick), 1:13

BOR – Bolt 82 kickoff return (McCullough kick), 1:01

Second quarter

MV – Noah Bryant 1 run (Hugo kick), 11:01

MV – Joey Elwell 13 pass from Bryant (Hugo kick), 0:21

Third quarter

MV – Barrus 59 run (Hugo kick), 11:28

BOR – Bolt 1 run (McCullough kick), 6:01

MV – Elwell 19 pass from Bryant (Hugo kick), 4:48

Fourth quarter

MV – Alex Shelton 30 interception return (kick failed), 9:47

MV – Barrus 10 run (Hugo kick), 4:25

Individual leaders

RUSHING — Mountain View: Barrus 19-206, Ace Gibson 3-12, Seth Jones 1-17, Bryant 4-34, Blake Jablonski 1-13, Leyton Smithson 11-54. Borah: Magnuson 21-87, Austdan Phomphackdy 11-36, Bolt 10-132, Cameron Pruitt 5-28, Logan Miller 1-4, Forrest 1-0, Tyler Phimmasone 2-(-3).

PASSING — Mountain View: Bryant 11-13-0 142. Borah: Magnuson 6-8-1 112. Alec Gray 1-3-0 3.

RECEIVING — Mountain View: Elwell 4-75, Barrus 2-11, Jablonski 1-8, Kaden Chan 2-15, Jones 1-19, Cage Herron 1-14. Borah: Bolt 2-59, Batubenga 1-6, Pruitt 1-9, Caleb Golden 2-34, Phomphackdy 1-6.

First quarter

NAM — Donnie Estrada 11 pass from Braden Minor (Zach Feirfeil kick), 3:22

Second quarter

MID — Jake Tuckett 10 run (Neal Weber kick), 7:55

NAM — Cade Smith 6 pass from Minor (Declan Smith kick), 1:52

NAM — Jace Mann 80 interception return (Smith kick), 0:57

MID — Tuckett 4 run (Weber kick), 0:12

Third quarter

MID — Jace Rodgers 4 pass from Dallas Hagler (Weber kick), 7:30

NAM — Grant Roberts 5 pass from Estrada (Smith kick), 3:31

Fourth quarter

NAM — Mann 69 pass from Estrada (Smith kick), 10:26

MID — #2 12 run (Weber kick), 8:23

RUSHING — Middleton: Jake Tuckett 20-111, Dallas Hagler 8-12. Nampa: Brian Carrillo 27-126, Donnie Estrada 8-68, Braden Minor 10-41, Alex Bernal 6-37, Jace Mann 1-21.

PASSING — Middleton: Hagler 14-30-3 183. Nampa: Estrada 3-6-0 91; Minor 8-12-0 74.

RECEIVING — Middleton: Carson Smith 8-133, Logan Wahl 2-21, Jace Rodgers 2-9, Cash Cowdery 1-9, Austin Steblay 1-1. Nampa: Mann 3-96, Ryan Zheng 2-28, Estrada 3-23, Cade Smith 2-13, Grant Roberts 1-5.

First quarter

KUN — Tyler Cobb 85 kick return (Matthew Austin run), 11:46

Second quarter

BK — Ian Arellano 15 pass from Beau Nelson (Nelson to Cameron Morrison pass), 4:43

Third quarter

BK — Matt Heilman 70 kick return, 11:49

BK — Jackson Stingley 25 field goal, 7:04

Fourth quarter

BK — Mike Stone 99 pass from Nelson (Stingley kick), 11:44

BK — Arellano 12 pass from Nelson (Stingley kick), 4:50

KUN — Mason Leatham 11 pass from Austin (Austin kick), 1:45

RUSHING — Bishop Kelly: Ian Arellano 11-28, Jackson Huskey 4-22, Beau Nelson 4-18, Matt Heffner 1-14, Thomas Rizzo 5-13, Anthony Rizzo 3-5, Will Grazer 1-5, Brady King 2-2. Kuna: Matthew Austin 20-52, Dalton Bell 7-19, Brian McDaniel 8-11.

PASSING — Bishop Kelly: Nelson 10-18- 202. Kuna: Austin 20-36-0.

RECEIVING — Bishop Kelly: Mike Stone 1-99, Heffner 5-33, Todd Oliver 1-32, Arellano 2-27, Nate Johnson 1-11. Kuna: Mason Leatham 7-70, Dalton Bell 2-45, Zeke Wilson 3-39, Elliot Fry 4-29, Mason Cutforth 3-19, Tyler Brown 1-4.

This story was originally published October 5, 2018 at 12:53 AM.