Spartan gridders roll

Kyle Dennis scored three touchdowns and ran for 183 yards to help the Spartans even their season record at 1-1.

“We were ablel to run the ball up and down the field all afternoon,” said Pine-Eagle coach Blake Dennis.

“We were in total control the whole game. We had a good all-around ball game. I was pretty happy with the kids all together.”

Two Dennis rushing touchdowns and a 24-yard TD strike from quarterback Jake Traw to Richie Gonzales gave the Spartans a 20-0 lead after one quarter.

Dennis ripped off a 55-yard run to set up his first touchdown, and Traw connected for 40 yards with Gonzales to set up the second score.

Traw threw his second TD pass of the game in the second quarter, a 65-yard strike to Nathan Tanaka. Tanaka was seeing his first action of the season after coming off an injured knee.

“Nathan only played on offense, and was going at about 80 percent,” Coach Dennis said.

Kyle Dennis scored his third touchdown on a short run in the third quarter.

Pine-Eagle finished with 412 yards in total offense.

Defensively, the Spartans also dominated.

Dennis led the way with six solo tackles, seven assists and an interception. Traw added eight tackles, two assists and two deflections.

Middle linebacker Spencer Waterland had four tackles, six assists, a sack and a fumble recovery.

Josh Deen, a transfer from Jordan Valley seeing his first action, added three tackles, six assists, a sack and forced a fumble. Kipp Miller had four tackles, and three assists.

Pine-Eagle (1-1) travels to Garden Valley, Idaho, Friday.

“I hope we step it up as much this week as we did last week,” Dennis said.

Tri Valley    0    8    0    8    — 16

Pine-Eagle    20    8    6    0    — 34

P — Dennis 2 run (Gonzales pass from Traw)

P — Dennis 5 run (PAT failed)

P — Gonzales 24 pass from Traw (PAT failed)

P — Tanaka 65 pass from Traw (Gonzales pass from Traw)

P — Dennis 4 run (PAT failed)

(Tri Valley scoring unavailable)

Individual statistics

Rushing — Pine-Eagle: Dennis 17-183, Gonzales 5-50, Miller 6-40, Deen 1-5, Stiles 2-(-6), Traw 6-(-6).

Passing — Pine-Eagle: Traw 4-10-0-147.

Receiving — Pine-Eagle: Gonzales 3-82, Tanaka 1-65.