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Spartans bury Prairie City

Written by Gerry Steele September 27, 2009 06:02 pm

Pine-Eagle closed out its preseason football schedule by dominating Prairie City 56-12 in a non-league contest at Halfway Friday afternoon.

“We dominated in the first half, and played mostly junior varsity players in the second half,” said Pine-Eagle coach Blake Dennis.

“The pads were really popping, and it was clear we were dominating through the second quarter.

“We got the JVs ready at halftime,” Dennis said. “Our plan was to not let Prairie City come back in the second half.”

Quarterback Jake Traw gave Pine-Eagle a 14-0 first-quarter lead with a pair of touchdown passes to Nathan Tanaka.

Traw added a third TD pass to Justice Walker, and ran for another score in the second quarter. Kyle Dennis added another TD run as the Spartans forged a 38-0 halftime lead.

Josh Deen ran the second-half kikcoff back for a tuchdown and freshman Kipp Miller added a pair of TD runs to help the Spartans build their lead to 56-6 in the third quarter.

The teams played under a running clock from that point on due to the 45-point mercy rule.

“We’ve stepped it up every week,” Dennis said. “I think the kids are ready to jump into league play.

“This was a good game for us to execute our offense, and play hard-nosed defense. To stay health and be ready for the league opener.”

The Spartans open Old Oregon League play Friday at 7 p.m. at Powder Valley.

Prairie City 0 0 6 6 — 12

Pine-Eagle 14 24 18 0 — 56

PE — Tanaka 5 pass from Traw (Dennis run)

PE — Tanaka 33 pass from Traw (PAT failed)

PE — Walker 46 pass from Traw (Traw run)

PE — Dennis 44 run (Gonzales pass from Traw)

PE — Traw 40 ru (Dennis run)

PE — Deen 80 kickoff return (PAT failed)

PE — Miller 15 run (PAT failed)

PE — Miller 20 run (PAT failed)

(Prairie City scoring unavailable)

Individual statistics

(Pine-Eagle only)

Rushing — Dennis 10-157, Miller 5-74, Traw 3-45, Stiles 4-5, Deen 2-2, Thorn 1-0.

Passing — Traw 3-3-0-84.

Receiving — Tanaka 2-38, Walker 1-46.

Tackles (Top 5) — Waterland 2 solo, 11 assist, 1 fumble recovery; Deen 6 solo, 5 assist; Dennnis 3 solo, 6 assist, 1 caused fumble; Miller 3 solo, 5 assist, 2 sacks; L. Powell 1 solo, 8 assists, 1 fumble recovery.