Faith Lutheran falls to Utah team, splits with 4 out-of-state teams

Facing a vaunted passing onslaught by Morgan (Utah), Faith Lutheran couldn’t support up successful a 54-36 nonaccomplishment astatine location connected Friday night.

Trailing the full game, the Crusaders (2-3) eyed a comeback soon earlier the extremity of the 3rd quarter. Senior backmost Dominick Folino connected with his duplicate member Gavin for a 36-yard touchdown pass, cutting the shortage to 40-30.

The Trojans — who traveled to Las Vegas from 30 minutes eastbound of Ogden — rapidly extinguished that hope.

Early successful the 4th quarter, Morgan (4-1) scored connected a touchdown walk from elder backmost Owen Gilson to inferior receiver George Thurston. After Trojans elder linebacker Cael Edgington snagged an interception, Gilson and Thurston connected for different people to enactment the crippled retired of reach, 54-30.

Faith Lutheran scored erstwhile more, connected a four-yard tally by inferior moving backmost Dominic Aguilar, but the harm was done.

“I made immoderate atrocious calls arsenic a coach,” Crusaders manager Jay Staggs said. “I made immoderate untimely precocious adjustments. And so, I blasted myself. And I got a batch of fighters connected my team. They emotion this game. Morgan is an outstanding team.”

Gavin Folino caught 8 passes for 158 yards and 3 touchdowns for Faith Lutheran. Dominic Folino finished 20-for-42 passing with 322 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Junior antiaircraft backmost Mason Warner made a team-best 7.5 tackles.

The nonaccomplishment caps a four-game agelong of out-of-state opponents wherever the Crusaders went 2-2 portion facing teams from California, Colorado and Utah.

Staggs said these past fewer weeks helped hole Faith Lutheran for the pugnacious Southern Nevada teams connected their schedule, similar Bishop Gorman.

“In bid to hole for a nationally ranked team, we’ve got to beryllium capable to find the champion disposable teams that springiness our boys an accidental to play astatine that caliber,” Staggs said. “You play bully teams. You don’t ever get bully results.”

Morgan didn’t discarded clip taking control. Trojans elder antiaircraft backmost Jerek McCleary intercepted Folino 2 minutes into the game, starring to a 51-yard touchdown tally by Thurston for a 6-0 pb implicit the Crusaders.

Morgan scored doubly much aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th connected a Gilson touchdown walk and a 35-yard interception instrumentality from elder linebacker Cade Spens.

Faith Lutheran got connected the committee precocious successful the 2nd 4th erstwhile the Folino twins connected for a 10-yard touchdown, making it 19-7. The Trojans responded rapidly with different Gilson touchdown pass.

Shortly earlier halftime, Dominick and Gavin Folino scored again connected a five-yard pass. The Crusaders ended the archetypal fractional trailing 26-14.

Gilson finished 22-for-38 passing with 312 yards and six touchdowns — 5 of which went to Thurston.