Any concerns astir the Arbor View shot squad aft an 0-3 commencement were enactment to remainder Thursday night.
Arbor View showed it was inactive the squad to bushed successful the recently formed CCSD autarkic Division I West League, arsenic the Aggies, No. 5 successful the Review-Journal’s Southern Nevada rankings, rolled to a 55-34 location triumph implicit rival No. 4 Centennial successful the league opener.
The Aggies (1-3, 1-0 Division I West) had managed 31 points successful its archetypal 3 games, which were each against out-of-state opponents. Two losses were by 1 possession and the Aggies were coming disconnected a 44-0 nonaccomplishment to nationally ranked Hamilton (Arizona) past week.
But connected Thursday, Arbor View had nary problems scoring connected Centennial (2-3, 0-1). The Aggies led 41-14 astatine halftime and scored connected each six first-half possessions.
It was the moving crippled that stood retired for Arbor View early, with the Aggies rushing for 161 yards successful the archetypal half.
That opened things up for Arbor View’s dynamic passing onslaught arsenic Oregon State perpetrate Thaddeus Thatcher accounted for 5 of the Aggies’ first-half scores with 3 passing touchdowns and 2 rushing scores.
It appeared Arbor View and Centennial would beryllium successful an aboriginal way conscionable aboriginal arsenic the teams traded touchdowns — archetypal a 9-yard walk from Thatcher to Texas A&M perpetrate Damani Warren for Arbor View and a 30-yard walk from Centennial QB Blake Nadler to Minnesota perpetrate Jayden Thomas — and the crippled tied astatine 7-7 midway done the archetypal quarter.
But everything turned Arbor View’s mode aft taking a 14-7 pb connected a 12-yard TD walk from Thatcher to Michael Gibbs connected 4th down precocious successful the archetypal quarter.
Arbor View’s defence forced a fumble aft Nadler completed a archetypal down that Drew Gatewood-Peterson recovered. Thatcher utilized his legs, powering done connected a 1-yard QB sneak arsenic the Aggies took a 21-7 pb astatine the extremity of the archetypal quarter.
The rout was connected arsenic Thatcher scrambled successful the 2nd 4th for a 27-yard TD run, and aft Arbor View recovered the ensuing kickoff, Thatcher connected with UCLA perpetrate TE Zac Fares for a 29-yard TD arsenic the Aggies extended their pb to 34-7 with six minutes earlier halftime.
Thatcher finished with 186 passing yards and 3 touchdowns and 51 rushing yards with 3 rushing scores. Warren added 74 receiving yards connected 4 catches and a touchdown.
Senior moving backmost Jamar McGee led the Aggies with 162 rushing yards and a touchdown.
Nadler had 259 passing yards and 3 touchdowns for Centennial. Nadler threw 2 touchdowns successful the 2nd fractional arsenic the Bulldogs tried to rally, but the first-half shortage and Arbor View’s occurrence powerfulness connected discourtesy was excessively overmuch to overcome.
Contact Alex Wright astatine awright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlexWright1028 connected X.
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