Call it Friday night might
Preston flexes its muscle, wins 52-0
By JODY ZARKOS
Express Staff Writer
Chris Santiago, Wood River senior, tackles Preston?s big tight end Lynden Moser during Friday?s game won by visiting Preston 52-0. Photo by Willy Cook
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It was a night where nothing went right for the Wolverine football team.
Hosting Preston (3-3) in a Great Basin grid matchup at Phil Homer Field in Hailey Friday, Wood River (0-6) suffered its largest loss of the season, falling 52-0 to the Indians.
Turnovers were paramount. Wood River committed five fumbles and was intercepted four times.
Wood River head coach Dale Martin said, ?We work on fumbles and holding onto the football all week. When we fumbled away our first three possessions and they went down and scored it deflated us.
?The team is thinking?here we go again. But what bothered me most is we lost our composure.?
In contrast, the Indians were picked off twice, but made seven trips into the end zone. Preston hit a field goal and were forced to punt only once. Hailey lofted four punts.
The Indian offensive attack was spearheaded by senior running back Justin Torfin and senior quarterback George Russom. Both scored three touchdowns apiece.
?Preston is very well coached and well disciplined. They took advantage of everything we did wrong,? Martin remarked.
?But the kids were playing hard. I can?t knock their intensity, but you can?t expect your defense to be out there that long.?
Friday?s contest was the second straight game Wood River has been shut out this season. The Wolverines have scored only one touchdown in the last three games and have been held scoreless for 11 straight periods.
?It?s pretty hard right now. The kids are down. They?re human and they are tired of getting pounded on,? Martin said. ?But we have to catch a break sometime.?
Wood River travels to Jerome this Friday. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m.
And there is more bad news for the Wolverines from a historical view.
Jerome leads the 31-game grid series between the two schools 28-3 including 23 consecutive wins (11 shutouts) by a cumulative margin of 776 to 130. Last fall the Tigers outrushed the Wolverines 358-16 and prevailed 34-0 on the Tiger gridiron. Wood River has never won in Jerome.
Senior Billy Kramer, ejected from the Preston game for unnecessary roughness, has been suspended for this Friday?s Great Basin West contest at Jerome (1-5, 0-1 league). It will be Jerome?s Homecoming night.
Martin said, ?They use a 4-4 stack on defense and run a one-back with some option. They got a win last week (25-7) because they played Buhl.
?I think Jerome is beatable. If we can go down and take the ball and score, I think our kids will get excited and go out and play some football.?
Jerome?s win at Buhl (1-5) snapped a 12-game Tiger losing streak that stretched back to the 34-0 home win over Wood River last Sept. 12. Jerome lost at home to Preston 36-20 and to Pocatello 22-13 and at Minico 21-0.
There is some history. One of the assistant coaches for first-year Jerome head coach Jerry Diehl, a 1975 Tiger grad who won a 2A state football title for Wendell last fall, is last year?s Wood River offensive coordinator Brett Wright.
PRESTON 52, WR 0
PRESTON 21 10 14 7 52
WRiver 0 0 0 0 0
SCORING
Preston ? Justin Torfin, 27-yard TD (pass failed); 11:00 1st , 6-0.
Preston ? Jess Henderson, 5-yard TD (PAT good); 8:33 1st, 14-0.
Preston ? George Russom, 3-yard TD (kick good); 5:05 1st, 21-0.
Preston ? George Russom, 1-yard TD (kick good); 10:02 2nd, 28-0.
Preston ? 30-yard field goal by Brian Firth, 14.9 2nd, 31-0.
Preston ? Torfin, 49-yard TD, 11:00 3rd (PAT good), 39-0.
Preston ? Russom to Lynden Moser 11-yard TD pass (kick blocked), 9:13 3rd, 45-0.
Preston ? Torfin, 2-yard TD (kick good), 10:34 4th, 52-0.
KEY STATS...PR...WR
Off. plays...73...47
Possession time...30:58...17:02
1st downs, total...24...3
Rushes, yards...50-247...27-31
Fumbles lost...0...5
Comp., passes...6-19...3-10
Passing yards...65...26
Intercepted by...2...4
Returns, yards...1-32...8-136
Tot. yards gained...312...46
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS?Wood River
Rushing?Tyson Reynoso 7-21; Scott Bartlett 3-10; Huston Brashears 14-5;
Passing?Brashears 3-8, 26 yards, 2 INT. Craig Werley 0-2, 2 INT.
Receiving?Tyson Reynoso 2-21. Casey Lane 1-5.
Kickoff returns?Carl Browning 5-91; Kenny Cardona 2-27; Chris Santiago 1-18.
Tackles (70)?Tyson Reynoso 12 solo/9 assists; Carl Browning 10/4; Alex Burwell 12/3; Matt Jost 9/3; Chris Santiago 7/3; Scott Bartlett 6/2; Kenny Cardona 4/3; Jeff Conover 5/2 (INT); Grayson Thompson 4/0; Tyler Jackson 1/1.
