Snowflake moved their season mark to 5-1 with an exciting 28-21 road win at Blue Ridge on Friday night.
The Lobos scored midway through the first period on a four-yard run from David Brimhall. Samuel Crockett’s point after kick gave the Lobos the only first quarter points and a 7-0 lead heading to the second.
Blue Ridge pulled within a point early in the second on a 32-yard touchdown pass. The point after kick failed leaving Snowflake with a one-point margin. With around six minutes left in the second quarter Snowflake increased their lead when Ethan Ramage found Cody Fox for a 13-yard scoring strike. Crockett’s point after boot made the score 14-6.
That score didn’t hold up for long. Blue Ridge’s Corey Endfield returned the ensuing kick off 75 yards for a Jacket score. When PJ London converted the two point play the game was suddenly knotted at 14-14. That score held up until halftime.
In the third Ramage put the Lobos in front again, this time on a 26-yard scoring toss to Jake Christensen. The point after attempt failed, but Snowflake was back on top.
With six minutes left in the game Blue Ridge took the lead for the first time. A five-yard touchdown pass and the successful point after kick put the Yellowjackets on top 21-20. With less than a minute left in the game Luke Patterson capped a Lobo drive with a five-yard touchdown run. Cody Fox then punched in the two-point conversion putting Snowflake on top 28-21.
Snowflake intercepted a Blue Ridge pass at desperation time preserving the Lobo win.
Ramage finished the night completing 16 of his 20 passes for 147 yard with a pair of touchdowns. Brimhall caught four passes for 38 total yards. Sam Ruehle had three for 33 yards, Christensen had just one catch but it covered 26 yards for a score. Fox had four receptions for a total of 25 yards with a touchdown. Patterson had two receptions for 17 yards. Ethan Walker and Brigden Turley each had one four yard catch.
On the ground the Lobos finished with 210 total yards. Turley did the bulk of the work gaining 142 of those yards on 18 carries. Brimhall picked up 37 on 6 runs. Fox gained 18 on four carries, and Patterson also gained 18 yards on three attempts. Walker had one 7-yard rush.
