By Greg Perkins Homecoming night in Holbrook went as expected with the resurgent Roadrunners scoring early and often against a struggling Pinon team, eventually resulting in a 49-0 Holbrook win. Izzy Ramos had a huge night scoring four touchdowns. The first score came on Holbrook’s second offensive play when Marcus Oberriter found Ramos for a 70-yard catch and run. Holbrook special teams blocked a Pinon punt, and Ramos scooped it up and landed in the endzone for the Bird’s second score of the night putting them up 12-0 with both PAT kicks missed. With 5:02 left in the first period, Daniel Montijo caught a short pass and went untouched around the left end for a 45-yard score Another missed PAT left the score at 18-0. Ramos scored his third touchdown of the quarter on a 36-yard catch of an Oberriter pass with 2:56 left in the first quarter, pushing Holbrook’s lead to 24-0. Oberriter and Ramos hooked up again early in the second period making the margin 30-0. Montijo found the endzone for his second time of the night, this time on a 49-yard punt return for a score making the lead 36-0. Kyle Smith scored Holbrook’s 42nd point with 2:58 left in the half on a 38-yard catch and run. That score gave the Roadrunners the margin needed for a running clock. Holbrook’s final score of the half and the game came on a Chase Sahmie 27-yard catch and run when he was left uncovered in front of Holbrook’s bench. Following Holbrook’s eighth touchdown of the night, they were finally successful on the point after kick making the final score 49-0. During halftime, both coaches agreed to shorten the third and fourth quarters to just eight minutes with a nonstop clock for the whole second half. Pinon was down to just 13 players at that point. The second half went by quickly with Holbrook purposely not scoring any more points, other than field goal attempts which were unsuccessful. Oberriter completed five of six passes for 202 yards, with all five completions going for touchdowns. Caden Tom was Holbrook’s leading rusher with 45 yards on two carries. Montijo carried just once for 41 yards, Kalub Trujillo picked up nine yards on two runs and Mason Archunde had one seven-yard run. Ramos had three catches for 137 yards and each reception resulted in a touchdown. Chase Sahmie had one 27-yard scoring reception. Kyle Smith scored on a 38-yard catch and run. Ramos led the defense with seven tackles. Teyton Begay had six. Victor Saiz had two sacks and Manuel Baca had one sack. This week Holbrook will be tested. The 4-1 Roadrunners will travel to Whiteriver to face the 3-1 Falcons in a critical 2A Little Colorado Region game. The winner of this game will have the upper hand on the playoffs. With both teams still having region favorite St. Johns on their schedules, this game is basically a must-win game for the team wanting to have a chance at the playoffs. The Falcons suffered their first loss of the season last week in a 44-46 shoot-out with Miami. They defeated Pinon by a similar score of 52-0 last week. The last time Holbrook and Alchesay played was six years ago with the Roadrunners prevailing 38-20. Roadrunner fans would certainly hope for a similar outcome this week.
