Snowflake returned to the win column in Florence on Aug. 31 with a 34-14 road win over the Gophers. The Lobos football team didn’t gain control of the game until the fourth period where they outscored the home team 20-0 to pull away and advance their season mark to 2-1.
Cody Fox scored the Lobos first touchdown with around four minutes left in the opening frame on a three-yard rush. Samuel Crockett booted the point after giving Snowflake the 7-0 lead.
Florence pulled within a point late in the period with a long 83-yard rushing touchdown by Joshua Maignan making the score 7-6 as the conversion failed.
Early in the second Ethan Ramage connected with Brigden Turley for a 27-yard catch and run pushing the lead to 14-6 with Crockett’s point after the kick.
Midway through the third period the Gophers tied the game on a one-yard plunge. Their conversion run knotted the scoreboard at 14-14.
Two more rushing touchdowns by Fox and one from Terren Green all came in the fourth period comfortably putting Snowflake on top for good.
The Lobos compiled over 400 total yards on offense. Ramage completed 15 of 24 passes for 204 of those yards with the one touchdown toss to Brigden Turley. Turley finished the night with three catches for 46 yards. Sam Ruehle was the leading receiver for Snowflake with six receptions for 130 total yards. Luke Patterson caught 4 for 18; Green, 2 for 16; Traegon Standerfer, 1 for 9; and Fox caught 1 for 4 yards.
Turley led Snowflake’s ground attack with 91 yards on 19 carries. Fox had an impressive game with 79 yards and three scores on 14 attempts. Patterson gained five on 35, and Green had rushed three times for 13 yards.
Last week the Lobos host the upstarts Page Sand Devils who are off to an impressive beginning with three straight wins, including two over a pair of 3A East teams in Payson and Winslow. They defeated Florence as well.
