Game Recap September 3, 2011
One word describes tonight's Richland Pasco football game. Yowza!
The Bombers lost the coin toss and then spent the rest of the first half seeking retribution. Richland took the opening kickoff and started at the 35 yard line. Seven plays later, Costner Quick hit Ellijah Gardaya on a short pass at the Pasco 36 and Ellijah took it home from there for a 6-0 lead. Two minutes later, Quick threw a touchdown pass to Deric Samples. B.K. Robinson ran in the point after, 14-0 Richland. One play after the kickoff, T.J. Avery's pitch/pass sailed over Luis Murillo's head and B.K. picked it up off the bounce and returned it twelve yards. 21-0. With just under three minutes left in the first quarter, B.K. ripped off a 48 yard run. Richland 28, Pasco 0.
The Bombers offense was quite impressive but the defense was equally solid. Pasco had three first downs in the first half and were not able to produce anything positive until late in the first half when Ryan Gibson put the Bulldogs on the board with a 29 yard field goal. Richland had already scored on an eleven yard pass from Quick to Sheldon LIkkala, and another B.K. Robinson touchdown on a 3 yard run.
The second half was pretty much a blur. Literally. A new mercy rule instituted recently allows the officials to run the game clock at real speed wtih no stops and thus the Bombers only had a handful of plays. The good part of this rule is that an ugly game didn't get any uglier, the negative part is that some juniors and sophomores didn't get a few minutes of varsity experience they may have gotten in previous years. Either way, the Bombers came away with an impressive 44-10 victory on a beatiful, warm night at Edgar Brown Stadium.
Next week, it's time to throw the records out the window because the home town Hanford Falcons are invading the home town Richland Bombers. This game is always fun so I would suggest you clear your schedule for Friday, September 9 and fill the stadium in celebration of football in Richland. See you next week.
Go Bombers!
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September 2, 20111234Final
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Richland Bombers44
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Pasco Bulldogs10
