On Friday November 19th, the Brophy Broncos concluded their season with a 13-12 loss to the Mountain Pointe Pride in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.
Mountain Pointe fumbled the opening kickoff and Brophy took over with great field position. A 23 yard completion to Matt Auran '13 from Fred Gammage '12 set the Broncos up with first and goal. A couple plays later Josh Dennard '11 would finish the drive with a touchdown run.
The extra point attempt was 5 yards further due to a false start penalty and Casey Skowron '11 hooked it a few inches to the right.
Later in the quarter, Arizona State commit Izzy Marshall intercepted a Gammage pass and returned it all the way for a touchdown, giving Mountain Pointe a 7-6 lead.
Brophy would have terrible field position for most of the game due to effective punting by Kevin Kadisak of Mountain Pointe. Brophy started drives at their own 1, 1, 2, and 8 yard lines.
Kadisak added a 25 yard field goal with 39.2 seconds before the half to give the Pride a 10-6 lead.
On the Broncos first drive of the second half, Devon Allen '13 lost a fumble giving the Pride excellent field position once again.
Kadisak added his second field goal of the game , from 44 yards, with 9:15 remaining in the third period giving Mountain Ridge a 13-6 lead.
In the fourth quarter, Brophy had its most productive drive of the game. Starting at their own 20, they drove the length of the field.
On 3rd and goal from the 13 yard line, Gammage took off and charged into the end zone closing the gap at 13-12 with 5:06 renaming in the game.
The extra point was blocked due to a bad snap.
Luckily for Brophy, their defense stuffed Mountain Pointe again. On third down Danny Riggs '11 recovered an unforced fumble at the Mountain Pointe 35 yard line with 2:18 remaining.
A couple minutes later on 4th down and four, Skowron attempted a potential game winning field goal from 46 yards, but he hooked it a couple inches to the right.
A few weeks ago Skowron wasn't even playing football; his primary sport is soccer.
“We were two, three inches from moving on. Our team melded together and I congratulate Mountain Pointe," said Brophy coach Scooter Molander.
Fred Gammage, who was a wide reciever a couple months ago, finished 14 of 21 for 123 yards with 2 interceptions and a 13 yard rushing touchdown.
Brophy outgained Mountain Ridge 202 yards to 146 yards, but had three turnovers to the Pride's two.
The Broncos defense held the Pride to just 73 yards rushing - on 26 carries, which is well below their season average of 184 yards rushing a game.
Photos By Ben Jackson '11
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