Santa Rita 28, Palo Verde 22, OT
At Santa Rita, the Eagles defended their home turf Friday by defeating Palo Verde in overtime.
Quarterback Cameron Gianforte found receiver Aaron Wilkerson for a 6-yard score in overtime as the Eagles earned their first victory of the season. The Eagles then stopped the Titans inside the 5-yard line to end the game.
With the Eagles trailing 22-7 at halftime, running back Samuel Fonseca scored on a 1-yard run to bring Santa Rita (1-3) back into the game at 22-14 in the third quarter.
A couple of big stops, including a fumble recovery inside the Titans' 10-yard line set up Gianforte's fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Dawone Childs that tied the game. Dwain Wolf, Cyleus Mccurn, and Brad Rudder all had rushing touchdowns for the Titans (0-5).
Highlight reel
Gianforte threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Wilkerson to cap the Eagles' comeback victory in overtime.
Player of the game
Gianforte threw two late touchdown passes, one in the fourth quarter and the other in overtime, to complete the Eagles comeback victory over the Titans.
By the numbers
21. The number of unanswered points the Eagles scored in the second half on their way to mounting a comeback and defeating the Titans in overtime.
He said it
“We had to buckle down. I tell them we just have to stick with it and get after it. I just believe in our guys. Every normal coach says stick with it. Don't let the situation get bigger than what it is. Just like boiling water will flow if you let it keep pressuring, so we just had to contain that boiling water so it didn't overflow on us.” — Santa Rita coach Felix Jamero
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