Verbena dominates Ellwood on homecoming
Published 1:43 am Saturday, September 26, 2015
Verbena’s Dorrian Parker takes a handoff during Friday’s game against Ellwood Christian (Photos by Emily Reed)
Verbena’s football team was firing on all cylinders Friday in a 48-0 win over Ellwood Christian on homecoming.
Chelsea Baker was crowned Verbena’s homecoming queen before the game.
Tristan Short started the scoring for Verbena (3-2, 1-2) by passing to Dorrian Parker for a touchdown with 2:04 remaining in the first quarter.
Chelsea Baker was crowned Verbena’s homecoming queen prior to Friday’s game.
Anthony Miller was good on the point-after, as he was on a 27-yard field goal with 7:41 to go in the second quarter and another field goal later in the quarter.
The score was 13-0 VHS at halftime.
Short then passed to Miller for 55 yards and a touchdown with 9:56 remaining in the third quarter before Miller kicked his third field goal of the game to make it 22-0.
Short ran it in himself with time winding down in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Short threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Tyus to make the score 36-0 with 7:48 left to play in the game, but the Devils weren’t through.
Johnanthan Bryant ran in a 44-yard touchdown, and then in the final seconds of the game, Short was sacked and fumbled when Christopher Headley picked up the loose ball and ran 62 yards for a touchdown.
“We played hard tonight,” Verbena coach Mike Harris said. “We never quit. Defensively, we played our best game yet. Ellwood Christian has a really good team and they played well tonight.”
Harris said before Verbena heads to Fruitdale Oct. 2, his players will spend the week working on fundamentals and focusing on getting healthy.
“We have a few guys who were injured last week, so we really need to work on getting healthy and strong, and just hone up on our fundamentals,” he said.
