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Football: Sacred Heart Prep Runs Over Valley Christian 49-21

The Gators rack up 400 rushing yards in their convincing win.

Sacred Heart Prep 49, Valley Christian 21

The Star: Ryan Toney ran for 172 yards on 17 carries and scored all three of Valley Christian's touchdowns.

The Turning Point:  With 1:55 left in the first half, Valley Christian only trailed by one point, but the Gators of Sacred Heart Prep answered with two touchdowns before the half ended including a 1-yard touchdown run as time expired.

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What's next? For their homecoming game next week, the Vikings host Millennium at 7 p.m.

Bottom Line: The young Valley Christian team must improve its defense which allowed nearly 600 yards of total offense, 400 of those yards were accumulated on the ground.

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The football game between Valley Christian and Sacred Heart Prep turned into a track meet Friday, as the teams combined for over 700 yards on the ground.

Both offensive lines dominated the line of scrimmage as five backs (three from Sacred Heart Prep and two from Valley Christian) ran for more than 100 yards.  But the Gators of Sacred Heart Prep came away with a convincing 49-21 win.

The final score does not reflect how close the game was.  With 1:55 remaining in the first half Ryan Toney ran in his second of three touchdowns on the night, and the Vikings trailed 14-13.

"My line was doing great, I just followed my blockers, believed in God and scored," Toney said.

But the Gators responded quickly, on their first play from scrimmage Tyler McCool caught a 31-yard pass from John Geary for his second of four touchdowns on the night.  After an interception with 1:00 left in the half, the Gators ran five plays that covered 83 yards.  The drive ended with a one-yard touchdown run by McCool as time expired.

Valley Christian head coach and former Oakland Raider John Parrella said Sacred Heart Prep deserves credit and they are a very good football team.

Sacred Heart started the second half the same way they ended the first, with a nine-play, 90-yard drive that took four and a half minutes off the clock and was finished by a 28-yard run by McCool, deflating hopes of a Valley Christian comeback.

 "We were excited to play (Sacred Heart Prep) for the last couple years because they are going to help us get to the level of greatness we want to be at," Parrella said.  "They challenge us a lot of different ways, they are big, they are strong and they are physical."

Despite its shortcomings on defense, Valley Christian's offense seemed to be in rhythm for most of the night.

Ryan Toney led the team with 172 yards on 17 carries.  Max Kurth ran hard as well, rushing 19 times for 119 yards.

"Look, two great guys, I love them both," Parrella said of his running backs. "I just wish we could have gotten a win for them so they feel better."

For their homecoming game next week, Valley Christian hosts Millennium at 7 p.m.

"In order to win next week our defense has to step up," Toney said.  "Our offense is doing great right now, but we got to step up our defense,"

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Sacred Heart Prep 49, Valley Christian 21

Sacred Heart Prep 7 20 15 7 — 49

Valley Christian 0 13 0 8 — 21

Scoring summary

4:38, 1st: SHP – Geary 1 run (Odell kick)

11:48, 2nd: VC Toney 23 run (Miller kick)

8:24, 2nd: SHP McCool 7 run (Miller kick)

2:09, 2nd: VC Toney 19 run (kick blocked)

1:55, 2nd: SHP McCool 31 pass from Geary (Miller kick)

0, 2nd: SHP McCool 1 run (Missed PAT)

7:31, 3rd: SHP McCool 30 run (2 pt conversion, McCool from Geary)

:15, 3rd: SHP O'Donnell 16 pass from Geary (Miller kick)

4:41, 4th: VC Toney 69 run (2 pt conversion, Wozniak run)

4:27, 4th: SHP Robinson 80 run (Miller kick)

Individual Statistics

Rushing (car-yards): VC- Toney 17-172, Kurth 19-119, Wozniak 2-10, Donohue 2-4. SHP- Terndrup 11-137, McCool 9-102,  Robinson 5-101, Ojeda 8-47, Larson 5-9.

Passing (comp-att-yards-ints): VC- Wozniak 5-8-32-1. SHP- Geary 8-9-194-0

Receiving (rec-yards): VC- Harris 5-32. SHP- O'Donnell 4-91, Terndrup 2-48, McCool 1-31, Moran 1-25.

Team offense (rush-pass-total)

Sacred Heart Prep — 400-194-594

Valley Christian— 304-32-336

Fumbles/lost: Sacred Heart Prep — 2/1; Valley Christian — 3/3.

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 3-0; Valley Christian 0-3

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