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From left, Virgin Valley High School football players Brayden Lee, Branden Haun and Junior Paongo on July 21, 2014.
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Virgin Valley wasn’t rattled after Rancho scored first tonight.
Far from it.
The Bulldogs responded to an early Rams touchdown by cruising to a 50-13 home win thanks to highlight-reel plays on offense, defense and special teams.
Virgin Valley’s Brayden Lee scored on a punt blocked into the end zone by Kai Mitchell, Jaret Tietjen returned an interception for a touchdown and the Bulldogs also notched a safety.
“I loved how we came out. There’s no panic in our boys,” Virgin Valley coach Yori Ludvigson said. “It was good when (we) had a little adversity. We just went through it and bounced back.”
Part of the bouncing back for the Bulldogs (2-2) was thanks to Mitchell, who scored two touchdowns, and Cody Jones, Tony Urias and Jaron Linge, who scored one TD apiece.
Mitchell scored on runs of 26 and 5 yards. Urias scored on a 3-yard bootleg run, Linge a 1-yard sneak and Jones a 21-yard run.
“It was good to see their energy and emotion,” Ludvigson said. “It was a good game we needed to get going again.”
Rancho, which is playing an independent schedule this season, dropped to 0-4.
Tristan Aird can be reached at 702-259-8829 or [email protected]. Follow Tristan on Twitter at twitter.com/tristanaird.
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