San Juan passing game too much for Snow Canyon

Written by Andy Griffin on August 17, 2012 in Snow Canyon, Sports, Top Sports Stories - No comments

BLANDING – The duo of Barkley Christensen and Logan Meyer hooked up eight times as San Juan bested Snow Canyon 19-11 Friday night.

Meyer had a pair of scores and Christensen also hit Bobby Bowring for a score as the Broncos held off a Snow Canyon rally.

Taylor Johanson’s second-half score put the Warriors in a terrific position to force a possible comeback, but a fumble near the end zone with five minutes left in the game proved too costly a mistake for Snow Canyon to overcome.

“They were tired,” SC offensive coordinator James Brown said. “I thought they battled really well and had opportunities to take over the game. But turnovers hurt us.”

A lot of Snow Canyon’s problems came from first game jitters.

“Those are things you learn to overcome,” Brown said. “Understanding certain situations. We fumbled a punt return, not because of a bad play, but because we were pushing for extra yards. Those are things you learn to overcome. How to handle those moments.”

San Juan made the first strike when Bobby Bowring ran in a 15-yard pass from Christensen early in the first.

The Warriors struck back with a 33-yard Brandon Stafford field goal, but couldn’t keep pace in the second quarter when San Juan outscored them 12-0.

Taylor Johanson’s third period leap into the end zone kept the Warriors hopes alive, but the earlier mistakes came back to haunt them.

“This was a good gauge for us,” Brown said. “Our running backs – (Brandon) McFarland and Johanson – ran the ball really well for us. And our offense did a good job. Mason (Smith) threw the ball well and did a good job moving his feet.

“Overall it was a good opener for us. Now we’ve got to buckle down and go to work.”

The Warriors next face the Shadow Ridge Mustangs from Nevada.

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Andy has been in sports media since 1989, when he graduated from American Technical College and accepted a job as the night disc jockey at Z104 in Logan. While there, he worked at the classic rock station and also served as the beat writer covering the Utah State Aggies and the Utah Jazz. Since earning a journalism degree at USU in 1992, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 23 years and has five children ages 8 to 21.