Thunder rain on Canyon View’s parade

Written by Andy Griffin on September 7, 2012 in Canyon View, Desert Hills, Sports, Top Sports Stories - No comments

You can make a list of the best players in Region 9 that would include Pine View’s Prentiss Miller, Dixie’s Blake Barney and Hurricane’s Adam Thompson.

But however short the list is, Desert Hills quarterback Ty Rutledge had better be on it.

The senior signal-caller had a transcendent night Friday night, passing for three touchdowns and rushing for three more in the Thunder’s 56-7 victory over Canyon View in Cedar City.

Desert Hills, 2-1, got the party started early with a 59-yard TD run by sophomore Bridger Cowdin. Rutledge had two of his TD runs, scores of 58 and 3 yards, in the first quarter as the Thunder amassed a ton of yardage and 27 points before the first 12 minutes had ticked off the clock.

The second quarter featured more of the same as the Thunder scored 22 more before halftime. Rutledge spread the ball around well, connecting on TD passes to Josh Anderson (42 yards), Brad Wulfenstein (23) and Jordan Hokanson (10).

Rutledge’s last TD came on a run of 28 yards.

The Falcons scored their lone TD on a pass from Koy Huxford to Keaton Kringlen of 55 yards.

The Thunder have a big date with fierce rival Pine View set for next Friday at Thunder Stadium.

Boxscore: DH Varsity @ CV 7 Sept 2012 Box Score

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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.