6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
POWDER VALLEY FOOTBALL AT PINE-EAGLE
Powder Valley remains perfect
By Gerry Steele
gsteele@bakercityherald.com
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Second half lifts
Boise State to win
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
BOISE — Hank Bach-
meier’s arm and poise car-
ried No. 20 Boise State until
Robert Mahone took over in
the fourth quarter.
And the Broncos’ defense?
It continued to stymie op-
ponents in the second half,
even if it fi nally gave up
some points.
“The second half we just
went out there and tried to
put the game away,” Mahone
said. “It was a close game,
but the second half we knew
we had to fi nish and that’s
what we did.”
Bachmeier threw for 263
yards and two touchdowns,
Mahone rushed for a pair of
scores in the fourth quarter,
and Boise State pulled away
in the second half for a 30-19
win over Air Force on Friday
night.
Bachmeier’s arm made
up for a Broncos’ running
game that was ineffective
until the fourth quarter. He
hit CT Thomas on a 36-yard
touchdown pass in the fi rst
half while getting crunched
by a defender, and added a
28-yard TD toss to tight end
John Bates late in the third
quarter to give the Broncos a
17-13 lead.
Mahone added a pair
of 10-yard TD runs in the
fourth as the Broncos (4-0,
1-0 Mountain West) won
their 20th straight confer-
ence opener.
Bachmeier was 19 of 26
passing in another impres-
sive performance by the
freshman in just his fourth
start.
“He came back in the sec-
ond half even better. He’s a
strong kid back there in the
pocket. He took a couple of
licks, but he gets right back
up,” Thomas said.
Air Force quarterback
Donald Hammond III had
an 8-yard touchdown run in
the fi rst half and threw a 31-
yard TD to Geraud Sanders
late in the fourth quarter.
Taven Birdow led Air Force
(2-1, 0-1) with 67 yards
rushing, but the second-best
rushing attack in the coun-
try was held to 242 yards,
more than 100 yards under
its season average.
“They’ve got a really, re-
ally good team,” Air Force
coach Troy Calhoun said.
Bachmeier also got
help from his receivers,
who made terrifi c catches.
Thomas, who had a career-
high 119 yards receiving,
made a diving 29-yard catch
to set up Eric Sachse’s 40-
yard fi eld goal in the fi rst
half. John Hightower made
a juggling reception sur-
rounded by two defenders
on a key third-down in the
fourth quarter, and Mahone
scored on a 10-yard TD run
on the next play to give the
Broncos a 23-13 lead.
“We knew coming into the
game Air Force does a great
job being physical,” Thomas
said. “Our mindset was we
had to compete for the ball,
every ball that comes our
way.”
Tied 10-10 at halftime,
Hammond spent the start of
the second half in the injury
tent while Isaiah Sanders
took over at quarterback.
Powder Valley ran its Class 1A foot-
ball season record to 3-0 Friday with
a 46-14 Old Oregon League win over
Pine-Eagle at Halfway.
“We’re 3-0, and it’s been a long
time since we were 3-0. The kids are
excited,” said fi rst-year Powder coach
Josh Cobb.
Cobb said the Badgers played every
player on the roster, with equally posi-
tive results.
“We tried some different looks, and
the kids stepped up,” Cobb said.
“Our younger guys played pretty big
as well. It was one of my most favorite
games so far because when we put our
No. 2 guys in you wouldn’t have known
they were No. 2 guys.”
Second-string quarterback Cole
Martin ran for two touchdowns.
Starting quarterback Reece Dixon
threw for a pair of fi rst-quarter scores,
and ran for another touchdown.
Moziss Nesser added a rushing TD.
“We just drove the ball up and down
the fi eld,” Cobb said. “We spread the
scoring across the board.”
Cobb said he didn’t have any indi-
vidual stats on the game.
The Badgers also recovered three
Pine-Eagle fumbles.
Cobb said the Badgers are gearing
up for a tough stretch in their schedule
the next three weeks.
Powder Valley hosts Elgin, travels to
Crane then hosts Adrian/Jordan Valley
during that stretch.
Powder is ranked ninth in the 1A
ranking, Elgin fi fth, Crane fourth and
Adrian/Jordan Valley second.
PAC-12 FOOTBALL
Ducks defense stifles Stanford, 21-6
By Josh Dubow
AP Sports Writer
STANFORD, Calif. — As
soon as the fi nal whistle
blew, the Oregon players
rushed to the corner of the
end zone to celebrate with
the large contingent of
Ducks fans that made the
trip to Stanford.
Celebrating victories
over the Cardinal, big road
wins in conference play and
dominating defensive per-
formances hasn’t happened
often of late for Oregon.
That’s what made this one
so sweet.
Justin Herbert threw
two of his three touchdown
passes to Jacob Breeland
and No. 16 Oregon held
a third straight opponent
without a touchdown in a
21-6 victory over Stanford on
Saturday.
“Physicality has been a
big point of emphasis,” coach
Mario Cristobal said. “When
you go on the road, some-
times it’s a little bit ugly. But
you never want to apologize
for winning on the road be-
cause it’s tough, especially in
conference. Identity wise we
want to be physical, we want
to be tough and we want to
fi nish games.”
Tony Avelar / Associated Press
Oregon wide receiver Jaylon Redd (30) catches a pass in front of Stanford linebacker
Jordan Fox Saturday.
The Ducks (3-1, 1-0 Pac-
12) did all of that to end a
three-game losing streak to
the Cardinal (1-3, 0-2) and
win the conference opener
for the fi rst time since 2014.
Oregon had lost 15 of its
past 20 games away from
Autzen Stadium, part of
a stretch when the pro-
gram fell from a level of
dominance to becoming an
also-ran.
“That’s something we re-
ally talked about,” Herbert
said. “We kind of struggled
on the road the past couple
of years. This was a great
opportunity for us to make
our mark.”
Herbert fi nished 19 for 24
for 259 yards. He connected
with Jaylon Redd and Bree-
land on scoring strikes in the
fi rst half and put the game
away with a 24-yard pass to
Breeland that made it 21-3
fi ve plays after K.J. Costello
was intercepted by Jevon
Holland.
Oregon has gone three
straight games without
allowing a touchdown, but
doing it against Stanford
was far more impressive
than against Nevada and
Montana.
Costello completed 16
of 30 passes for 120 yards
with an interception, while
playing with a banged-up
thumb.
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