No. 9 Walden Grove, coming off its first postseason win in program history, finished its season 8-4 with Friday’s 28-13 loss at No. 1 Yuma Catholic in the 4A quarterfinals.
Walden Grove’s program started in 2012. Corey Noble, in his eighth season as head coach, has now led the Red Wolves to five playoff appearances. They defeated No. 8 Phoenix Northwest Christian 30-20 in a first-round game last week for their first playoff win.
The Shamrocks (11-1) will host No. 4 Mica Mountain (12-0) on Friday at 7 p.m. in the 4A semifinals.
The Thunderbolts defeated No. 5 Phoenix Thunderbird 38-14 in a quarterfinal game on Friday night.
The scoring in the Walden Grove-Yuma Catholic game:
Yuma Catholic 7, Walden Grove 0, 8:17 left 2Q
RB Benton Beck 2-yard TD run that was set up by a 30-yard pass from QB Nash Ott to Tyler Spees.
Walden Grove 7, Yuma Catholic 7, 8:06 left 2Q
RB Carlos Montoya Jr. 80-yard TD run
Yuma Catholic 14, Walden Grove 7, :04 left 2Q
Ott 24-yard screen pass to RB Hunter Hancock
Yuma Catholic 21, Walden Grove 7, 8:13 left 4Q
Hancock 38-yard TD run
Yuma Catholic 28, Walden Grove 7, 8:03 left 4Q
After Shamrocks successfully recover an onside kick after Hancock’s touchdown, Ott connects with WR Sir Stokes for a 38-yard TD
Yuma Catholic 28, Walden Grove 13, 7:05 left 4Q
QB Kaleb Layton 66-yard TD pass to WR Jayvon Coleman
Walden Grove gained possession with about 3 minutes remaining and turned the ball over on downs at its own 22 with approximately 1 minute left.
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