Flowing Wells coach Brian Hook talks to his team after loss vs Barry Goldwater (Henry Kaplowitz/AllSportsTucson.com)
Phoenix Barry Goldwater defeated host Flowing Wells 29-28 Friday Night in a rematch from last year that featured two run-heavy offenses.
It was a very fast paced game until the fourth quarter.
The Goldwater Bulldogs (3-2) defeated Flowing Wells 54-28 at home last season.
The Bulldogs received the opening kickoff, and after an incomplete pass on the first play from scrimmage, ran the ball for nearly the rest of the drive and went up 7-0 on a rushing touchdown.
In the beginning of the second quarter, Goldwater got another touchdown run and was successful on the 2-point conversion attempt to go up 15-0.
Flowing Wells head coach Brian Hook talked about the difficulty of stopping the running game of Goldwater.
“It’s a tough offense to stop, they had a lot of big bodies and we were losing some of those battles and missing some tackles. We made some corrections at halftime and it started to work out,” said Hook, whose team is 3-2.
With 3:28 left in the second quarter, Flowing Wells finally got on the board on a 5-yard scoring run by running back Jayden Simmons to make the score 15-7 Goldwater. That score would hold until halftime.
After Flowing Wells turned the ball over on downs to start the second half, Goldwater capitalized with a rare pass that turned into a touchdown. After the extra point was missed, Goldwater led 21-7 with the fourth quarter approaching.
With 8:16 left in the game, Simmons got his second touchown of the game on a short run to cut the lead to 21-14. On the ensuing kickoff, Flowing Wells did a pooch kick and recovered at the Goldwater 32.
The next play after the pooch kick, fullback Alfredo Guzman ran it in for a 32-yard touchown to put the Caballeros down by just a point.
Hook decided to go for two and the lead after a Goldwater penalty on the extra point. Simmons ran the conversion in to give Flowing Wells a 22-21 lead with 8:06 remaining. The score capped off a 15-0 Flowing Wells run in just 10 seconds.
On a decisive fourth down-and-4 at the Flowing Wells 34, Goldwater leading rusher Dylan Hayhurst found the corner and ran it 34 yards to give Goldwater the lead back. Goldwater also decided to go for two and were successful with a Hayhurst run, going up 29-22 with 3:17 left.
With 1:54 left, Flowing Wells quarterback Tyler Friedenberg found receiver Jack Youmans for a 50-yard touchdown to make it a 29-28 game. Flowing Wells went for two again, but this time, their run was unsuccessful.
The craziness continued as Flowing Wells recovered the onside kick and got the ball at the 50 with 1:52 left in the game.
Flowing Wells was quickly faced with a fourth-and-4 at the Goldwater 43 with 41 seconds left. Friedenberg was tackled short of the line to gain, ending the Caballeros’ threat.
Hook liked the fight he saw from his team in the fourth quarter.
“I loved their effort, they battled, never quit and never gave up. We did a lot of work to get back in this game and we just fell short,” Hook said.
Flowing Wells’ next game will be Friday at home against Ironwood Ridge (4-1).
It is the start of its 5A Sonoran games.
Flowing Wells will then host Mountain View (2-2) the week after on Oct. 11.
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