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With concerned Bobcats observing, Ignacio trainer Shelby Sangster patches up senior quarterback John Riepel's non-throwing elbow Friday night, Oct. 14, during a 54-6 home loss to Monte Vista.
Ignacio senior Anthony Toledo (1) tries fleeing Monte Vista's pursuit during 1A Southern Peaks action Friday night, Oct. 14, at IHS Field. Rushing proved difficult in a 54-6 loss; the Bobcats as a team netted just 55 yards on 19 carries.
Photo Credit: Joel Priest | Special to the Drum
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Run-based Pirates overpower Bobcats, 54-6

Thursday - October 20, 2022 by Joel Priest | Special to the Drum

IHS avoids shutout with fourth-quarter TD

From its inception, the play should have resulted in an interception.

But if freshman Zane Pontine’s overthrow followed the rule, junior Devante Montoya created an exception.

Seeing the football float over his own head and into Monte Vista defensive back Ismael Medina’s hands, Montoya, not giving up without a fight, wedged his left hand between the Pirate and the pigskin. And as both players crash-landed at the MVHS 5-yard line he somehow swiped possession, completing a 24-yard reception – setting up senior John Riepel’s subsequent touchdown run, Ignacio’s only points in a 54-6 home loss Friday night, Oct. 14.

Riepel’s two-point conversion run failed after he was pushed out of bounds at the 1-yard line by, ironically, Medina.

Perhaps somewhat salty over losing a shutout – in what ended up being head coach Manny Wasinger’s 250th prep-level win – Monte Vista responded with a game-ending 4-play, 57-yard drive capped by sophomore reserve Jacob Pacheco’s 40-yard TD carry with 2:15 left on the mercy-rule running clock.

Fellow sophomore Kevin Cisneros ran in the two-pointer, and neither side stressed out about lining up for a hurried, unnecessary kickoff as time ran out in the Southern Peaks Conference clash.

Ahead 12-0 after one quarter and 32-0 through two, the Pirates (No. 5 in the CHSAANow.com Class 1A poll), got 141 yards and four TDs – the last a 15-yarder with 8:39 left in the third quarter, capping a 9-play, 66-yard slog and enacting mercy-rule play – on 16 carries from senior DeAngelo Archuleta. Senior Khegan Gunter totaled 97 on 12 with one score, Pacheco gained 51 yards on two runs, and senior Andrew Chavez netted 101 on eight with a TD.

Attempting but one pass (deflected by Montoya) from scrimmage until after halftime, he ended up 3-of-5 for 57 yards, including a 40-yard TD to a diving Azariah Hurtado – the freshman’s first-ever catch, according to Wasinger – with 1:50 left in the third. IHS’ Charlie Pargin broke up Chavez’s conversion-pass try, but the quarter ended with the guests in control, 46-0.

Bobcat D.J. Hendren managed to return MVHS’ squib kick three yards beginning the final frame, and Ignacio (4-2, 2-1 SPC) set up shop at their own 41 with 11:45 remaining. Riepel then advanced the ’Cats 30 yards via four consecutive carries, preceding Montoya’s heads-up repo move, and IHS finished with a 6-play, 59-yard scoring drive consuming an uplifting 4:02 (including Hendren’s short runback) of clock.

3-of-9 passing for 19 yards, Riepel managed a respectable 66 yards rushing on 14 carries. Montoya finished with two catches for 35 yards, Hendren caught one throw for eight, and Pontine (1-of-2 passing) one for zero. Senior Anthony Toledo was held to minus-10 yards on four carries, and freshman Lincoln deKay minus-1 on one.

IHS will travel — Friday, Oct. 21, out to La Jara to face Centauri (5-2, 3-0), victorious on the 14th at Trinidad (0-7, 0-3) by a 52-0 margin – the Falcons’ third straight shutout, by an aggregate 163-0 count. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, Monte Vista (7-0, 3-0) will host Center (3-4, 1-2) on the 21st at 6 p.m., with the Vikings hoping to follow up on a 40-35 home win over Del Norte (2-5, 0-3).

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