10/3/2009 12:40:00 AM
Prep Football: Mayer nabs key win
Mayer steps up in second half, gets closer to state tourney berth
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| Mayer's David Atkerson, left, tries to break the tackle of Beaver Dam's Hector Castro at Mayer on Friday.
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| | Boxscore | Mayer 42, Beaver Dam 14
Beaver Dam 0 0 0 0 - 0
Mayer 0 13 14 6-33
First Quarter
Mayer-Atkerson 4 run (Warburton run), 6:22.
BD-Castro 2 run (run failed), 1:56.
Mayer-Ambrose 51 pass from Warburton (pass failed), 1:36.
Second Quarter
BD-J. Sanchez 10 pass from Whiting (J. Sanchez pass from C. Martinez), 9:03.
Third Quarter
Mayer-Saucedo 18 run (Warburton run), 4:20.
Fourth Quarter
Mayer-Ambrose 22 run (Sapien pass from Warburton), 10:22.
Mayer-Saucedo 4 run (run failed), 4:49.
Mayer-Mendoza 3 run (run failed), :11.
BD MHS
First downs 11 17
Total Yards 177 394
Rushes-yards 43-124 47-318
Passing 53 76
Comp-Att-Int 4-11-2 3-19-2
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 3-25 10-86
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Beaver Dam, Castro 15-77, C Martinez 12-4, Whiting 7-20, Perez 5-22, F Martinez 3-2, Gonzales 1-(-1). Mayer, Saucedo 13-145, Mendoza 9-68, Ambrose 5-65, Warburton 5-17, Campbell 1-14, Atkerson 3-10, Samsill 1-(-1).
PASSING-Beaver Dam, C Martinez 3-9-1-43, Whiting 1-2-1-10. Mayer, Warburton 3-19-2-76.
RECEIVING-Beaver Dam, J Sanchez 3-44, Whiting 1-9.
Mayer, Ambrose 2-69, Coldsmith 1-7.
MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.
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MAYER - Mayer head football coach Rick Lashley was less than excited at halftime of Friday's homecoming game against Beaver Dam.
The game was all tied up at 14-14 at the break. But in the second half, Mayer showed what it was capable of by pulling away for a 42-14 win over the Diamondbacks (3-3 overall, 1-3 region).
"I didn't rant and rave tonight," Lashley said of his halftime talk. "I just told them, 'You guys have got to go out there and play like we practiced.' And they did."
Mayer (3-3, 3-2) all but locked up a state berth with the victory. It has a non-region game next week against Salome and closes the regular season on Oct. 16 against winless Ash Fork.
But the Wildcats weren't celebrating anything.
"No," junior running back Nathan Saucedo said, "We take it one game at a time, trying to get to the playoffs step by step."
Saucedo led the way for Mayer with 145 yards rushing on 13 carries and two second half scores. He credited the blocking for the offense picking things up after halftime when it reached the end zone on four of six possessions.
He also credited the defense.
"Defense stepped it up," Saucedo said. "They contained the run. They didn't get anything past us in the second half."
Before halftime, Beaver Dam had some success moving the ball, going 5-for-7 on third downs and 2-for-3 on fourth downs.
After the half, Mayer held the Diamondbacks to only one first down and shut them out on the scoreboard.
"Coach during halftime, he told us to step it up," senior Daniel Mendoza said. "We were slacking off so we had to step it up on defense."
Mendoza was a big part of that, recording four tackles for loss as the entire team was hitting harder and blocking harder right from the second half kickoff.
"I don't think we are where we should be," Mendoza said of the team's progress to this point. "We need to step it up and work harder this coming week. I hope that next week we get a win and we have to step it up."
A trip to state is almost a lock now.
The Wildcats will have two games to gear up for that.
"I just want to see us continue to improve on plays that we have in," Lashley said. "Because I believe our receivers are some of the best in the league and I want to get them the ball. But when they're down with injuries it's hard to get them the ball."
Mendoza and David Atkerson also reached the end zone for the Wildcats.
Like Saucedo, Blake Ambrose got a pair of touchdowns, giving him 11 on the year.
One of Ambrose's TDs came on a 51-yard crossing route, collecting the pass from junior quarterback Tony Warburton for Warburton's 12th touchdown pass of the year.
GAME BALL
Mayer's Nathan Saucedo. The junior ran for 145 yards and two scores on just 13 carries while getting in on 15 tackles - four for a loss - on the defensive side of the ball.
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