Melo-Artherton packs punch in gain more than Elk Grove

ATHERON — Just after slipping in a 20-point hole to Bellarmine very last week, Menlo-Atherton created a stage to strike initial Friday evening from Elk Grove.

5-star broad receiver Jurrion Dickey essential only 48 seconds to do just that in the Bears’ 40-20 earn over the Thundering Herd.

On the next engage in of the opening drive, senior quarterback Billy Johnson launched the ball to a sprinting Dickey who ran it in for a 79-lawn touchdown.

It was the 1st of two touchdowns for Dickey, who led the Bears in a thrilling comeback earn in Week 1. Dickey’s next score of the evening recreation in the next quarter when he created a 41-lawn catch-and-run perform that put the Bears up 13-7. By halftime, the transfer from Valley Christian experienced currently recorded 141 getting yards.

“I’ve experienced the satisfaction of coaching some really special athletes… but he is his own man, and we all see it,” M-A coach Chris Saunders said. “No words that I can say can describe what he does superior than his play.”

Dickey, who’s effects goes far over and above the box rating, did not get as significantly action in the 2nd half Friday as he did final 7 days. Not that the Bears necessarily desired him to.

Junior do-it-all limited close Alek Marshall impressed with his two touchdowns and 48 receiving yards. His 2nd rating came in the third quarter — a 5-garden move up the center — to give the Bears a 26-14 benefit with 5:28 still left.

While there is been a whole lot of consideration on Dickey, who’s fully commited to Oregon, Saunders believes Marshall could be one of the team’s dim horses this year.

“He’s 6’8, he can run, he can capture, he can block, he’s the entire deal,” Saunders mentioned. “The next I fulfilled him when he was a freshman, I knew he was going to be fantastic, and it was not until finally genuinely he hit the weight room this calendar year I understood he was likely to be specific.”

Elk Grove experimented with to rally again in the second 50 %. Herd senior running back Mason Vazquez, who experienced 77 hurrying yards on 9 carries, broke by way of a mob of maroon to score a 59-garden landing to near out the 3rd quarter. It was his next landing of the night. But the Bears stunted any momentum the Herd garnered on the scoring generate when M-A senior Kameron Hawkins blocked their additional-point attempt.

Following likely scoreless on the Bears’ next push, Menlo-Atherton recovered a fumble on the Thundering Herd 19-lawn line. The mid-peninsula school a took gain of the leading subject posture, with Jayden Moss putting the ultimate nail in Elk Grove’s coffin with a 13-lawn touchdown catch.

With 7:28 remaining, Moss clapped along with the blackout-themed college student portion as they chanted, “This one’s in excess of.”

Moments afterwards, his teammates started out dancing on the sidelines as the protection received the quit.

Elk Grove coach John Heffernan was happy of the way his team battled, but the Herd weren’t able to properly execute the game approach

“We just gave up performs we should not have,” mentioned Heffernan, whose team had two fumbles in the 2nd 50 %. “We turned the ball about and in our offense, we cannot switch the ball above. So we bought at the rear of a small little bit and it just modifications what we want to do.”

Elk Grove (1-2) will glimpse to rebound from the back again-to-back again losses up coming Friday when it will come back again to the Bay Place for a further video game, this time to Danville to choose on San Ramon Valley.

Meanwhile, the Menlo-Atherton (2-) will relish in remaining undefeated on the year, although Saunders pointed out his staff has plenty to polish ahead of the Bears will head up to Loomis, northeast of Sacramento, to engage in at Del Oro in two weeks.

“We just cannot afford to have the bye week blues wherever folks allow their guard down. You have to hit the gasoline,” he claimed. “So we’ll rest up, but we got get the job done to do.”