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Eagles 14 - Broncos 7 This past Friday, Sonora traveled to Junction to open district play after a successful four win and one loss pre-season. The Junction Eagles were trying to end what they thought was a 32 year drought against the Broncos. I received an email this weekend and a former Bronco confessed that his team lost to Junction in 1979 which was 28 years ago. (P.S. There are other prominent 1979 Broncos who live in Sonora who could have provided this information to me.) The Broncos won the toss and deferred to the second half. The Bronco defense stopped the Eagles’ first drive. Sonora's first drive of the game was impressive as the Broncos appeared to be on their way to an early lead. Relying on their smash mouth running game, the Broncos slowly moved the ball down the field using the bruising running of Morgan Martinez, Jordan McGuffin, and Ricardo Rodriguez. When the Broncos got in the red zone, the Eagle defense forced a fourth and goal from the Eagle 15 yard line. Victor Vaquera rolled to his right and his pass intercepted at the five yard line. Dustin Stapp returned the pick 95 yards for an Eagle touchdown. After the PAT, the Eagles led 7 to 0 with 5:33 remaining in the first quarter. Neither team could move against the other until late in the third quarter. Sonora had a long drive underway that was kept alive by a throw back screen from Vaquera to Will Anderson. On one of the first plays of the fourth quarter, Ricardo Rodriguez scored the only Sonora touchdown on a nice, hard six yard run around the left end of the Bronco line. Aaron Gaytan’s kick was perfect and the score was tied at 7 with 11:47 left in the game. After the Sonora score, the Broncos recovered a fumble, and the crowd could sense a Bronco victory. The Eagles got the ball right back as they intercepted another pass. Just when it appeared that the game would be going into overtime, the Eagle offense finally was able to move the chains. Facing a first and ten from the Bronco 20 yard line with 27 seconds left in the game, Junction quarterback Kyle Wimberly lofted a pass to Derik Hull that was caught for the winning score of 14 to 7 erasing 28 years' worth of Eagle frustration. The Broncos led in all statistical categories except for the two most important – turnovers and final score. This week the Broncos face another long time rival – the Mason Punchers. Come out to Bronco Stadium and show our support for our Broncos. |
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