Prep football: Archbishop Murphy 59, Cedarcrest 26
Published 11:35 pm Friday, September 16, 2011
DUVALL — It seems like every game a new star emerges for the Archbishop Murphy football team. Friday night against Cedarcrest it was Morgan Masanda in the Wildcats’ 59-26 romp over the Red Wolves.
Masanda carried the ball three times for 42 yards and a score, had four receptions for 99 yards
and two touchdowns and returned a kickoff 78 yards for a fourth trip into the end zone on the night.
“He had huge numbers,” Murphy coach Dave Ward said. “He has great hands and moves. When he was returning the kick he was able to weave through traffic and he picked up a couple blocks. It was an exciting play.”
After watching teams stack the box against the Wildcats vaunted rushing attack, Ward has opened the playbook this season and Masanda was one of the benefactors.
“We try to make something happen by being aggressive,” Ward said. “We are throwing the ball more and we are running to the outside. There’s more plays to throw the ball in our playbook this year.”
In the past inconsistency throwing by the quarterbacks has been one of the few issues that the second-ranked Wildcats have struggled with, but Conner Kruse led the way Friday with 7-for-9 passing for 146 yards and three touchdowns with one interception.
“Our quarterbacks did a nice job,” Ward said. “Their efficiency and completion percentage was much better. That was nice to see.”
Alex Galgano had six carries for 107 yards and Murphy ended up with 30 carries for 305 yards on the ground.
Hunter Lee tossed three touchdowns and Martin Vakamoce carried the ball 24 times for 92 yards and a touchdown to pace the Red Wolves attack.
At Cedarcrest H.S.
Archbishop Murphy 14 19 20 6 — 59
Cedarcrest 0 12 7 7 — 26
AM–Galgano 49 run (Wade kick)
AM–Masanda 10 run (Wade kick)
AM–Masanda 7 from Kruse (kick failed)
C–MacMillan 26 from Lee (kick failed)
AM–Masanda 78 kickoff return (Wade kick)
C–Houser 6 from Lee (kick failed)
AM–Masanda 55 from Kruse (kick failed)
AM–Byrne 18 from Kruse (Wade kick)
C–Vakamoce 10 run (Mowry kick)
AM–Tevaga 6 run (kick failed)
AM–Kramer 2 run (Wade kick)
C–Houser 4 from Lee (Mowry kick)
AM–Gordon 18 from Buchanan (kick failed)
Records–Archbishop Murphy 1-0 league, 3-0 overall. Cedarcrest 0-2, 1-2.
