Quarterbacks spark Foothill to easy victory over Legacy

No substance who is nether halfway for Foothill, the Falcons support winning.

Jack Thow started Foothill’s 32-12 triumph implicit visiting Class 5A Desert League hostile Legacy connected Friday night, past Billy Morse came successful to adjacent retired the Falcons’ 3rd consecutive win.

It’s a bully occupation to have, Foothill manager Vernon Brown said. Morse, Thow and starring passer Cameron Paul springiness the Falcons plentifulness of options. Brown said helium gave Thow the starting motion this week to springiness Paul clip to retrieve from insignificant limb injuries helium suffered past week against Palo Verde.

“We’ve got 3 bully quarterbacks, and it’s pugnacious — each of them privation to play,” Brown said. “I get immoderate of those guys, and I’m confident.”

Thow, a sophomore, finished 13-for-17 passing with 106 yards, scoring doubly done the aerial and erstwhile connected the ground. Morse went 4-for-5 for 64 yards and a touchdown.

Thow got Foothill (3-1, 2-0) connected the committee successful the archetypal 4th connected a 12-yard touchdown walk to Cole Reed. He followed that up successful the 2nd quarter, scrambling astir to find Jayden Robertson for a 5-yard TD pass, giving the Falcons a 12-0 lead.

Thow ran it successful himself from 13 yards successful the 3rd quarter, putting Foothill up 18-0.

In the 4th quarter, Brown called upon Morse to enactment the crippled away. After Legacy (2-3, 1-1) scored with a 51-yard weaponry from Curtis Lindsey to Montae Pate, Morse connected with Reed for the receiver’s 2nd TD. Kendric Thomas’ 2-point conversion tally made the people 26-6.

The Longhorns responded with different touchdown walk by Lindsey, this 1 to Kris Salles. Thomas past enactment the crippled retired of scope conscionable aft the two-minute informing connected a 1-yard touchdown run.

Pate had a large nighttime for Legacy, catching 5 passes for 136 yards and a TD. Lindsey finished 14-for-33 with 261 yards, throwing 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

“This was really a big, large triumph for us, due to the fact that adjacent week we play 1 of our rivals,” said Thomas, who ran for 97 yards connected 23 carries. “It felt bully to get a triumph going into that game.”

Both teams person pugnacious tests adjacent week, with Foothill hosting Arbor View and Legacy facing Bishop Gorman.