Desert Ridge won their Division I playoff game Friday 44-24 over #12 Brophy. The #4 Desert Ridge Jaguars will face #1 Mountain Pointe on November 22 at McClintock High School in Tempe.
Junior tailback Taren Morrison rushed for 358 yards and got five touchdowns. This helped break the big-school record for total rushing yards in a season, set by Tucson High in 1970.
“We knew we were close, but we just wanted to come out and play our game, and let that take care of itself,” said Morrison.
Desert Ridge 44 Brophy 10
First Downs: DR 21, Brophy 12
Rushing: DR 45-511, Brophy 19-23
Passing (Comp.-Att.-Yards-TD-INT): DR 4-8-24-0-0, Brophy 12-22-244-2-3
Fumbles-lost: DR 3-2, Brophy 1-0
Penalties: DR 12-110, Brophy 7-70
DR 7 10 13 14 — 44
Brophy 0 3 7 14 — 24
DR-Taren Morrison 12 run (Whitlow kick)
B-Mourikes 28 FG
DR-Morrison 9 run (Whitlow kick)
DR-Whitlow 49 kick
Brophy-Velez 2 run (Mourikes kick)
DR-Morrison 9 run (Whitlow kick)
DR-Itaaehau 40 interception return (kick blocked)
B-Velez 25 reception from Woodward (Mourikes kick)
DR-Taren Morrison 50 run (kick blocked)
B-Oliver 28 reception from Woodward (Mourikes kick)
DR-Taren Morrison 50 run (Irby run)