Lions rumble past Byers in round one
November 8, 2009 by Longmont Ledger
Filed under Sports
LYONS — The Lyons football team used its dominating ground game to cruise to a 50-19 victory against Byers in the first round of the 1A playoffs on Saturday afternoon at home.
The No. 7 Lions will play No. 2 Akron next Saturday in the quarterfinals. Akron (9-1) beat Denver Lutheran 43-0 to advance.
The Lions (9-1) rushed for 304 yards and scored six of their seven touchdowns on running plays. Lyons jumped out to a 36-0 lead and never looked back against the Bulldogs (6-3).
Lyons 50, Byers 19 SCORING SUMMARY Score by quarters: Byers 0 7 6 6 — 19 Lyons 21 22 7 0 — 50 Lyons — Windsor 3 run (Forrest Donnell kick). Lyons – Windsor 5 run (Donnell kick) Lyons — Arnold 4 run (Donnell kick). Lyons — Arnold 6 run (Shayne Gorman conversion). Lyons — Windsor 19 pass from Roland Valadez (Donnell kick). Byers — Steitz 10 pass from Adamson (Hasenbalg kick) Lyons — Valadez 6 run (Donnell kick). Lyons — Frazier 4 run (Donnell kick). Byers — Steitz 46 pass from Adamson (Kick failed). Byers — Shelley 20 pass from Imber (Conversion failed). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Lyons: Smith 2-1, Arnold 7-33, Frazier 7-36, Scanlan1-2, Schoenherr 2-3, Triffit 2-4, Valadez 19-142, Wicen 3-10, Windsor 17-73. PASSING — Lyons: Valadez 2-5-0. RECEIVING — Lyons: Tomczak 1-9, Windsor 1-19.
Jake Windsor started the blowout with scores on runs of 3, then 5 yards. Dalton Arnold then scored on 4- and 6-yard runs to add to the route.
Lyons quarterback Roland Valadez led the team with 142 rushing yards to go along with a 2-for-5 passing performance for 28 yards. Windsor rushed 17 times for 73 yards and also scored a touchdown on a 19-yard pass from Valadez.
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