Saturday, Nov. 08, 2008

DeSales 41, Liberty Christian 28

By the Herald staff

RICHLAND -- Bryce Hayunga rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown and also caught one of Pat Richard's two TD passes as No. 8 DeSales scored 27 unanswered points to break away from a 14-14 tie and defeat Liberty Christian in a Southeast 2B finale at Hanford High.

The Irish are the league's No. 2 state seed and travel to La Salle next Friday in the first round of the playoffs.

DeSales 7 21 13 0 -- 41

Liberty Christian 7 7 0 14 -- 28

SCORING PLAYS

D -- Marcus Speiss 5 pass from Pat Richard (Leandro Santos kick)

LC -- Beau Nichols 60 run (Nichols kick)

D -- Bryce Hayunga 20 interception return (Santos kick)

LC -- Nichols 63 pass from Gregg Dunn (Nichols kick)

D -- Hayunga 3 run (Santos kick)

D -- Hayunga 30 pass from P.Richard (Santos kick)

D -- Derek Kerwin 10 run (kick failed)

D -- Kyle Lindgren 50 run (Santos kick)

LC -- Jay Sitton 37 pass from Dunn (Nichols kick)

LC -- Zach Simpkins 9 run (Nichols kick)

STATISTICS

RUSHING--D, Hayunga 20-166, Speiss 7-30, Spencer Smith 7-13, Lindgren 5-76, Kerwin 3-25. LC, Nichols 8-90, Simpkins 14-114.

PASSING--D, P.Richard 13-20-0-124. LC, Dunn 4-9-2-102, Simpkins 1-2-0-35.

RECEIVING--D, Speiss 7-48, Hayunga 2-31. LC, Nichols 3-100, Sitton 1-37, Matt Morrison 1-0.

FIRST DOWNS--D 19, LC 6. FUMBLES-LOST--D 2-1, LC 3-2. PENALTIES-YARDS--D 3-25, LC 1-5.