The Knight Hawks earned a 43-37 victory over the Northern Arizona Wranglers on Saturday night at Lee's Family Forum to earn their first home victory of the season and improve their record to 3-2.
KEY STATS OF THE GAME
#3
Tamorrion Terry: Hauled in three touchdown catches, the most by a VKH receiver in a game this season. Terry had 41 total receiving yards on five catches.
#4
Quentin Randolph: Caught three passes for a team-high 49 receiving yards and a touchdown. Randolph has touchdown catches in all five games this season
#2
Ja'Rome Johnson: Entered game late in second quarter for injured
Jayden De Laura. Johnson completed 7-of-9 passes for 55 yards and two touchdowns
#33
Adam Plant Jr.: Led VKH with eight total tackles, including 1.5 sacks
#9
Claude Davis: Recorded third sack of the season
#21
Darius Williams: Blocked two field goal attempts and recorded six tackles.
#12
James Ceasar: Recovered a blocked kick in the end zone for a touchdown
NOTES
The Knight Hawks trailed the Northern Arizona Wranglers, 16-13 in the late stages of the first half on Saturday night at Lee's Family Forum. Quarterback
Jayden De Laura had connected on a 31-yard touchdown pass to
Quentin Randolph in the first quarter and scampered into the end zone from 15 yards out midway through the second, but the Wranglers had taken the lead in the final minute of the half with a Nolan Susel touchdown carry. De Laura connected with
Tamorrion Terry for one of his three touchdown catches before the half ended, and then the Knight Hawks tacked on a safety in the closing seconds to take a 22-16 lead into the locker room.
After the teams had combined for 20 points across the first 29 minutes of the half, they totaled 18 points in the final minute.
Midway through the third quarter,
Darius Williams recorded his second blocked field goal of the game, the ball bouncing into the end zone and recovered by
James Ceasar for a touchdown to makes it 29-16. With
Ja'Rome Johnson in to replace an injured De Laura, he tacked on two more touchdown passes to Terry.
Wranglers quarterback Kaleb Lowe was 15-for-26 for 146 yards and two touchdowns, and Susel scored three rushing touchdowns in the game to keep it close. But a Knight Hawks stop on the final drive cemented a 43-37 VKH win, their first home win of the season.
The Wranglers remain winless at 0-5
NEXT TIME OUT
The Vegas Knight Hawks will take the field at Lee's Family Forum again on Saturday, May 10 to host the San Antonio Gunslingers and celebrate Hometown Heroes Knight. This will be the second meeting in the last three games between the Knight Hawks and the Gunslingers.
TICKETS
Tickets are still available for Hometown Heroes Knight on May 10. The first 3,000 fans in attendance will receive a Vegas Knight Hawks comic book, and community leaders in the city of Henderson will be honored throughout the game.
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