Box Score The Knight Hawks defeated the Tucson Sugar Skulls, 59-55, on Sunday afternoon at Tucson Arena.
KEY STATS OF THE GAME
#2
Ja'Rome Johnson – 2 Rushing Touchdowns, 1 Passing Touchdown
#4
Quentin Randolph – 2 Receiving Touchdowns, 1 Rushing Touchdown, 59 Receiving Yards
#6
Antonio Wimbush – 2 Rushing Touchdowns, 75 Rushing Yards
#7
CJ Windham Jr. – 1 Rushing Touchdown
#10
Jayden De Laura – 1 Passing Touchdown
#11
Lorenzo Hernandez – 1 Sack, 2 TFL
#23
Ben Derby – 1 Deuce, 8/8 PAT
#38
Cameron Bright – 12 Total Tackles
NOTES
Vegas opened the scoring as early as a team can when
Ben Derby's kickoff split the uprights for a deuce, giving Vegas an early 2-0 lead.
Following a defensive stop,
Ja'Rome Johnson ran in the game's first touchdown four minutes into the first quarter increasing the Vegas lead, 9-0.
Using both Johnson and
Jayden De Laura, Vegas drove the length of the field and capped off the drive with a
CJ Windham Jr. rushing score. This gave Vegas a 16-0 lead in the waning moments of the opening quarter.
Tucson then found the endzone twice, dropping the Knight Hawks lead down to 16-13 with eight minutes left in the half.
Johnson stopped the bleeding and regained a 10-point lead for Vegas with his second rushing score of the afternoon. Vegas added one more point to their lead when they scored a rouge on the subsequent kickoff.
The teams traded touchdowns, including
Quentin Randolph's sixteenth touchdown of the season. The Knight Hawks led 31-19 with less than one minute to go in the half.
Tucson ended the half by converting their field goal attempt bringing the score up to 31-22.
Vegas opened the second half with a quick score by way of
Antonio Wimbush's eighteenth rushing touchdown of the season, increasing Vegas' lead to 38-22.
The teams would once again go blow-for-blow on touchdown drives increasing the score to 45-29 with less than eight minutes left in the third quarter.
Tucson scored on two straight drives, dwindling the Vegas lead to two points, 45-43, at the start of the fourth quarter.
Four minutes into the final frame Randolph rushed in his third score of the game, this time on the ground, to give Vegas some breathing room on the score board, 52-43.
Tucson answered with their own rushing score to keep the game close at 52-49 at 5:15 in the fourth.
With less than one minute to go in the game, both teams traded scores. Vegas held a four-point lead when Tucson failed to convert their two-point-attempt.
The 59-55 score was finalized when Vegas recovered the Tucson onside attempt and ran out the rest of the clock.
NEXT TIME OUT
Next week the Knight Hawks will have their final bye-week of the season before heading to San Jose to play the Bay Area Panthers on Saturday, July 11.
TICKETS
Tickets are still available for Vegas' next home game on Saturday, July 19 against the Northern Arizona Wranglers. The Knight Hawks will be celebrating Christmas in July where the first 1500 fans will receive a VKH ornament.
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