3A

HOMEDALE — Tied 7-7 after the first quarter, top-seeded Homedale took the momentum away from visiting Timberlake after a blocked punt for a touchdown en route to a 55-19 win over the No. 8 Tigers in the state 3A quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.

“We put ourselves in bad positions in the first half,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “They onside kicked on us and scored, and we put ourselves in bad situations. Against a good team, you can’t make those mistakes and it cost us as the game progressed.”

Timberlake finishes 4-4 in Amos’ first season into his second stint as coach.

Timberlake lost to Homedale in the 3A semifinals in 2019.

“They’re a different type of team this year,” Amos said. “They’re more run-oriented and rely on their defense. We sold out to stop the run and their quarterback was able to complete some passes. They’re as good as any team as there is in the state.”

Junior Ashton Peightal threw for 170 yards and two touchdowns for a young Timberlake squad which had just five seniors on this year’s team.

“Our kids, they just don’t give up,” Amos said. “We played all season with only five seniors, and a lot of guys that didn’t have any varsity experience. Our kids kept playing as hard as they could. When bad things happened, they just kept going.”

Homedale (6-2) will play host to South Fremont (8-2) in the semifinals next weekend.

Timberlake 7 6 0 6 — 19

Homedale 7 21 20 7 — 55

TL — Carter Fortin 22 pass from Ashton Peightal (Carter Fortin kick)

Home — Hayden Kincheloe 26 run (Uriel Neri)

Home — Jaxon Dines 18 run (Neri kick)

Home — unknown 60 pass from Jaxon Dines (Neri kick)

Home — Blocked punt recovered in end zone (Neri kick)

TL — Zach Yetter 31 pass from Peightal (kick failed)

Home — Mason Strong 32 pass from Dines (kick failed)

Home — Billy Hockenhull 69 pass from Dines (Neri kick)

Home — Strong 67 pass from Dines (Neri kick)

Home — Dines 6 run (Neri kick)

TL — RajaNee Olivieri 37 pass from Peightal (conversion failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — TL, Woodworth 7-20, L. Fortin 14-16, Paslay 3-10, Borges 1-7, Z. Yetter 2-6, Peightal 7-4, C. Fortin 1-0, MacArthur 1-(-6). Home, Kincheloe 11-103, Dines 6-31, Christensen 1-7, Kerbs 3-5, Packer 1-1.

PASSING — TL, Peightal, 18-27-0-170. Home, Dines, 7-13-0-293.

RECEIVING — TL, Z. Yetter 9-61, C. Fortin 3-45, Paslay 2-23, Olivieria 1-37. Home, Strong 3-121, Hockenhull 2-73, Layne 1-25.

1A Division II

Mullan-St. Regis 28

Horseshoe Bend 12

MULLAN — Adam Ball scored the clinching touchdown on a 1-yard run with 2:04 remaining, his second score of the day, as the Tigers/Tigers co-op held off the Mustangs in a state 1A Division II quarterfinal game at snowy John Drager Field.

Mullan-St. Regis (8-1) advances to the state semifinals for the first time since 2006 and will travel to Dietrich (9-0) next Saturday at noon PST.

Saturday’s game was played as snow fell throughout the day in Mullan, with temperatures in the upper 30s.

Adam Ball threw for two touchdowns for Mullan-St. Regis, one for 94 yards to Riley Trogden to give the Tigers a 6-0 lead after the first quarter. After a Horseshoe Bend score, Ball scored again from 5 yards out to give the Tigers a 14-6 halftime lead.

HorseshoeBend0 6 6 6 —12

Mullan-St.Regis 6 8 6 8 —28

Mull — Riley Trogden 94 pass from Caleb Ball (pass failed)

HB — Coleton Meyer 1 run (run failed)

Mull — Adam Ball 5 run (Luke Trogden run)

Mull — John Pruitt 41 pass from A. Ball (run failed)

HB — Blayne Meyer 15 pass from C. Meyer (run failed)

Mull — A. Ball 2 run (A. Ball pass from C. Ball)