STATE 1A FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Wallace runs out of gas, settles for third

CAMBRIDGE — Once Wallace ran out of answers on Saturday, Tri-Valley took the Miners out of the running for their first appearance in a state championship game since 1986. 

Wallace, in the state semifinals for the first time since 2011, fell to the Tri-Valley Titans 78-54 in a state 1A semifinal at Cambridge Elementary School, finishing the season 9-3.

Tri-Valley (9-2), a co-op between Cambridge and Midvale high schools, will face Carey, a 32-26 winner over Council in the other semifinal on Saturday, in the championship game next Saturday at Middleton High. 

After falling behind 6-0, Wallace tied the game at 6-6 on a 75-yard touchdown pass from Cooper Miller to Lennox Radford less than four minutes into the game. Miller also connected with senior Gus Scott on a 9-yard touchdown pass with 2:36 remaining in the first quarter to cut the deficit to 14-12 after the first quarter. 

Wallace took its first lead of the day on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Miller to junior Henry Larson. Tri-Valley outscored Wallace 30-22 in the second quarter to take a 44-34 halftime lead, then outscored the Miners 14-0 in the third quarter to build a 58-34 lead after three quarters. 

Miller threw for 364 yards and six touchdowns, and also ran for a 75-yard score for Wallace. Radford had 10 catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard kickoff return just before halftime to cut it to 44-34 Tri-Valley. 

Scott had seven receptions for 96 yards for Wallace, which graduates two seniors from this year’s team. 

Tri-Valley senior quarterback Jace Waggoner ran for 317 yards and four touchdowns. The senior also had an interception and onside kick recovery to set up a Titan score late in the third quarter. 

Wallace        12    22    0    20    —    54 

Tri-Valley    14    30    14    20    —    78 

First quarter 

TV — Jace Waggoner 4 run (run failed), 9:49. 

Wall — Lennox Radford 75 pass from Cooper Miller (pass failed), 8:16. 

TV — Gage George 2 run (J. Waggoner run), 3:12. 

Wall — Gus Scott 9 pass from Miller (pass failed), 2:36. 

Second quarter 

Wall — Henry Larson 14 pass from Miller (Scott pass from Miller), 8:05. 

TV — Monte Ingram 39 run (J. Waggoner run), 6:59. 

TV — Elias DeVries 31 pass from J. Waggoner (run failed), 4:19. 

Wall — Radford 26 pass from Miller (Miller run), 3:43. 

TV — J. Waggoner 38 run (Paxton Waggoner pass from J. Waggoner), 3:27.

TV — DeVries 8 pass from J. Waggoner (Waggoner run), :50. 

Wall — Radford 70 kickoff return (pass failed), :39. 

Third quarter 

TV — Eli Noah 3 run (JJ Sutton pass from J. Waggoner), 5:13. 

TV — J. Waggoner 54 run (pass failed), :33. 

Fourth quarter 

TV — Noah 23 run (P. Waggoner pass from J. Waggoner), 10:05. 

Wall — Miller 75 run (pass failed), 9:47. 

TV — J. Waggoner 54 run (pass failed), 9:26. 

Wall — Larson 20 pass from Miller (Scott pass from Miller), 6:36. 

TV — Kellan Moura 6 run (run failed), 4:06. 

Wall — Blake Rose 10 pass from Miller (pass failed), 1:42. 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS  

RUSHING — Wall, Miller 8-122, Holbert 3-6, Larson 1-(-18), Radford 1-10. TV, J, Waggoner 14-317, Noah 21-170, George 13-81, W. Moura 1-0, DeVries 1-8, Ingram 6-69, K. Moura 1-6. 

PASSING — Wallace, Miller, 27-44-1-364, Radford, 1-1-0-40. TV, J. Waggoner, 3-6-0-46. 

RECEIVING — Wall, Larson 9-130, Radford 10-144, Scott 7-96, Miller 1-40, Rose 1-0. TV, P. Waggoner 1-7, DeVries 2-39.