Football team shuts out Scots at Homecoming Game 38-0
Oct 19, 2023 12:57PM ● By Liisa London Mecham
Friday Night under the lights, Morgan earned a 38-0 shutout victory against the Ben Lomond Scots to remain undefeated in Region 13 play. With wins over Juan Diego and Ben Lomond at home, the Trojans travel to Grantsville to take on the Cowboys Friday, Sept. 29. Morgan’s high-scoring offense looks to continue their march through Region 13 and into the playoffs.
Morgan senior Zak Sargent had a fabulous night on his birthday with over 120 yards rushing on thirteen carries and three touchdowns. Sargent also added six tackles on defense. Sargent opened the scoring for Morgan on a 1-yard run, and then he scored the second touchdown for the team on a 9-yard run to put the Trojans up by two touchdowns.
Not long after Sargent’s second touchdown, Tate Steele intercepted the ball and ran it back 20 yards to take the score to 21-0. With a three-touchdown lead, the Trojan team went into the locker room in a comfortable position for the second half.
In the third quarter, Derrick Tilby caught a 35-yard pass from Beck Sheffield to extend the lead to 28-0 with Beau Johnson’s fourth PAT of the night. But Sargent wasn’t finished yet for the evening. In the fourth quarter, he broke free for a 54-yard run to score his third touchdown of the evening and build the lead to 35-0.
Johnson kicked a 38-yard field goal with six minutes remaining to finish off the scoring for the evening. He ended with five PATs and the field goal for eight points!
Both Sheffield and sophomore Cade Randall saw time at quarterback during the game in which the Trojans ran the ball more than usual. In addition to Sargent’s 120 yards, Jett Salmon rushed for 56 yards and Sheffield tallied 19. Joseph Belinski and Drew Korth also contributed to the rushing total.
Defensively, Tytun Wills led the team in tackles with 13. He also recorded one of the five sacks in the game. Other players tallying sacks were Salmon, Steele, Jack Hurd, and Nathan Haws. In addition to Steele’s pick 6, three other players recorded interceptions: Salmon, Jack Despain, and Cameron Menlove. Several players made the stats page with tackles in the shutout victory: Tate Nelson-4, Menlove-4, Krew Galbraith-4, Haws-3, Steele-3, Nik Preece-2, Carter Meibos-2, Cooper McGiven-2, Hurd-2, Abe Anderton-2, Bridger Ostrander-1, Despain-1, and Noah Birkeland-1. λ
