Devin Rimmey explodes in Canyon Springs win over Spring Valley

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 | 11:39 p.m.

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Canyon Springs has struggled in the third quarter of games all year.

So coach Hunkie Cooper was a little uneasy when the Pioneers went into halftime down two touchdowns. Canyon Springs, however, reversed the trend Thursday and played a strong second half to beat Spring Valley 36-33.

“We had a slow start,” Cooper said. “But Devin Rimmey was amazing again.”

Rimmey scored on two rushing touchdowns and led the Pioneer offense down the field throughout the second half. Canyon Springs kicked a field goal with less than a minute remaining to ensure a victory.

“We’ve built some character since we started,” Cooper said. “There were many opportunities to get down on each other and start pointing the finger at each other, but we didn’t.”

Canyon Springs is now 6-2, while Spring Valley fell to 5-5.

Discussion: 1 comment so far…

By P8503L

10/30/09 at 3:44 p.m.

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The real story is that TJ Allen and the Grizzlies out rushed Rimmey and the Pioneers, 271 yards to 179. Allen also rushed for 2 touchdowns and it was unfortunate that SPV coach opted for two attempts for field goals rather than going for the touchdowns. SPV had control of the game until the last minute of the game, they outplayed CS and dominated in both the passing and running game, 475 total yards to 286 yards for CS. They just didn't make the 1 play to win the game.

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