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Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 | 11:31 p.m.
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The tough Southeast Division
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Las Vegas Sun reporters Case Keefer and Ray Brewer break down high school football's tough Southeast Division. Five of the league's seven teams are part of the Sun's top-10 rankings.
Basic High improved to 3-0 on the season with a 22-21 comeback victory over Canyon Springs Saturday night.
After trailing the first three quarters, Basic took its only lead of the game on a fourth-quarter touchdown and two-point conversion.
On fourth-and-goal from the Canyon Springs 2 yard line early in the fourth quarter, Basic quarterback Vince Carducci rolled right and hit wide receiver Blaze Galardy , who made a juggling catch for the touchdown to cut Canyon Springs’ lead to 21-20.
Basic coach Jeff Cahill initially sent out the kicking unit to go for the tie, but a Canyon Springs encroachment penalty allowed Cahill’s club to go for the win.
Following the encroachment penalty, Cahill sent out his first-team offense for the two-point conversion. Basic opted for a power run by running back Benny Gutierrez , who smashed into defenders as he crossed the goal line for the go-ahead two-point conversion.
“It was not hard at all,” Cahill said of his decision to go for the win. “Last week, our offensive line and Benny did a great job from the 1 yard line all week. We have total confidence in those guys, so when we were at the 1 yard line, we knew we could get it in.”
Basic held Canyon Springs scoreless the remainder of the game and ran out the clock toward the end of the game to remain unbeaten on the season.
Basic trailed 14-7 at halftime as Canyon Springs converted two long touchdown passes in the second quarter to take the halftime lead.
Canyon Springs quarterback Jamaal Martin connected with junior wide receiver Isiah Charles for a 51-yard touchdown on third-and-11 to give the Pioneers a 7-0 lead.
Basic answered back on the ensuing possession as it converted on a key fourth down to keep the drive alive.
The fourth-down conversion set up a 3-yard touchdown pass from Carducci to Galardy to tie the score at 7. Galardy only caught two passes on the evening, but both went for touchdowns.
The Pioneers regained the lead on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Martin to wide receiver Chayson Lawson on fourth-and-7 from the Basic 26. Lawson’s touchdown gave Canyon Springs its 14-7 halftime lead.
Basic received the opening kickoff of the second half and drove the length of the field for the tying score.
On third-and-goal from the Canyon Springs’ 1 yard line, Basic running back Lorenzo Sampson was stuffed at the line of scrimmage. But extra effort allowed him to muscle his way into the end zone for the tying touchdown.
A key defensive pass-interference penalty against Basic on fourth down helped extend the Pioneers next drive. Martin hit Charles for a 41-yard completion just plays later to set up first-and-goal for the Pioneers.
Martin scrambled 10 yards and shook a couple defenders as he raced into the end zone to give Canyon Springs a 21-14 lead.
Cahill called a double reverse on the Wolves’ game winning drive that was executed perfectly for a 48-yard rush by senior receiver Matt Dembinski.
Basic caught Canyon Springs off guard, and Dembinski rushed down the left sideline before finally being brought down by a defender at the Pioneers 8 yard line.
“That’s a play we work on a lot,” Cahill said of the double reverse. “We were running a lot of flys and we saw that when we ran those flys, their backside was crashing down trying to catch them. So we just caught them.”
Basic was led on offense by quarterback Vince Carducci, who completed 16 of 31 passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns.
Carducci's leading receiver was junior wideout Darian Spencer, who caught six passes for 79 yards.
Basic, for the second consecutive week, overcame a touchdown deficit to come out victorious.
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Canyon Springs gave Basic a tougher game than i expected. Not to take anything away from Canyon Springs but 2 of the 3 td's were on mistakes by Basic's defense. Basic kind of shot themselves in the foot first half.
Canyon Springs is better than their 0-2 record would have you think. They have a lot of athletic talent but just seemed to lack consistency and depth. Basic definitely struggled in the speed department and will have a hard time when they play Liberty and Del Sol. Having already watched Liberty, Del Sol and now Basic as tough as the SE division is this year i say Liberty and Del Sol beat Basic on big plays. Basic is definitely top ten in town but unless they come up with a good game plan they will continue to lose the foot races against teams with speed.
How many times has Basic taken the field without a good game plan? They have been prepared for every opponent for some time now. Ask the head coaches at Liberty and Del Sol if they must be 100% prepared to play Basic. I am sure of their answer.
true those will be tough games but i think the pack pulls it out i mean they work harder than any other team in Nevada maybe in the country but we well see basic isn't about talk they are about performance
Basic has a tough schedule for the remainder of the season. They face Coronado next to open up league play, which should be somewhat of a relief compared to the rest of the schedule. Then, they face #4 ranked Silverado who shut out Desert Oasis and put up 61 points against Eldorado. Then they have #5 ranked Liberty who lost by 3 points against Palo Verde and beat Spring Valley 42-10. Legacy is definitely a team with talent, though they are struggling this season so far with the 1pt loss to Spring Valley and the loss to Faith Lutheran. Last year they went 11-1 until their loss against Cimarron-Memorial in the playoffs. Foothill, to me will be less of a challenge, but only because Basic has beat them numerous times including twice last season once in the Playoffs with a 42-20 victory. But then in comes Del Sol, who has beaten Basic every time they have played. Basic has been close though, and as many have mentioned, Basic should have won the Regional Semi-Finals last year, but a questionable field goal that the referees called "no good" and some blown calls prevented the Wolves from advancing. And Finally, their last game is against Rival Green Valley as they try to be the first team in Basic history to keep the Henderson Bowl for 3 straight years. Last year they beat Green Valley 41-14 on Thursday Night Lights, but most of the team who contributed to that win has graduated and so Basic will have to find replacements. They do have Blaze Galardy,Dante Rogers, and Kevin Bayes on the Defense and Vince Carducci,Benny Gutierrez, Darian Spencer, and DeVonte Boyd on Offense along with other key contributors like Dominic Villas and Lorenzo Sampson, but as everyone says, none of them are D1 quality. Ray Brewer says Basic plays with a chip on their shoulders and as Wolfpack22 said, Basic isn't about talk, they are about performance. So far this year, Basic looks pretty strong and I believe they will end up in the playoffs and even the Regional SemiFinals again, if not State. If you took the time to read all of this, thank you. Good luck to all teams this season.