Playoffs Rd 2 GAT vs RHT

GATEWAY COLONIALS at RIVER HEIGHTS WARRIOR

Warrior Stadium, Mid-December
Weather: 65 F, Clear Skies, Mild wind blowing South

SCORING HIGHLIGHTS

	Qtr 1, 05:57. Gateway set the tone early after a strong return gave River Heights decent field position, but the Warriors stalled immediately—highlighted by a Jae Wade sack—and punted. The Colonials then marched into range behind Lenard Mallory’s runs (plus a personal foul that moved the ball deep) and settled for a 28-yard Jesse Bourne field goal.
	GATEWAY 3, RIVER HEIGHTS 0


	Qtr 1, 00:21. Bourne wasn’t done: after River Heights’ best early drive ended with a missed 49-yard kick, he drilled a booming 55-yarder near the end of the quarter to make it 6–0 Gateway.
	GATEWAY 6, RIVER HEIGHTS 0


	Qtr 2, 02:42. River Heights’ offense continued to sputter with penalties and punts, while Gateway stayed patient and efficient. A roughing-the-passer penalty helped extend a key drive, and Mallory finished it with a short touchdown run to push the lead to 12–0. River Heights had a small window to answer late, even recovering a fumble to keep a drive alive, but the half closed with a sack and another empty possession.
	GATEWAY 12, RIVER HEIGHTS 0


	Qtr 3, 05:11. Gateway opened the second half with a burst—Keith Van Brocklin ripped off a long scramble to flip the field—and Bourne added a 20-yard field goal for a 15–0 lead.
	GATEWAY 15, RIVER HEIGHTS 0


	Qtr 3, 02:30. River Heights finally punched back: Darryl Clifford drove the Warriors inside the 10 and hit Noel Pulley for a touchdown, then Mark Gibbons powered in the two-point conversion to cut it to 15–8. Gateway responded by moving the chains and bleeding clock, keeping control heading into the fourth.
	GATEWAY 15, RIVER HEIGHTS 8


	Qtr 4, 07:27. Bourne extended Gateway’s lead again with a 47-yard field goal
	GATEWAY 18, RIVER HEIGHTS 8


	Qtr 4, 07:27. But the game turned into a late shootout. River Heights scored twice—first on a Jesse Duckett touchdown.
	GATEWAY 18, RIVER HEIGHTS 15


	Qtr 4, 01:58. Then on a William Hastings touchdown with under two minutes left—to grab a 22–18 lead.
	GATEWAY 18, RIVER HEIGHTS 22


	Qtr 4, 00:44. Van Brocklin answered with a lightning-fast final drive, capped by Mallory’s go-ahead touchdown with 39 seconds remaining (and the extra point for 25–22). River Heights threatened one last time, but an interception by Elroy Robustelli sealed it and preserved the Colonial win.
	GATEWAY 25, RIVER HEIGHTS 22


	Final Score: GATEWAY 25, RIVER HEIGHTS 22 QUICK GAME RECAP ... The Gateway Colonials survived a furious fourth-quarter rally to edge the River Heights Warriors, 25–22, leaning on a clean, balanced attack (354 total yards, 24:50 possession) and a perfect day from kicker Jesse Bourne (4-for-4 FGs, including a long 55 yarder). River Heights quarterback Darryl Clifford threw for 269 yards and 3 TDs, briefly pushing the Warriors ahead late, but Gateway held in the final minute and closed the door with a last-gasp interception. MVP Lenard Mallory (HB, Gateway) powered the decisive blows with 20 carries for 51 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns, adding 3 catches for 41 yards for 92 total yards from scrimmage.

GAME STATS

MVP: (HB) Lenard Mallory (GATEWAY)

GATEWAY Head Coach: Chris Hernandez
RIVER HEIGHTS Head Coach: Ted Allen

GATEWAY 25 RIVER HEIGHTS 22

Scoring 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL
GATEWAY 6 6 3 10 0 25
RIVER HEIGHTS 0 0 8 14 0 22

Game Stats GATEWAY RIVER HEIGHTS
Score 25 22
First Downs (Run/Pass/Pen) 22 (6/14/2) 17 (4/11/2)
Rushes - Yards 36 - 127 13 - 63
Passing Yards 231 269
Sacked - Yards Lost 1 - 4 3 - 23
Total Offense 354 309
Comp-Att-Int 22-30-1 (73.3%) 20-33-1 (60.6%)
Fumbles / Lost 0-0 1-0
Turnovers 1 1
Penalties-Yards 5-55 7-58
Punts / Average 3-46.3 4-41.5
Field Goals Made / Att 4-4 0-1
Third Downs Converted 7-14 (50.0%) 3-9 (33.3%)
Fourth Downs Converted 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 24:50 15:10
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GATEWAY Passing Stats
Player Comp Att Pct Yards Y/A FDs TDs Ints Long Sacks SYds Rating
Keith Van Brocklin [QB] 22 30 73.3 231 7.7 14 0 1 36 1 4 81.4
John Duckworth [QB] 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

GATEWAY Rushing Stats
Player Rushes Yards YPC FDs TDs Long Fumbles Fum Lost
Lenard Mallory [HB] 20 51 2.5 3 2 11 0 0
Cliff Rooster [HB] (R) 6 9 1.5 1 0 6 0 0
Duane Paxton [FB] 5 13 2.6 0 0 6 0 0
Keith Van Brocklin [QB] 5 54 10.8 2 0 48 0 0

GATEWAY Receiving Stats
Player Catches Yards Y/C FDs TDs Long
Golden Denbow [WR] 7 107 15.3 7 0 36
Sean Whitcomb [WR] 4 36 9.0 2 0 16
Lenard Mallory [HB] 3 41 13.7 2 0 26
Chuck Fite [TE] 3 30 10.0 3 0 17
Duane Paxton [FB] 3 14 4.7 0 0 6
Cliff Rooster [HB] (R) 1 4 4.0 0 0 4
Jewel Stearns [WR] 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1
Ronny Garvin [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
A.D. Yardley [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Harlon Wright [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Taylor Hacker [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

GATEWAY Total Offense
Player Rushing Receiving Total yds FDs (P) FDs (R) FDs (C) TDs
Golden Denbow [WR] 0 107 107 0 0 7 0
Lenard Mallory [HB] 51 41 92 0 3 2 2
Keith Van Brocklin [QB] 54 0 54 14 2 0 0
Sean Whitcomb [WR] 0 36 36 0 0 2 0
Chuck Fite [TE] 0 30 30 0 0 3 0
Duane Paxton [FB] 13 14 27 0 0 0 0
Cliff Rooster [HB] (R) 9 4 13 0 1 0 0
Jewel Stearns [WR] 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 0

GATEWAY Defensive Stats
Player Tackles For Loss Safety Sacks Ints FumRec TDs
Don Brenton [FS] 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jae Wade [DLT/NG] 4 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ernest Stapleton [LCB] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lenny Voigt [LILB/MLB] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woodley Green [DLE] 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
Christoper Cavanaugh [DRT] 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Justus [RCB] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Duffy [LOLB] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elroy Crazy Legs Robustelli [SS] 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Marcus Appleton [ROLB] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anderson Hawley [Nickel] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Alban [RILB] 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

GATEWAY Kicking
Player FGA FGM FG % Lng FG XPA XPM XP % Points
Jesse Bourne 4 4 100.0 55 1 1 100.0 13

GATEWAY Punting
Player Punts Yards Y/P Lng Blkd In20 TB
Terry Parker 3 139 46.3 48 0 0 0

GATEWAY Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs
Quentin Dempsey 4 88 22.0 30 0
Ordell Box 0 0 0.0 0 0

GATEWAY Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs FCs
Paul Teeuws 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
Ken Manzo 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
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RIVER HEIGHTS Passing Stats
Player Comp Att Pct Yards Y/A FDs TDs Ints Long Sacks SYds Rating
Darryl Clifford [QB] 20 33 60.6 269 8.2 11 3 1 48 3 23 104.2
John Rippit [QB] 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

RIVER HEIGHTS Rushing Stats
Player Rushes Yards YPC FDs TDs Long Fumbles Fum Lost
Mark Gibbons [FB] 11 46 4.2 3 0 22 0 0
Chad Prescott [HB] (R) 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 0
Darryl Clifford [QB] 1 15 15.0 1 0 15 0 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Receiving Stats
Player Catches Yards Y/C FDs TDs Long
Maurice Anderson [WR] 5 46 9.2 1 0 21
Mark Gibbons [FB] 4 59 14.8 2 0 27
Noel Pulley [TE] 4 57 14.3 2 1 48
Jesse Duckett [WR] 3 54 18.0 3 1 21T
William Hastings [WR] 3 39 13.0 2 1 16
Chad Prescott [HB] (R) 1 14 14.0 1 0 14
Dennis Schuster [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Luciano Pettis [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Lenny Wellington [WR] (R) 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Jarrett Rambo [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Total Offense
Player Rushing Receiving Total yds FDs (P) FDs (R) FDs (C) TDs
Mark Gibbons [FB] 46 59 105 0 3 2 0
Noel Pulley [TE] 0 57 57 0 0 2 1
Jesse Duckett [WR] 0 54 54 0 0 3 1
Maurice Anderson [WR] 0 46 46 0 0 1 0
William Hastings [WR] 0 39 39 0 0 2 1
Chad Prescott [HB] (R) 2 14 16 0 0 1 0
Darryl Clifford [QB] 15 0 15 11 1 0 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Defensive Stats
Player Tackles For Loss Safety Sacks Ints FumRec TDs
Paul Vance [RCB] 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.C. Babcock [LILB/MLB] 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
Andre DeCarlo [DLT/NG] 8 4 0 1 0 0 0
Raymond Browning [LOLB] (R) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nicholas Arnold [DRE] 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nicholas Jung [LCB] 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Albert Leighton [ROLB] 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ricky Drazenovich [DLE] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake North [SS] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Houle [DB] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phillip Grob [RILB] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Nelson [Nickel] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lonnie Cline [FS] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Kicking
Player FGA FGM FG % Lng FG XPA XPM XP % Points
Tony Perry 1 0 0.0 0 2 2 100.0 2

RIVER HEIGHTS Punting
Player Punts Yards Y/P Lng Blkd In20 TB
Lin Tewksbury 4 166 41.5 47 0 3 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs
Bryan Stein 3 105 35.0 60 0
Craig Tompkins 1 23 23.0 23 0

RIVER HEIGHTS Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs FCs
Craig Daly 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
Vince Crawford 1 3 3.0 3 0 0