Thunder Mountain High School senior Q\u2019on Bear-Clark led the Falcons to their first-ever win over cross-town rival Juneau-Douglas, rushing for 324 yards in a 48-0 Glacier Bowl win over the Crimson Bears at Adair Kennedy Field on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The lopsided victory earns TMHS the Southeast Conference No. 2 seed for next week\u2019s state medium school football playoffs and ends the season for JDHS.<\/p>\n
Bear-Clark scored his first touchdown with 7:20 remaining in the first quarter on an 18-yard rumble into the end zone. The Falcons failed on the conversion.<\/p>\n
JDHS could get no offense generated against a tough Falcons front line and secondary.<\/p>\n
The Crimson Bears went three-and-out on their first possession and Falcons’ freshman Hanzel Hinckle returned the punt 50 yards to the 19-yard line.<\/p>\n
After two Bear-Clark carries, Falcons\u2019 quarterback Cale Jenkins threw two yards to Mahina Toutaiolepo for a 12-0 lead and then connected on the two-point conversion to Ryan Mayhew for a 14-0 advantage.<\/p>\n
JDHS put together a drive from their own 36-yard line on the next possession and marched down to the Falcons\u2019 13 before an interception by TMHS’ Hinckle to end the quarter.<\/p>\n
The Falcons had just four plays with two penalties before JDHS\u2019 Koen Schultz intercepted a pass for a 20-yard return.<\/p>\n
JDHS fumbled away during its next possession and with 7:33 remaining in the second quarter Bear-Clark ran in his second touchdown for a 20-0 lead. Riley Olson then made the extra point.<\/p>\n
JDHS\u2019 first play from scrimmage was a deep pass that the Falcons intercepted and Crimson Bears quarterback Bubba Stults was injured on the throw. Bear-Clark would score in the possession but the touchdown was called back on a Falcons penalty. The Falcons fumbled away their possession and Crimson Bears quarterback Hunter Hickok had two passes dropped and missed another and the Crimson Bears punted away.<\/p>\n
Bear-Clark had another touchdown called back on a TMHS penalty in the next series and again had to punt.<\/p>\n
JDHS had possession with 1:58 remaining before the half and worked the ball for two plays before the Falcons\u2019 Shannon Olmstead intercepted a pass and returned the ball to the 31-yard line with 41 seconds remaining. The Falcons were later faced a fourth-and-nine with five seconds remaining and Jenkins connected to Olsen for the half-time score of 27-0.<\/p>\n
JDHS opened the second half with their longest possession of the night, moving the ball from their own 27-yard line to the Falcons\u2019 38 before Hickok was hit behind the line and fumbled to TMHS senior defensive tackle Meki Sikione.<\/p>\n
JDHS\u2019 sophomore Lance Fiagatsu intercepted the Falcons next drive but the Crimson Bears went three-and-out.<\/p>\n
Bear-Clark earned his third touchdown of the night with 1:13 remaining in the third quarter and the Jenkins-to-Olsen conversion made the score 35-0. Olsen intercepted the Crimson Bears next possession but the Falcons fumbled the ball back and JDHS entered the fourth quarter under the mercy rule and a running clock.<\/p>\n
Bear-Clark scored his fourth touchdown after he broke through the Crimson Bears line at the 22-yard line and outran the secondary for a 78-yard scamper. Olsen nailed the extra point.<\/p>\n
JDHS had a third-and-two on the next series but Hickok was sacked by the Falcons for a loss and the next snap was fumbled away. The Falcons\u2019 Erik Frenette ended the next series with a five-yard carry for the final score.<\/p>\n
TMHS recovered an onside kick with 2:18 remaining and the clock ran out as they searched for more yardage on the night.<\/p>\n
This is the first time JDHS has failed to make the state playoffs since 2002.<\/p>\n
TMHS will open the state playoffs next Saturday against the No. 1 seed from the Northern Lights Conference, the undefeated Soldotna Stars and their state record 37-game winning streak. The SEC No. 1 North Pole plays NLC No. 2 Kenai. Soldotna defeated Kenai 23-0 last night.<\/p>\n
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