Dragon gridders trample Elsie Allen

Dragons scored two touchdowns on first three plays|

The Sonoma Valley High football Dragons scored early and often Friday night as they breezed to a 38-8 win over Elsie Allen.

It didn’t take the Dragons long. On their first play, junior Henry Darnell broke to the outside and had an open field in front of him on his way to a 75-yard touchdown run.

On the next possession, Elsie Allen fumbled the ball away on its first play and sophomore Tyler Winslow recovered. Two plays later, Winslow rumbled in from four yards out and after only three plays, Sonoma had a 14-0 lead.

Early in the second quarter, senior quarterback Ethan Koler found junior receiver Noah Thomas all by himself near the goal line for a 35-yeard TD reception and the Dragons upped the lead to 21-0 where it stood at the half.

Sonoma again scored quickly to start the second half. After a 64-yard run by Winslow, the Dragons had a first-and-goal on the 1-yard-line and on the next play, junior David Neumann scored to make it a 28-0 lead.

Elsie Allen couldn’t handle the ensuing kickoff and senior Noah Bartolome recovered the fumble for the Dragons giving them excellent field possession on the Lobo 31.

A couple plays later, Koler ran up the middle on a keeper from the 14-yard-line and scored to put the Dragons up 35-0.

The Dragons finished their scoring early in the fourth quarter when senior kicker Juan Zaragoza hit a 40-yard field goal to stretch the lead to 38-0.

After that, the teams played with a running clock for the rest of the game.

Sonoma lost its shutout bid with three minutes to go in the game when the Lobos, aided by three Dragon major penalties, finally got on the board, and the two-point conversion made it 38-8 as a final.

The Dragons even their record at 2-2, and are 1-0 in conference play. Sonoma hosts Petaluma Friday at Arnold Field.

A more complete game story will be in Tuesday’s Index-Tribune.

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