Titan all-stars light up Shriners game

Published by admin on Wed, 12/05/2018 - 10:10am

Four Tri-Valley Titans were picked to play in the East/West Shriners game at Eagle High School. The seniors showed off their skills on the 8-man West team, which blew out the East team by the score of 44-0, an historic shutout. Representing the Titans on the gridiron were Orion Southwick, Jayden Mink, Cody Nixon and Michael Carpenter. Southwick had a big game on offense and defense and was named MVP for the West team. Photo courtesy of Cara Southwick
On the morning of Nov. 23, 11 senior football players chosen from the Long Pin League for the West team took the field at Eagle High School for the East/West Shriners 8-man All-Star-Game.  
 Representing Tri-Valley were Michael Carpenter, Jayden Mink, Cody Nixon, and Orion Southwick, offering both offensive and defensive skills. Coaching the West team was Charlie Shepherd.
 Filling the 21-man roster for the East were seniors, primarily from 1A Division 1 schools that included Notus, Wilder, Rimrock, Idaho City and Horseshoe Bend coached by Kyle DalSaglio and Jason Roeber.
 What was thought to be a challenging match-up for the West team in actuality turned out to be a game totally dominated by the West and resulted in a historical 44-0 shutout.
 Setting up the first score of the game was a timely fumble recovery by Cody Nixon and a short drive that culminated with a 3-yard run by Orion Southwick for the touchdown.  Tacking on the extra point was a pass from Jayden Mink to Randy McClure of Salmon River. 
 The next two touchdowns were due to rushing from Canyon Harper with another two-point conversion pass to Randy McClure. Early in the second quarter a stellar quarterback sack by Michael Carpenter caused a fumble that was scooped up by Orion Southwick and run into the endzone for a touchdown.  
 Adding the finishing touch was Canyon Harper with a two-point conversion run. At halftime the score was 36-0 for the West.
 The West defense continued to dominate the second half of the game while the offense threw in some exciting trick plays. 
 Culminating the scoring for the game was a stellar pick-six by Orion Southwick and two-point conversion pass to Jayden Mink from Canyon Harper, making the final score 44-0. 
 Receiving a commemorative football for Most Valuable Player of the game for the West was Orion Southwick. Receiving Idaho Sports players of the game were Canyon Harper of Salmon River and Orion Southwick of Tri-Valley.

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