Jeff Tuttle's 2nd half Miracle Magic sparks Mission Hills to CIF Open Division Finals
By David A. Willauer-Jack Ashby Field at Grizzly Stadium-Mission Hills High School-San Marcos, CA-11-25-17-In an Open Division Semi Final Round game, after a bunch turnovers things went right for Torrey Pines as they went ahead 10-0 on a blocked punt return of 30 yards by Quinton Smith and on a fumble recovery recovered by the Falcons as they settled for a 38 yard field goal by Justin Kaplan.
In the second half the Grizzlies cut the Falcon lead to 10-7 as Jeff Tuttle 19 completions out of 33 attempts for 197 as threw a 10 yard pass to Chris Olave (9 carries for 91 yards) with the PAT good. Damon Wigand (19 carries for 116 yards) followed with a touchdown as he scored on a 6 yard run put the Grizzlies for their first lead of the game at 14-10.
The Falcons regained the lead at 17-14 as qb Jason Henke 14 carries for 40 yards scored on a 6 yard run with the PAT good
With 1:12 left in the ballgame qb Utah Bound qb Jeff Tuttle known for his passing and scrambling threw a 16 yard pass to Quinton Hadnot to make the final score 20-17 in favor of 12-0 Mission Hills.
Coach Chris Hauser: " Twice we came back and fell behind because of our turnovers,Torrey Pines had made the plays that they did but we battled from 2 scores down to get the lead." "Gives credit to our kids for the fight that they showed after they blocked the punt on us made big play for their first score we had 2 holding penalties which took our initial flame away but that is part of the game"
" On Jack Tuttle's 10 yard pass to Chris Olave for the 10-7 score those two have work so well together and have a tendency to look for each other." "On Jason Henke's 6 yard touchdown for their lead we were patient to drive our offense down the field, on the winning score by Quinton Hadnot from Jack Tuttle we worked on the formation in practice many times it was a good spot to push him vertical on the snap as Jack threw the ball well." "It's a privilege and an honor to play in our 3rd CIF final whoever it is we are ready to play." said Coach Hauser
These 2 teams played during the regular season at Torrey Pines as Mission Hills won by a 24-23 score.
Jack Tuttle on his performance: "It feels good to get the win tonight as we played a good team in Torrey Pines, after trailing 10-0 I felt that we could win the game tonight as things always happen." On the 2 touchdown passes of 10 yards to Chris Olave and to 16 yard to Quinton Hadnot they were fantastic plays for us but give credit to our offensive line as they did a good job blocking that's how we won the ballgame."
The Grizzlies of Mission Hills will be appearing in their 3rd trip to the CIF Open Division Finals(2nd Open Division Final). In 2013 Mission Hills defeated Oceanside 36-14 for the Open Division Finals, lost to Eastlake in 2012 by a score of 21-14 in the Division I Finals.
By David A. Willauer-Jack Ashby Field at Grizzly Stadium-Mission Hills High School-San Marcos, CA-11-25-17-In an Open Division Semi Final Round game, after a bunch turnovers things went right for Torrey Pines as they went ahead 10-0 on a blocked punt return of 30 yards by Quinton Smith and on a fumble recovery recovered by the Falcons as they settled for a 38 yard field goal by Justin Kaplan.
In the second half the Grizzlies cut the Falcon lead to 10-7 as Jeff Tuttle 19 completions out of 33 attempts for 197 as threw a 10 yard pass to Chris Olave (9 carries for 91 yards) with the PAT good. Damon Wigand (19 carries for 116 yards) followed with a touchdown as he scored on a 6 yard run put the Grizzlies for their first lead of the game at 14-10.
The Falcons regained the lead at 17-14 as qb Jason Henke 14 carries for 40 yards scored on a 6 yard run with the PAT good
With 1:12 left in the ballgame qb Utah Bound qb Jeff Tuttle known for his passing and scrambling threw a 16 yard pass to Quinton Hadnot to make the final score 20-17 in favor of 12-0 Mission Hills.
Coach Chris Hauser: " Twice we came back and fell behind because of our turnovers,Torrey Pines had made the plays that they did but we battled from 2 scores down to get the lead." "Gives credit to our kids for the fight that they showed after they blocked the punt on us made big play for their first score we had 2 holding penalties which took our initial flame away but that is part of the game"
" On Jack Tuttle's 10 yard pass to Chris Olave for the 10-7 score those two have work so well together and have a tendency to look for each other." "On Jason Henke's 6 yard touchdown for their lead we were patient to drive our offense down the field, on the winning score by Quinton Hadnot from Jack Tuttle we worked on the formation in practice many times it was a good spot to push him vertical on the snap as Jack threw the ball well." "It's a privilege and an honor to play in our 3rd CIF final whoever it is we are ready to play." said Coach Hauser
These 2 teams played during the regular season at Torrey Pines as Mission Hills won by a 24-23 score.
Jack Tuttle on his performance: "It feels good to get the win tonight as we played a good team in Torrey Pines, after trailing 10-0 I felt that we could win the game tonight as things always happen." On the 2 touchdown passes of 10 yards to Chris Olave and to 16 yard to Quinton Hadnot they were fantastic plays for us but give credit to our offensive line as they did a good job blocking that's how we won the ballgame."
The Grizzlies of Mission Hills will be appearing in their 3rd trip to the CIF Open Division Finals(2nd Open Division Final). In 2013 Mission Hills defeated Oceanside 36-14 for the Open Division Finals, lost to Eastlake in 2012 by a score of 21-14 in the Division I Finals.
