Gonzaga Prep offense too much for University

Gonzaga Prep was a model of consistency, University couldn’t get out of its own way and the Bullpups’ 54-19 victory Friday night at U-Hi was the end result.

Following a first-possession punt, Prep scored on five successive series and eight of nine to easily dispatch the mistake-prone Titans. The ninth possession was a failed field goal attempt.

G-Prep scored 26 second-half points on just 13 plays, including touchdown bursts by Jack Bamis that covered 30 and 70 yards.

“The coaches did a great job of making a couple adjustments and the kids executed them,” G-Prep coach Dave McKenna said. “Our kids got the blocking schemes dialed in and I think we executed up front. I’ll have to see film but we must have done something right.”

By contrast, U-Hi fumbled four times, botched a punt, was intercepted and killed drives with untimely penalties.

The Titans drove 48 yards on its first possession, but Gonzaga’s defense rose up and stifled the opportunity at its 38-yard line.

Penalties blunted a nice drive by University that ultimately ended in a fumble. That was pretty much the story of the night.

By halftime, the Bullpups (5-1 overall, 2-0 GSL) were comfortably ahead 28-6, and when U-Hi muffed a punt snap on its first series after intermission, Bamis hit his first big run.

Although U-Hi’s salty defense took away the power game in the first half, it had no answer on the perimeter where Prep’s patented reverses got Bullpups to the edges and in several instances busted through tackle attempts for big gains.

Bell, who had averaged 60 yards per game through the air was 7 for 10 for 153 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for another and ran Prep’s multiple offense flawlessly. He credited it to the coaches who call the plays.

“Our offensive line did a great job tonight,” Bell said. “A great job. They gave us a different look than we’d practiced for but we got it fixed. Tonight, we didn’t have to fix a lot.”