Zehner Leads El Dorado Past El Modena
Nick Zehner rushed for 239 yards in 21 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead visiting El Dorado, to a 28-2 victory over El Modena before 800 Thursday night.
Zehner carried 13 times for 154 yards in the first half and ended up with seven runs of more than 22 yards.
The Vanguards have now gone three consecutive games without scoring a touchdown.
El Dorado (3-1) scored on its second possession when Zehner ran in the ball from four yards out. The key play on the drive was a Zehner run of 41 yards to the Vanguard eight-yard line.
When El Modena (0-4) got the ball back they seemed to have something going as they drove from their 25 to the El Dorado 30. However, El Dorado’s Matt McConnell intercepted a pass from El Modena quarterback Kevin Brown at the Vanguard 25-yard line and ran 75 yards for a touchdown.
The Golden Hawks scored again in the second quarter on a 32-yard run by Zehner two plays after he had run 45 yards to the Vanguard 20.
El Dorado capped their scoring early in the third quarter when Brandon Vickers hauled in a 22 yard pass from quarterback Brian Zurhellen.
El Modena got its only points on a safety in the first half when Behrod Ganjifard tackled El Dorado punter Bryce Nebeker in the end zone after Nebeker fell on a errant snap from his center.
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