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Amarillo High football throttles Coronado, move to 3-1 in district play

Hart Pisani, Amarillo Globe-News
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Amarillo High football coach Chad Dunnam said on Wednesday that he was concerned about the effort his team put forth in a loss to Lubbock-Cooper last week. There's no questioning the effort the Sandies put up against Lubbock-Coronado on Thursday night at Dick Bivins Stadium.

Will Flaming threw for 331 yards and scored four total touchdowns, Oliver Parsons had five catches for 225 yards and scored four total touchdowns and the Sandies thrashed the Mustangs 66-14.

The Sandies' offense was dominant from the start as Flaming hit Parsons for a 63-yard touchdown on the very first play of the game. Amarillo High (4-4, 3-1) didn't punt all night as the only possession they had that didn't end in a score was a missed field goal attempt and a late fumble when the was already decided. The Sandies finished with 21 first downs.

"With the short week this week after last week I was concerned about how we would play," Dunnam said. "(In) the loss we suffered last week we just didn't look like ourselves. It wasn't the team that I know. Tonight, we bounced back. It was a total team effort. We played complimentary football. We did a lot of things right tonight and I'm really proud of our kids."

The Amarillo High defense was just as outstanding as it forced three turnovers in the second half while not allowing a score after the 8:45 mark of the second quarter.

Pius Vokes also had an outstanding night running the ball with 145 yards and three touchdowns.

The Sandies are now back at .500 overall on the season, but more importantly they're now 3-1 in district. The win over Coronado (2-5, 1-2) puts them into excellent position with an open week next week followed by matches against Abilene and Lubbock Monterey. AHS' postseason hopes are looking pretty strong for a team that started off 1-3.

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Amarillo High 66, Coronado 14

CHS 7 7 0 0 -- 14

AHS 21 17 28 0 -- 66

First Quarter

AHS – Oliver Parsons 63 from Will Flaming (Korbin Raef kick) 11:45

AHS – Eddy Mpela 2 run (Raef kick) 7:14

CHS – Demarion Finch 22 run (Christian Sanchez kick) 5:31

AHS – Flaming 5 run (Raef kick) 0:39

Second Quarter

AHS – Pius Vokes 1 run (Raef kick) 11:56

CHS – Davian Lopez 6 run (Sanchez kick) 8:45

AHS – Parsons 15 run (Raef kick) 5:17

AHS – Raef 41 kick 0:00

Third Quarter

AHS – Vokes 4 run (Raef kick) 7:46

AHS – Parsons 65 from Flaming (Raef kick) 6:36

AHS – Parsons 37 from Flaming (Raef kick) 3:00

AHS – Vokes 15 run (Raef kick) 0:03

TEAM STATISTICS

CHS AHS

First downs 13 22

Rushes-yards 27-136 35-247

Passing yards 83 333

Comp.-att.-int 8-18-0 15-19-0

Punts-avg. 4-115 0-0

Fumbles-lost 3-3 1-1

Penalties-yards 5-40 9-70

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

CHS – Dom Parish 5-41. Demarion Finch 10-79, Allen Gant 1-17, Surreal Garrett 1-7 Davian Lopez 4-26, Isiah Vazquez 4-(-35), JJ Willis 1-(-3), Ty Jones 1-4

AHS – Pius Vokes 16-145, Eddy Mpela 8-44. Will Flaming 1-5, Isaiah Vela 10-53

PASSING

CHS – Isaiah Vazquez 8-18-0, 83

AHS – Will Flaming 13-17-0, 331, Jett Lopez 2-2-0, 2

RECEIVING

CHS - Demarion Finch 1-4, Jacob Perez 1-0, Dom Parish 1-12, Surreal Garrett 3-40, Kevonte Carr 1-8, Jacob Perez 1-17

AHS – Oliver Parsons 5-225, Trey Warnsley 3-39, Rylan Leathers 3-46, Pius Vokes 2-14, Cooper 1-5, Bryson Brown 1-3

This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Amarillo High School football team dominates Lubbock Coronado