BLOOMFIELD — Brayden Wyrick saw victory coming his way, so he figured he might as well grab it.
Wyrick’s interception with 52 seconds left sealed Central Lee’s 21-14 win over Davis County on Friday night, keeping the Hawks undefeated as they opened Class 2A District 5 play.
“That’s big for us,” said Central Lee coach Doug Dodds, whose team didn’t win a district game last season after a 3-0 nondistrict start. “It’s good for the kids. That’s who I’m the happiest for, they do all the work.”
“This means a lot,” said Wyrick, a senior wide receiver/defensive back. “We were doubted by a lot of people, but we just took it for what it was.”
Wyrick remembered back to last season, when a 20-14 loss to Davis County in the district opener set the tone for the rest of the season.
“It kind of took a toll on everybody,” Wyrick said.
The mood was a lot different after this win.
“District football brings out something different in everybody,” Dodds said. “We knew we had to respond, because last year we got punched in the mouth right away, so this year we had to come out and be the ones who did that.”
Kayden Calfee’s 6-yard touchdown run with 11:18 left in the game, his third touchdown of the night, gave Central Lee its final lead, then the defense shut down the Mustangs (3-1, 0-1).
Davis County started its final drive on its own 25-yard line, but got into Central Lee territory on an 11-yard run by quarterback Cason Young on third-and-10.
The Mustangs were at the Central Lee 48 when Young rolled to his left. Wyrick was in the right place to step in front of the pass.
“When they ran (three wide receivers), I was told that the second guy would always run a 10-yard out (route),” Wyrick said. “I saw the quarterback, he was staring the receiver down, so I just overpursued and saw it coming right at me. I was able to get a few yards (after the interception) and get out of bounds. When I saw how much time was left, I knew the game was over.”
Calfee then did three kneel-downs, running out the clock as the Hawks celebrated.
Davis County scored first in the second quarter on Young’s 33-yard touchdown run. Central Lee came back to tie the game with just four seconds left in the first half, when Calfee scored on a 3-yard run.
Carter Will’s 12-yard touchdown run with 8:58 left in the third quarter put the Mustangs up 14-7, but again the Hawks would tie it, this time on a 29-yard touchdown run by Calfee.
The final touchdown run came on a possession in which Calfee had one touchdown run called back by a penalty. But he was able to get into the end zone four plays later for what proved to be the game-winner.
Calfee had 134 rushing yards and Chase Johnson had 108 rushing yards, the second consecutive week the two topped the 100-yard mark.
Central Lee had an almost 7-minute advantage in time of possession.
“Ultimately, we did our jobs,” Dodds said. “The (defensive) line stepped up, and our offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage.
“I told the kids this week, nobody is going to care what it looks like. The only thing they’ll see is we’re 1-0.”
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