The Battle Mountain High School football team improved to 2-0 in the Northern 2A with a win this past Friday night at Incline.
The Battle Mountain High School football team threw a monkey wrench into the Northern 2A standings with an impressive 26-14 road win at Incline on Friday night.
The Longhorns improved to 2-0 in the Northern 2A, while Incline dropped to 2-1 and are tied with Pershing County.
Incline beat Pershing County earlier in the season. Coral Academy of Reno leads the league at 3-0.
Incline jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter on a 31-yard pass from Tommy Williams to Jayden Abbate. The Highlanders missed the extra point.
The Longhorns did most of their damage in the second quarter, scoring 20 of their 26 points. On the strength of a long pass from Kail Bengoa to Blake Stuart, Battle Mountain took the lead at 8-6 moments later on a pass from Bengoa to Isaac Martinez.
Later in the second quarter, Bengoa found James Spealman for a short pass and Spealman did the rest, bulldozing his way for the score and a 14-6 advantage.
Battle Mountain added one more score late in the second quarter and increased the lead to 26-6 in the fourth quarter, when Willams threw a second touchdown pass for Incline in the fourth quarter.
Battle Mountain travels to Silver Stage on Saturday.