On Friday night the South Mountain Jaguars opened their 2019 High School Football season by hosting the Verado Vipers. South has received a lot of preseason attention thanks to the job that twin co-head coaches Mark and Marcus Cater have done in their four years at the school. They truly are changing the culture in South Phoenix. This was evident when you looked in the stands, they were jammed packed. According to Coach Mark Carter they had to stop letting people in.
The game started with the Jaguars on defense. They forced a three and out on Verado's first drive but a roughing the kicker call on the punt gave the Vipers the ball back. A few plays later they scored on a 35 yard TD pass. The two conversion was successful and South trailed 8-0. Late in the quarter Verado was driving a again but Jeremiah Price put an end to the drive when he rocked the QB on third down, forcing a punt. Verado did score one more time before the quarter ended and took a 15-0 lead in to the second quarter.
South got their first points of the season when QB Amier Boyd Msthews found Travis Gammage for a 21 yard score. Verado scored again making the score 21-8. On the ensuing kickoff Devonte Ingram showed why he is called 'Money", he took the kickoff 98 yards for the score. South trailed cut the lead to 21-16 but never got closer as the Vipers then began to take over. Verado lead 35-16 at halftime and cruised to a 52-28 victory.
Despite the loss there was plenty to be proud of for the Jaguars. They started 6 sophomares and a freshman. Boyd has great footwork and an even better arm, he is also just a sophomore, along with with WR Brian Fair Jr. they have the future looking bright for the Jags. There is plenty of more talent on both sides of the ball. Ingram, Gammage, Palmer and Xavier Price all had good games for South.
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