Andrew Neuhaus
On Friday October 26th, 2018 the Logan Grizzlies went head to head with the Pine View Panthers in the first round of the Utah state high school playoffs. Going into this game the Panthers were 6-3, and your very own Logan Grizzlies were headed into this very very confident with a beautiful record of 8-1. This head to head battle was a shootout, and the back and forth offense is what made this game incredible. Logan marched down the field to start the game with a 7-0 lead but it didn’t last long. Dallin Brown and company took care of the ball and were able to create their own touchdown, tying the game at 7. The touchdown by the Panthers did not bring any fear to the all star QB Jonny Parkinson as he threw a 65-yard bomb to Timm Van Leeuwen. This was only the start for the Jonny and Timm connection. Logan stole the lead 14-7 at the end of the first, but the Panthers didn’t show any quit. Early in the second quarter Tosh Wright was able to break some tackles and march into the end zone on a two yard carry to tie the game up 14-14. Moments later the Panthers grasped the lead for their first time this game with a 22 yard shot down field to Wright. The back and forth battle had the fans on their feet as Logan once again designed a beautiful drive to score. Jonny Parkinson kept working with his positive mindset and launched a 69-yard bomb to Kevin Nye to bring his team back to 21-21. Logan showed no sign of slowing down as they got the stop on defense and scoring on a 25-yard deep shot down field from Parkinson, giving him 3 TD’s on the night which gave his hometown team the lead 28-21. Moments after Jonny scored, the Panthers answered with a 59-yard rushing touchdown. 8 seconds before halftime Coach Van Leeuween was able to create a go ahead touchdown giving his team confidence headed into the locker room during halftime 35-28. The Panthers came back with even more fight after halftime, answering with another rushing touchdown from Brown for two yards. After Pine View’s defense put the clamps on Logan’s offense they were able to regain the lead with a 22-yard touchdown from Crowton, making it 41-35. Logan knew what had to be done, and Jonny Parkinson connected with Timm Van Leeuween once more on a 45-yard touchdown, making that Timm’s 3rd touchdown but most importantly giving Logan the one point lead 42-41. Pine View never lost their mentality and scored once more on a five-yard touchdown from Tosh Wright 47-42. Once more Jonny Football came out and tossed a touchdown to Kevin Nye to regain the lead 50-47, but there on out Pine View’s offense and defense took over and stomped all over Logan, winning the game 68-50. Although Logan lost it was a historic night for Jonny Parkinson as he threw for 508 yards and had 5 touchdowns. It was the most passing yards thrown by any Logan High QB.
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