Johnson at Natomas Football 10.28.22

JOHNSON AT NATOMAS FOR THE GREATER SACRAMENTO LEAGUE TITLE, LET'S GET YOU STRAIGHT TO THE ACTION FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, JOHNSON QUARTERBACK MARINO FRAGATA DROPS BACK AND FINDS JHAYSON FOWLER WHO TAKES IT THE DISTACE. 75 YARDS FOR THE SCORE, PERFECT START FOR THE WARRIORS AND THEY LEAD 7-0 NEXT DRIVE FOR JOHNSON, FRAGATA FINDS FOWLER AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR 50 YARDS. THAT DRIVE WOULD END WITH A TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM FRAGATA. JOHNSON UP 14-0. THIRD DRIVE FOR THE WARRIORS, FRAGATA ON THE QB DRAW FINDS THE ENDZONE HIMSELF. JOHNSON'S OFFENSE IS ROLLING, 20-0 WARRIORS. NATOMAS WOULD ANSWER ON THEIR NEXT POSESSION. RUNNING BACK PAUL LANIER SCORES THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN FOR THE NIGHTHAWKS AND ITS 20-7. BUT FRAGATA CONTINUES HIS HIGH SCORING FIRST HALF. HE FINDS KIRK BROWN OVER THE MIDDLE WHO MAKES A JUGGLING CATCH AND EXTENDS JOHNSON'S LEAD TO 26-7 ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF, NATOMAS GETS INTO THE ENDZONE. MICHAEL HENDRICKS FINDS MEKHEI BIRD WHO GIVES THE NIGHTHAWKS SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE SECOND HALF. 26-13 JOHNSON. THAT MOMENTUM CARRIED OVER TO THE NIGHTHAWKS FIRST DRIVE IN THE SECOND HALF. HENDRICKS TAKES IT ON THE QB RUN, REVERSES FIELD, AND OUTRUNUS THREE WARRIORS DEFENDERS TO MAKE IT 20-26 JOHNSON BUT FRAGATA KEEPS PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD FOR THE WARRIORS. HE FINDS JAMES HUNTER TO EXTEND THE JOHNSON LEAD TO 14. FRAGATA WASN'T DONE. A FEW MINUTES LATER HE FINDS KIRK BROWN AGAIN. JOHNSON GOES UP 48-34 WITH NINE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FOURTH. NATOMAS WOULD CLIMB ITS WAY BACK INTO THE GAME, CULMINATING WITH THIS TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND RUN FROM HENDRICKS TO BIRD TO BRING THE NIGHTHAWKS WITHIN TWO. BUT JOHNSON COMES UP WITH A GAME WINNING TOURNOVER IN THE FINAL SECONDS TO SEAL THEIR WIN. FRAGATA FINISHED WITH SIX TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS, FOUR THROUGH THE AIR AND TWO ON THE GROUND.