Week 8 North County Game of the Week: Vista Panthers 27, Del Norte Nighthawks 20

It was another hard-fought battle up in the North County for the North County Game of the Week between Vista and Del Norte, but after four quarters of play, the Vista Panthers came out on top, 27-20.

It was a battle between the Vista offense and the Del Norte defense, and it sure showed in the first quarter of the game.

The Nighthawks were able to stop the powerhouse running team for the Panthers and the game remained scoreless at the end of the first.

The second quarter was quite the opposite, as Del Norte gets on the board first with a 19-yard touchdown run by Lamont Burns.

Shortly thereafter, Panther Desmond Taua got a quick three-yard touchdown run to tie the game up at 7-all.

Then the Panthers come out with all the answers when Travis Bennett found Brent Lawson, who makes an amazing catch in the corner of the end zone to put Vista ahead, 14-7.

Del Norte quickly tied the game back up at 14-all right before halftime when the Nighthawk quarterback found Alex Moore.

The third quarter was very similar to the first quarter, scoreless. The fourth quarter is where the game got interesting.

Week 8 PPR Big Pig on Campus nominee David Flores found the open gap to take the ball 30 yards to the end zone to put Vista back on top.

Later, Del Norte was trying to make a comeback but its the powerful Vista defense forced a fumble and the Panthers ended up back in the driver’s seat.

The touchdown by Flores was so nice, the Panthers decide to do it twice, this time Flores went 37 yards for the score and Vista took the 27-14 lead.

Del Norte got one more touchdown on the board, as the Nighthawk quarterback found Alex Moore one more time but it wouldn’t be enough and Vista came out on top.

Vista will have a home game against Westview while Del Norte stays at home and will host Poway next Friday night.