As lightning lit up the Northern Nevada sky, a different storm was brewing on the gridiron of Galena High School on Friday night, and that storm was Burbank Bulldogs star quarterback Deshawn Laporte.
While mother nature’s light show was far off in the distance, never truly threatening the action at hand, the threat of Burbank’s junior signal caller was ever present, as Laporte lit up the field like a firework display and put constant pressure on the opposing defense, leading the Bulldogs to a decisive 52-9 victory over the Galena Grizzlies.
It took four minutes and change for the Bulldogs to shake off the stiffness from the eight-hour drive north to Reno. The offense sputtered, with Laporte finishing the first drive just 1-of-6 for 23 yards and a sack, while the defense surrendered an eight-play, 53-yard Galena scoring drive capped off by a four-yard touchdown run by Grizzly quarterback Wyatt Lace. When the Grizzlies missed the extra point, however, and the score stayed at 6-0, that’s when the storm touched down…