Matadors remain perfect

Reggie Bullock and Dallas Brown each scored two touchdowns for the No. 11 Arizona Western College football team, and its defense held Scottsdale scoreless in the fourth quarter for a 32-20 win Saturday night on the road.
 
The Matadors improve to 4-0 for the first time since 1996, setting up a meeting of two ranked and undefeated Western States Football League leaders this week at No. 9 Eastern Arizona.
 
Scottsdale, coming off a two-week break, fell to 1-2 with the loss.
 
AWC's defense forced four turnovers, including a critical fumble recovery early in the fourth after Warren Johnson returned a kickoff 88 yards to the 1-yard line. The Matadors also picked off three passes by Artichoke quarterback Phillip Aholt, a former AWC player.
 
Bullock, who was questionable to play before the game with a sore back, rushed for 180 yards  - 121 in the first half - on 28 carries. Brown had 52 yards on 11 carries and his first rushing and passing touchdowns as a Matador, and AWC quarterback Brandon Gorsuch was 15-of-21 for 195 yards with two TD passes.
 
Gorsuch also had his first interception of the year, which was returned 46 yards by Obieroma Heart a touchdown on the final play of the first half, cutting AWC's lead to 19-17. The Artichokes also scored on a 46-yard pass from Aholt to Johnson and a 27-yard field goal by Dylan Jackson.
 
Scottsdale took its first and only lead early in the third on Jackson's second field goal, but the Matadors answered right back.
 
AWC receiver Ge'shun Harris and Gorsuch connected on two big pass plays, starting with 15-yard reception on a 3rd-and-long to keep the drive alive. Gorsuch later tossed a 29-yard pass to Harris, who had to jump for the ball to bring it down in the end zone.
 
Deonte McDonald, Gerard Warren and Todd Wingate had AWC's interceptions. The Matadors also sacked Aholt four times, three courtesy of Maurice Alexander.

Aholt finished 20-for-31 for 197 yards and a touchdown, only 57 of which came in the second half.