AURORA | In Gateway’s winning formula Friday night, Q was the variable.
With two quarterbacks out due to injury, Q — senior Quintavis Styles — made his first start under center for the Olys and made the most of it, rushing for 188 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-12 Gateway victory that spoiled Hinkley’s Homecoming festivities at Aurora Public Schools Stadium.
Styles — who typically plays running back for the Olys — scored touchdowns on runs of 55, 26, 18 and 5 yards and added a 2-point conversion run to help coach Ashour Peera’s team bounce back from a tough 1-point loss to Rangeview in the annual Anvil game to improve to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the Aurora League.
Hinkley — which lost to Gateway 69-0 last season — held a 12-7 lead at halftime on second quarter touchdowns by Brandon and Bryson Compton, but missed a number of opportunities to score in the second half and quarterback Austin Ruiz found himself under constant pressure from the Gateway defensive line.
Jaron Cohen’s Thunderbirds dropped to 4-4 overall and 2-2 in league play going into their regular season finale, a 6 p.m. Oct. 25 contest against rival Aurora Central at APS Stadium.
GATEWAY 28, HINKLEY 12
Score by quarters:
Gateway 0 7 14 7 — 28
Hinkley 0 12 0 0 — 12
SCORING
Second quarter
Hinkley — Brandon Compton 1 yard run (kick blocked), 10:57
Gateway — Quintavis Styles 26 yard run (John Oquendo kick), 9:45
Hinkley — Bryson Compton 3 yard pass from Austin Ruiz (run failed), 1:02
Third quarter
Gateway — Quintavis Styles 55 yard run (Oquendo kick), 10:38
Gateway — Styles 18 yard run (kick failed), 9:13
Fourth quarter
Gateway — Styles 5 yard run (Styles run), 1:29
RUSHING
Gateway: Quintavis Styles 29-188, Isaac Fuqua 12-60, Daymon Davis 5-19, CJ Sanders 2-7, Calvin Weber 2-4
Hinkley: Brandon Compton 10-51, Austin Ruiz 15-24, Ahonsi Ohimai 1-9, Noah Jones 7-7, Dante Richardson 1-0
PASSING
Gateway: Styles 0-5, 0 yards; Austin Hall 1-1, 16 yards; John Oqeundo 1-1, 3 yards
Hinkley: Ruiz 13-25, 163 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
RECEIVING
Gateway: Jonah Mitchell 1-16, Styles 1-3
Hinkley: Richardson 5-123, Chance Drake 3-25, Bryson Compton 2-14, Joe Miller 1-4, Brandon Compton 1-3, Jones 1-2
Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor of the Aurora Sentinel. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected] Twitter: @aurorasports. Facebook: Aurora Prep Sentinel
