SACRAMENTO, CA (YSBC) – The Sutter Union Huskies football made an impactful statement to the rest of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section on Friday, Sept. 12 as they knocked off the Bradshaw Christian Pride in a 42-21 victory.

If you like physical toughness, this game displayed enough for a million lifetimes as both squads beat one another up throughout the game.

Sutter dominated and controlled the first quarter as junior running back Losi Asiata put on a rushing clinic after he found the end zone twice with rushes of 30 and three yards for the scores. 

Asiata finished with 211 yards on the ground off 17 carries, had four rushing touchdowns and had four, had eight rushes for 10 plus yards, including four for 20 or more.

Sutter senior running back Justice White (15) celebrates his rushing to down in the fourth as the Huskies' best Bradshaw Christian 42-21 on Friday, Sept. 12. Photo by Steven Bryla

Asiata expressed to Yuba Sutter Butte Colusa Sports that he simply doesn't want to get tackled, so he is going to do whatever it takes to keep driving the ball and staying off the ground.

"There's just something in my mentality that tells me to never get tackled and it drives me," Asiata said.

Sutter led 14-0 after the first and Bradshaw Christian answered back in the second quarter as Pride senior running back Devin Hatcher found the end zone for the first of his two trips in the end zone during the second quarter.

 Hatcher and Asiata both had great rushing nights in the game and you felt the hairs stand up on your arms as they could break away from tackles at any point.

Bradshaw Christian recovered the ensuing onside kick near the Sutter 35 and Hatcher found the end zone for his second trip in the matter of a few plays. 

The short-yard touchdown Hatcher scored on was set up by a 28-yard reception that was hauled in by Pride senior wide receiver Carson Fitzpatrick.

Sutter seniors Justice White (15) and Isaac Darrach (53) celebrate the Huskies' 42-21 win on Friday, Sept. 12 against Bradshaw Christian. Photo by Steven Bryla 

Sutter fired back as Asiata punched his way into the end zone for the third time of the half with two minutes remaining. BC had no urgency to move the ball with all time outs and two minutes on the clock in the first half and trailed by seven at the break.

The Pride tied the game at 21 after they converted a six-minute plus drive and senior wide receiver Bishop Porter rushed the ball three yards in for the score.

On the next Huskies drive, Sutter senior quarterback Braden Scritchfield threw his first interception at the varsity level and had  accumulated more than 100 total pass attempts in that time. 

Scritchfield told YSBC that the monkey was finally off his back and he can stop worrying about throwing an interception now.

He joked and added it won't become a habit. Scritchfield said that the win over BC was huge because they are a great team that has had a lot of success over the years and the Huskies didn't forget the game in 2024 where the Pride had a game-ending 98-yard drive to win a nail biter over Sutter.

Scritchfield completed five passes for 85 yards, a touchdown pass and he rushed the ball 10 times for 55 yards in the win.

Sutter senior quarterback Braden Scritchfield (3) rushes the ball during the Huskies' 42-21 win on Friday, Sept. 12 at Bradshaw Christian. Photo by Steven Bryla

BC senior linebacker Samuel Danilyuk intercepted the Scritchfield pass with five and a half minutes to go in the third and Huskies head coach Ryan Reynolds expressed to YSBC that's when the momentum shifted in the game.

Sutter's defense shut down Hatcher and the Pride offense and took over the last 16 minutes of the game where they forced three consecutive turnover-on-downs and cashed in three straight offensive drives for the win. 

Defensively for the Huskies, junior linebacker Andrew Barker was all over the field on defense and special teams making tackles and was one of the multiple Sutter defenders making their mark on the night. 

"He's (Barker) still learning the system as he came to us over the summer and he looked comfortable tonight," Reynolds said. 

Barker led the Huskies with 14 total tackles in the win, including five tackles for a loss and a sack. Sutter had multiple two-way athletes make a splash in the game that included junior defensive end/tight end Troy Bowens and senior running back/linebacker Justice White. 

Defensively, White and Bowens had 13 tackles each while they both found the end zone on the offensive side of the ball. White found the end zone on a three-yard rushing touchdown that extended the Huskies lead half way through the fourth.

Bradshaw Christian senior wide receiver Carson Fitzpatrick (5) hauls in a reception Friday, Sept. 12 in the Prides' 42-21 loss to Sutter. Photo by Steven Bryla

After a third consecutive defensive stop, Scritchfield found Bowens for an 18-yard touchdown pass that put the game out of reach with a couple minutes to go in the game. 

Bowens led the Huskies with three receptions and 35 yards receiving and also had 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks defensively.

Reynolds told YSBC post game that Sutter statement made was that they are a resilient and gritty group.

"They wanted to correct how last year's game ended and they accomplished that," Reynolds said. "They just work hard and don't know anything different."

He added as the Huskies now move onto Golden Empire League play for the rest of the year, the game against the Pride was a blessing because it exposed areas they need to get better with.

"It's going to show us things that we can micro focus on and work hard at so each week, we can see if we're growing in those areas," Reynolds said.

Sutter opens GEL play next week as they travel to Woodland on Friday, Sept. 19 with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

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