Tooele could not have asked for a better start offensively in its game against Springville, scoring on their first two out of three possessions.

Unfortunately, Springville’s Isaac Allred equally matched Tooele’s output and eventually racked up five touchdown passes en route to a 38-27 victory over the Buffs Friday in Springville.

Jordon Biorge had a monster three quarters as he amassed 201 yards and two long touchdown runs before leaving near the end of the third with an apparent knee injury. Travis Brady hauled in three passes for 49 yards in the losing effort.

Tooele took the opening kickoff and gave Springville a heavy dose of Biorge. It only took him three rushes to gain 75 yards, including a 57-yard dash where Biorge out-ran the entire Springville defense, giving Tooele an early 7-0 advantage.

Defense helped Springville back into the game with an interception only 20 yards away from the end zone. On the second play of the drive Springville’s Allred hit Jeff Boyd with a screen pass and Boyd did the rest of the damage, scampering all the way to the end zone to tie the game at 7-7.

A play that looked eerily similar to his last touchdown run, Biorge again hit a hole between the tackles and again out-ran the Red Devil defense for an 80-yard score this time, giving Tooele the lead again at 14-7.

Allred was able to bounce the Devils right back with perfectly placed pass to a streaking Boyd for a 55-yard pass hook up with their second touchdown of the quarter to knot the score at 14-14.

After adding a field goal early in the second quarter, Springville again got in another short field situation thanks to their defense.

After Colton Ramon’s second interception in as many quarters left the Red Devils on the Tooele 30-yard line it only took Allred two plays to find the end zone. Allred hit Luke Frampton who was heading to the corner of the end zone for a 24-14 Springville advantage which held up until half-time.

On Springville’s second half opening drive, Bryan Hobson was able to pounce on a fumble to give Tooele the ball starting in Red Devil territory. However a Buff fumble gave the ball right back.

In the reoccurring theme of the game for the Buffs, Allred again led his team to the score after a turnover. One catch from Colton Ramon for 13-yards and two receptions from Frampton one for 30-yards and the other for the 18-yard slant pattern down the middle for the 31-14 lead.

On Springville’s next drive Allred again hurt the Buffs, this time with his legs. On a third-and-14, Allred dropped back to pass and instead tucked the ball in and scampered 20-yards for the first down. The following play with his fifth touchdown strike of the night, this time to Jordan Sumision to widen the gap to 38-14.

“We were a little flat footed on defense and they took advantage in the passing game,” said Groth. “We have to play tougher, get a better pass rush and it all starts at practice with more of a sense of urgency. Letting them convert on third down frustrates the players and the coaching staff.”

On Tooele’s next drive they gained on Springville but also had a big loss of their own. A 47-yard catch from Jordan Clemente kick-started the drive and on the next play Biorge ran up the gut for 14-yards for a first down but was slow to get up and had to be assisted off the field. Even without Biorge, his team continued to trudge on and Chris Iorg scampered 15-yards to tighten the score to 38-20.

“Jordon (Biorge) is most likely done for the year with damage to his knee,” Groth said. “We are moving Mason Halligan up to full back and switching it up a little throwing Milo Leakehe at the full back also. We were already a thin team on the depth chart and any injury hurts.”

Mid-way through the fourth quarter Tooele had just lost the ball on downs and a come back was looking grim. Tooele’s front four on defense had given it their all to get to Allred and when they got close he would usually find a dump off receiver.

With just over four minutes left, Allred again found himself in trouble and found another dump off guy, this time it was Tooele defensive lineman Taylor Hunt who snagged the ball with a phenomenal one-handed grab and rumbled all the way into the end zone to give the Buffs hope of a come back only down 11.

However, with a failed on-sides kick and a late Springville interception sealed the game, Tooele could get no closer.

With the loss Tooele now falls to 1-2 in Region 7 play with region power Timpview coming to town attempting to break the state record the most consecutive games won. The game takes place Friday at 7 p.m.

Jake Gordon: jgordon@tooeletranscript.com