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Derek Wagstaff’s big second half leads Needles over Lake Mead

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Needles’ Derek Wagstaff ran for 202 yards on 29 carries and scored three second-half touchdowns to lead the Mustangs over to a 38-12 win over host Lake Mead on Friday.

Lake Mead pulled within 14-6 after Jared Regan’s 1-yard TD run with 7:58 to go in the second quarter, but the Eagles were unable to stop Wagstaff and Needles (7-0, 4-0 2A Southern League) in the second half.

Wagstaff had touchdown runs of 6, 24 and 12 yards in the second half. Trey Tsosie caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Yeager in the first quarter, and Shane Gates had a 1-yard TD run in the second quarter for the Mustangs.

Yeager ended up completing 5 of 10 passes for 85 yards.

Joshua Thorell rushed for 53 yards on 10 carries to lead Lake Mead (2-5, 1-3).

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