“We wanted to practice our red-zone offense because we did not have enough work last season,” Sacramento State head coach Steve Mooshagian said. “We made a lot of big plays on offense and put our defense in a situation where their backs were against the wall.”

The scrimmage saw the offense begin all of its drives from the 25-yard line and consisted of 30 plays. The offense scored its first touchdown on a 25-yard strike from Brad Tredway to redshirt freshman Walter Wallace. However, Wallace injured his shoulder on the play, leaving the Hornets with just three receivers for the remainder of the scrimmage.

The depth problem to did not seem to affect Amey. The senior scored his first touchdown just six plays later from 17 yards out. On the play, Amey grabbed the Tredway pass then broke free of two defenders and ran the remaining 12 yards to the end zone. Amey’s second score came on a 4-yard slant in the middle of the end zone. That score was set up by a 24-yard completion to tight end Kelly Micco.

“Fred practices exactly like he plays,” Mooshagian said. “He is a big-time playmaker and has been performing at a high level for the past three years. He has improved his leadership skills this spring and is in great shape.”

Redshirt freshman Crosby Wehr entered the game at quarterback for the next series. Wehr completed his first pass to Ryan Parillo but was sacked on third down by junior college transfer Jeff Dixon. Junior kicker Ryan Hunting added a 40-yard field goal to cap the drive.

Tredway returned an connected with Amey for a 25-yard touchdown on the first play of the drive. The defense bounced back with three stops, including a 6-yard tackle-for-loss by Seth Tago to force the offense into a 4th-and-16. The team, once again, called on Hunting who connected on the 47-yard field goal.

“Hunting has been a pleasant surprise,” Mooshagian said. “It is going to be an interesting battle in the fall between him at (incoming freshman) Juan Gamboa.”

Micco grabbed a 16-yard pass from Wehr to start the next drive and running back Kris Daniels scored a 9-yard touchdown on a draw on the following play. Wehr then hit tight end Zach Jiru for a 25-yard touchdown on the next play. The last score went to Amey on a 5-yard fade to the sideline.

Tredway completed 5-of-6 passes for 95 yards and four touchdowns. Weher was 4-of-5 for 77 yards and a pair of scores. Daniels was the lone running back to carry the ball, recording 10 carries for 36 yards. Amey caught five passes for 51 yards and Micco added two catches for 40 yards.

The defense recorded three sacks (one each from Jacob Houston, Jeff Dixon and Chris Bessinger). The unit also stopped three rushing attempts from negative yardage and blocked a field goal attempt.

The final scrimmage of the spring will take place on Friday, May 7, at Oakmont HS in Roseville, Calif. The team will take the field at 6 p.m. and will begin the scrimmage at 7 p.m.

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