Hurri-Kane Wilson blows through Canyon

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Let me say this: Kane Wilson is my favorite football player.

First, there’s the great name.

Second, he stopped what he was saying to ask me if he needed to talk slower so I could get everything in my notebook.

He’s a professional, I tell you!

Actually, he’s a junior, but he didn’t play like that Friday in El Dorado’s 42-6 victory over Anaheim Canyon. This was the big No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown in the Southern Section’s Southwest Division. It was no showdown at all. The quarterback blew through the Canyon defense like Hurri-Kane Wilson.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder threw four touchdown passes -- 59, 41, 46 and six yards -- and ran for a 38-yard score. More impressive, all those long touchdowns were deep passes, none of that short slant catch-and-carry stuff.

In all, he completed 12 of 15 passes for 224 yards. The only bad thing was two interceptions, one returned for an 82-yard touchdown.

‘It was my mistake,’ he said, probably taking too much credit on the ball that was returned the distance by Brenan Ghassemiah. ‘I apologize to my defense for not keeping the shutout for them. Our defense played really hard and didn’t allow any points except mine.’

They were the first interceptions he has thrown since Zero Week. He now has three on the season, to go with 12 touchdowns and a 67% completion rate.

‘We just started opening up last week but this week we started passing more,’ said Wilson, a Hurricane Katrina refugee who played on the Golden Hawks’ junior varsity last season. ‘I’m glad. I was just waiting for the time when we would open up the offense and throw the ball more because I have confidence. But we needed to take it slow because I was coming off of JV.’

- Martin Henderson