If you think that lighting doesn't strike twice in the same spot, you obviously haven't seen Mountain View running back Anthony Heimuli play back-to-back games at the Bruin Bowl in Orem.

The Buffaloes handed Orem a loss a week ago and entered the showdown with the Bruins wide-eyed and shooting for a second consecutive Region 7 upset in Utah County.

"They (Tooele) did a great job beating Orem and we kind of figured that we needed to jump on them early," Mountain View coach Teko Johnson said. "We needed to take away some of that confidence they got in that big win against Orem. I think that was huge for us."

Attacking the Buffaloes early was no problem for the Bruins as Heimuli took all of 26 seconds to make his presence felt when he broke free for a 69-yard touchdown run on Mountain View's second play from scrimmage.

"He's (Heimuli) a big, fast, physical, tough kid," Johnson said. "He's got to keep bringing it."

After a quick Tooele offensive possession, the Bruins turned their offensive attack towards the air as quarterback Dustin Thacker found Chris Wright for a 35-yard touchdown pass to put the Bruins up 14-0 less than three minutes into the game.

"Running is kind of what we do," Johnson said. "But we need to be able to pass when the pass is there, and it was. We threw the ball well tonight."

Thacker, who took the majority of the snaps for the Bruins' rotating quarterback strategy, hooked up with Wright again just before the halftime break, this time for a 26-yard touchdown strike.

With the air attack working, the Bruins became an even bigger threat on the ground and Heimuli took advantage of the openings.

Heimuli found the end zone in the second quarter on a 2-yard run to complete his 121-yard, two-touchdown effort in the first half.

Needing to make a statement in the third quarter and put the game away for good, the Bruins turned their attention to the senior running back one more time, and on the second play of the third quarter, Heimuli rattled off a 42-yard run for the score and the 35-7 Bruin lead.

While he is responsible for dodging defenders and making would-be tacklers miss on a consistent basis, Heimuli won't take all the credit for his performance.

"My line. Wow," Heimuli said. "And receivers going out and blocking, they open up those holes for me. I'm just there doing my job, running through those holes."

Heimuli wasn't the only one getting in on the action from the ground as fellow running back T.J. Mounga added the final touch for the Bruins with a 33-yard run for a score at the end of the third quarter.

After dropping its first three games of the season, Mountain View has now won two consecutive contests and hopes to carry the momentum into its next game against defending 4A champion Timpview.

"Right now, we're coming together," Heimuli said. "We always yell family (before playing); that's pretty much why we play. We play for each other."