
COLUMBIA FALLS – The Great Falls
Gladiators relied on a solid first half performance to nose out a 12-0 lead
over the Glacier Knights and then held on to win 12-6 for their first victory
in the 2005 regular season.
Gladiator running back, George Jackson broke
a 27-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter and Brad Thurber
blocked a Knight punt in the second quarter that teammate, Darius Harper
recovered in the Glacier end zone to give the Gladiators the early lead..
It was a defensive struggle throughout with
The Knights, however, also had 9 turnovers (5
interceptions, 4 fumbles lost) in what was likely the ugliest game of the day.
Defensive stars for the Gladiators included Mike
Pease who recorded 4-1/2 tackles, including 2 quarterback sacks. Also Brad
Thurber (4 tackles, interception, blocked punt) and
Mike Rhode (3-1/2 tackles, interception) also came up big. Chad Kennedy had a solid day rushing for the
Gladiators with 11 rushes for 46 yards as 140 of the Gladiators 151 net yards
was via the ground attack.
The Knights got a solid performance from tailback, Andrew Wilson (17 rushes, 69 yards) offensively. Defensively, Matt Kinsella recorded 7 tackles and Jason Zielanski (5-1/2 tackles), Tim Crow (5 tackles, interception) and Beau Herman (4-1/2 tackles, sack) also lead a strong defensive performance..
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1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
Final |
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6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
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Glacier |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
Scoring Summary:
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
4th Quarter
Glacier: Wagner
21-yard pass from Callahan (kick blocked)
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GLACIER |
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First Downs |
9 |
7 |
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Rushes-Yds |
37 |
140 |
27 |
59 |
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Passing |
2--10--1 |
6--23--5 |
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Passing Yds. |
20 |
70 |
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Sacked-Yds |
2 |
9 |
4 |
40 |
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Net Passing Yds. |
11 |
30 |
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Total Yds. |
151 |
89 |
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Punts - Avg. |
5-36.6 |
4-24.7 |
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Penalties -Yds |
7 |
35 |
8 |
40 |
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Fumbles - Lost |
4 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
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Individual Stats: |
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Rushing: |
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Player -Team |
Tot. Att. |
Tot. Yds |
TD's |
2 pts. |
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11 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
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George Jackson - |
9 |
39 |
1 |
0 |
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Clint Cannon - |
8 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
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Shannon Moore - |
4 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason Kjono - |
2 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Richard Thompson - |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Reza - |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Andrew Wilson - Glacier |
17 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
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Bobby Kuehne - Glacier |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Jay Fiedor - Glacier |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Scott Conner - Glacier |
1 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason Zielanski - Glacier |
7 |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Richard Thompson - |
2 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
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Matt Callihan - Glacier |
4 |
16 |
46 |
1 |
4 |
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Bobby Kuehne - Glacier |
2 |
3 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
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Darrin Regnier - Glacier |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jay Fiedor - Glacier |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Joe Reza - |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Jermaine Saunders - |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Brett Wagner - Glacier |
1 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
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Bobby Kuehne - Glacier |
2 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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Andrew Wilson - Glacier |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Beau Herman - Glacier |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Sheldon McCool -
Glacier |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Mike Pease - |
4.5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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John Garcia - |
4 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad Thurber - |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Mike Rhode - |
3.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Sam Morgan - |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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David Craig - |
3 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris Schindling - |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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Tyler Beebe - |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Keon Pinckney - |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Reid Merriweather - |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Josh Brock - |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Darius Harper - |
1.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Los Sanders - |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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George Jackson - |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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