HELENA 37 GREAT FALLS 0

Helena Titans at Great Falls Gladiators, April 16, 2005

GREAT FALLS – The Helena Titans defense shut down the Great Falls Gladiators behind a solid overall defense that sacked Gladiator quarterbacks 7 times and rode a solid offensive performance that put up 24 first half points before cruising to victory to overwhelm the Great Falls Gladiators 37-0 in opening Rocky Mountain Football League action.

Titans quarterback, Shane Jurasek, had an outstanding day, completing 20 of 33 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 3^rd in leading the Titan offense. Dave Garza caught 5 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown to lead all receivers. The Titans welcomed, ex-Bozeman Kodiak, Jeremy Ewan to the offense and Ewan responded with 33 rushing yards and 21 receiving yards to pitch in on a great overall offensive effort. Titan place-kicker, Bryan Hilborn also made a big opening statement, validating his position as the league’s most dominant kicker, connecting on 3 field goals in the game, including a 42-yarder with 13 seconds remaining in the first half.

The Titan defense held the Gladiators to 104 net total yards, including only 27 rushing yards. Justin Lamb recorded 3 of the Titan total 7 sacks and ball-hawk, Frank Cannon recovered 3 Gladiator fumbles. Donny Kaneshiro had 5-1/2 tackles and ½ a sack and Steve Rice recorded 3 tackles, including 2 sacks were among many defensive leaders in the game.

The Gladiators did have some success, particularly in stopping the Titan rushing game, holding the Titans to 54 yards rushing and forcing the 3 field goal attempts. Mike Pease was the biggest defensive contributor for the Gladiators, recording 9-1/2 tackles and all 3 sacks of Titan quarterback, Jurasek.

	1^st Quarter	2^nd Quarter	3^rd Quarter	4^th Quarter	Final
Helena	14	10	3	10	37
Great Falls	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring Summary:

1^st Quarter

Helena: Garza 10-yard pass from Jurasek (Hilborn kick) 7:31

Helena: Clement 4-yard run (Hilborn kick) 0:55

2^nd Quarter

Helena: Moe 1-yard pass from Jurasek (Hilborn kick) 6:38

Helena: Hilborn 42-yard field goal 0:13

3^rd Quarter

Helena: Hilborn 22-yard field goal 10:08

4^th Quarter

Helena: Jurasek 3-yard run (Hilborn kick) 8:23

Helena: Hilborn 27-yard field goal 0:22

	HELENA		GREAT FALLS
First Downs	20		7
Rushes-Yds	25	58	17	27
Passing	20-33-0		7--19--1
Passing Yds.	264		117
Sacked-Yds	3	20	7	40
Net Passing Yds.	244		77
Total Yds.	302		104
Punts - Avg.	3-40.6		4-34.0
Penalties -Yds	5	30	7	40
Fumbles - Lost	3	1	4	3
Individual Stats:
Rushing:
Player/Team	Tot. Att.	Tot. Yds	TD's	2 pts.
Jeremy Ewan - Helena	11	33
Justin Clement - Helena	10	20	1
Hollis Huggins - Helena	2	4
Shane Jurasek - Helena	1	3	1
Justin Masiak - Helena	1	-2
George Jackson - Great Falls	3	10
Clint Cannon - Great Falls	2	8
Shannon Moore - Great Falls	4	5
Demond Orr - Great Falls	1	4
Richard Thompson - Great Falls	3	3
Chad Kennedy - Great Falls	3	1
Joe Reza - Great Falls	1	-4
Passing:
Player	Comp.	Att.	Yds	TD's	Int.
Shane Jurasek - Helena	20	33	264	2	0
Richard Thompson - Great Falls	7	19	117	0	1
Receiving:
Player	Recepts.	Yards	Td's	2 pts.
David Garza - Helena	5	77	1
Eric Sellars - Helena	4	53
Ken Sanford - Helena	3	49
Hollis Huggins - Helena	2	51
Jeremy Ewan - Helena	2	21
Shane Stephenson - Helena	1	9
Justin Clement - Helena	1	3
Mike Moe - Helena	1	1	1
Justin Masiak - Helena	1	0
Joe Reza - Great Falls	2	33
Carl King - Great Falls	1	32
Jermaine Saunders - Great Falls	1	16
Chris Corvin - Great Falls	1	8
George Jackson - Great Falls	1	8
Clint Cannon - Great Falls	1	2
Defense:
Player	Tackles	Sacks	Intercepts	TD's
Donny Kaneshiro - Helena	5.5	0.5
Spencer Steiner - Helena	3.5
Steve Rice - Helena	3	2
Cory Casegrande - Helena	3
Justin Lamb - Helena	3	3
Jeremy Owens - Helena	2.5
Dan Roope - Helena	5
Dale Talbot - Helena	2.5	1.5
Josh Dupler - Helena	2
Brian Zipperian - Helena	1.5		1
Jeremy Ewan - Helena	1.5
Frank Cannon - Helena	1
Josh Plagemeyer - Helena	1
Jared Silvie - Helena