Game Summary/Box Score
April 7, 2007 Glacier Knights vs. Great Falls Gladiators
GREAT FALLS 34 GLACIER 0
GREAT FALLS – The Great Falls Gladiators
continued their dramatic improvement with a complete defensive AND offensive
performance en route to a 34-0 shutout of the visiting Glacier Knights on
opening day in Great Falls, Montana.
The usually sluggish
Gladiator offense, picked up some big gains in the
off-season, getting ex-Titan stars, Keith Deboo and
wide receiver/kick returner, Eddie Torrance. However,
perhaps the biggest change was a star they already had.
The Gladiators converted
former team defensive player, Yahreen Collins (5
tackles in 2006) to offense this year and he responded.
Collins rushed 106 yards on
15 carries and a touchdown and caught a pass for a 16-yard touchdown from
another defensive player converted to offense, Brad Thurber, helping the
Gladiator offense roll up almost 300 total net yards against a very stout
Knight defense. Also chipping in to the 256 total Gladiator
rushing yards, John Hughes (9 carries, 49 yards and 1 touchdown) and Deboo (8 carries, 35 yards, 1 touchdown).
The highly touted Great
Falls defense proved once again that they are going to be for real again in
2006, holding Glacier to a mere 60 total net yards and even picking up a
defensive/special teams score when Mike Rhode fielded a wind affected punt by
the Knights and fought his way for a 22-yard touchdown return.
Chris White came up as the
biggest Gladiator defender on the day with 5-1/2 tackles including 2-1/2 sacks
of Knight quarterbacks. In all, the Gladiators defense racked up 6
sacks against their rivals from the “other side of the mountain”.
Once again, Jason Zielanski, lead the Glacier defense, recording 7 tackles and blocking a field goal. On the field goal block, Zielanski recovered and was on his way for what would have been the Knights lone score when holder, Brad Thurber, caught him from behind to preserve the shutout for the Gladiators.
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Glacier Knights |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Great Falls Gladiators |
14 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
34 |
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Great
Falls: 7:53 Deboo
9-yard run (Riggs kick) |
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Great Falls: 11:34 Y.Collins 5-yard run
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Great Falls: 2:23 Hughes 3-yard run (kick failed) |
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GLACIER |
GREAT FALLS |
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First
Downs |
3 |
14 |
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Rushes-Yds |
18 |
42 |
42 |
256 |
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Passing |
5--24--1 |
2--7--0 |
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Passing
Yds. |
51 |
33 |
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Sacked-Yds |
5 |
33 |
1 |
8 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
18 |
25 |
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Total
Yds. |
60 |
281 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
8-14.2 |
2-37.0 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
9 |
63 |
6 |
45 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Individual
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Rushing: |
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Player
-Team |
Tot. Att. |
Tot.
Yds |
TD's |
2 pts. |
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Kevin
Brown - Glacier |
6 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
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Daren
Turner - Glacier |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason
Zielanski - Glacier |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve
Biggs - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Beau
Herman - Glacier |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Jesse Appelt - Glacier |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Dre Wilson - Glacier |
2 |
-6 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen Collins - Great Falls |
15 |
106 |
1 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
9 |
49 |
1 |
0 |
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Keith Deboo - Great Falls |
8 |
35 |
1 |
0 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
4 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
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Josh
Mosley - Great Falls |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Eddie
Torrance - Great Falls |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Pease - Great Falls |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Beau
Herman - Glacier |
3 |
10 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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Daren
Turner - Glacier |
3 |
10 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
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Jesse Appelt - Glacier |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
2 |
7 |
33 |
1 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Jason
Zielanski - Glacier |
2 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas
Evans - Glacier |
2 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
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Don Holgwin - Glacier |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Daren
Turner - Glacier |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Jermaine Saunders - Great Falls |
1 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen Collins - Great Falls |
1 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jason
Zielanski - Glacier |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas
Evans - Glacier |
7 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Sean
Rhodes - Glacier |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Corey
Campbell - Glacier |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve
Biggs - Glacier |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Eric Bachofner - Glacier |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kashawn Miller - Glacier |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Will
Wheat - Glacier |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Kevin
Reed - Glacier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kevin
Brown - Glacier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ben
Schaeffer - Glacier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Beau
Herman - Glacier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Cruz
Smith - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dre Wilson - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Greg
Johnson - Glacier |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ron
Latray - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason Bulik - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dan Holguin - Glacier |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Muniz
- Glacier |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tiger
Andrews - Glacier |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jasper
Howell - Glacier |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Shane
Bear - Glacier |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
White - Great Falls |
5.5 |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
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