Game
Summary/Box Score
April 14, 2007 Cache Valley Bears vs. Utah Heat
CACHE VALLEY 31 UTAH HEAT 18
TOOELE – The Cache Valley fought through a
tough first half in which they were only able to struggle to a 7-0 lead, to
take charge in the second half against a spirited and underrated Utah Heat team
on their way to a 31-18 road victory, setting up the big show down with the
Rhino-Raiders in week #2.
The Bears received
all-around solid play from both their offensive and defensive units, rolling up
341 total net yards and holding the Heat scoreless for the first 3-1/2 quarters
before giving up two offensive and one defensive cosmetic score during the late
stages of the game.
For 2-1/2 quarters,
however, the game was highly in doubt.
After picking up the first touchdown on a short Pete Shields touchdown
run, early in the second quarter, the slim 7-0 lead held up as both defenses
stiffened in key situations until midway through the third quarter when Bears
quarterback, Ryan Harris found the RMFL’s Fastest Man, Anthony Stewart for the
first of his two touchdowns on the afternoon.
Nate Jackson rumbled through the middle of the
Heat defense near the end of the third quarter pushing the Bears lead to 21-0
at the end of the third.
Stewart caught his second
touchdown pass, this time from the Bears second quarterback, Caleb Eastman, to
secure the Bears at 28-0. The Heat,
however, would score 3 touchdowns in the final 6 minutes of play, including two
touchdown receptions from their most explosive receiver, Brian Simmons. David Fuentes, also
picked off Eastman with just over 5 minutes remaining to account for the Heats
second score, pulling the Heat to within 28-12 at the time.
For the Bears, 5 different
receivers caught more than 3 passes for 25 yards or more as the offense spread
the wealth in a balanced attack. Nate Jackson lead Cache Valley running backs with 5 rushes
for 61 yards and the score and Jeremy Crookston lead the Bears defense with 7
tackles, including 2 quarterback sacks as the Bears got to Heat quarterback,
Jeff Wissler 4 times on the afternoon.
Even in a loss, the Heat got some good news in the resurrection of their passing game. Wissler passed for 287 yards on 18 completions, 7 receptions and 107 yards of that to Jeff Johnson. In 2006, the Heat only managed 329 total net passing yards in 9 games the entire season. Fuentes, who made the biggest play of the game for the Heat with the touchdown off the interception, also lead all Heat tacklers with 5 (tied with Lika Opeta).
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Cache Valley Bears |
0 |
7 |
14 |
10 |
31 |
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Utah Heat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
18 |
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CACHE VALLEY: Shields 4-yard run (McMurdie kick) 13:45 |
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CACHE
VALLEY: Stewart 12-yard pass from Harris (McMurdie kick) 7:01 |
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CACHE
VALLEY: Stewart 14-yard pass from Taylor (McMurdie kick) 8:15 UTAH
HEAT: Fuentes 60-yard interception return (pass failed) 5:25 CACHE
VALLEY: McMurdie 35-yard
field goal 4:05 UTAH
HEAT: Simmons 26-yard pass from Wissler
(pass failed) 1:55 |
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CACHE VALLEY |
UTAH HEAT |
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First
Downs |
12 |
16 |
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Rushes-Yds |
18 |
137 |
14 |
96 |
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Passing |
19--29--1 |
20-34-1 |
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Passing
Yds. |
204 |
287 |
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Sacked-Yds |
0 |
0 |
4 |
30 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
204 |
257 |
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Total
Yds. |
341 |
353 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
2-36.0 |
1-35.0 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
12 |
130 |
6 |
45 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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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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Nate Jackson - Cache Valley |
5 |
61 |
1 |
0 |
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Pete
Shields - Cache Valley |
6 |
41 |
1 |
0 |
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David Fiefia - Cache Valley |
5 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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Vincent Ortegon - Cache Valley |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Dannon Handcuff - Utah Heat |
11 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
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Kaisa Kinikini - Utah Heat |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeff Wissler - Utah Heat |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Tyler Wissler - Utah Heat |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Caleb
Eastman - Cache Valley |
10 |
15 |
124 |
1 |
1 |
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Ryan
Harris - Cache Valley |
9 |
14 |
80 |
1 |
0 |
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Jeff Wissler - Utah Heat |
18 |
32 |
287 |
2 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Chase
Harris - Cache Valley |
3 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
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Anthony
Stewart - Cache Valley |
6 |
49 |
2 |
0 |
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Craig Mumford - Cache Valley |
4 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
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Billy Cate - Cache Valley |
3 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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Norvel Young - Cache Valley |
3 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeff
Johnson - Utah Heat |
7 |
107 |
0 |
0 |
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Brian
Simmons - Utah Heat |
4 |
93 |
2 |
0 |
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Levi Vagana - Utah Heat |
3 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
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Dannon Handcuff - Utah Heat |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Sione Tuatonga - Utah Heat |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt Arnell - Utah Heat |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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Paul
Perez - Utah Heat |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jeremy
Crookston - Cache Valley |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Wiser - Cache Valley |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dewey
Creighton - Cache Valley |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dan Sundstrom - Cache Valley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Andrew Kano - Cache Valley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Vaea Fiefia - Cache Valley |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Jon Kano - Cache Valley |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nate Tuitagaloa - Cache Valley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Vinnie Ortegan - Cache Valley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Amos Fiefia - Cache Valley |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Hyde
- Cache Valley |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Jarom Fano - Cache Valley |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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David
Fuentes - Utah Heat |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Lika Opeta - Utah Heat |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Joseph
Robinson - Utah Heat |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Stan Vrotney - Utah Heat |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Siolo Toala - Utah Heat |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Sam Laumaua - Utah Heat |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Suka Ahio - Utah Heat |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Junior
Salt - Utah Heat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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George Kioa - Utah Heat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Benny Mafi - Utah Heat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Paeu Afu - Utah Heat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Paul Tuakalau - Utah Heat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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