Game Summary/Box Score
April 14, 2007 Glacier Knights vs. Bitterroot Blaze
BITTERROOT 56 GLACIER 0
DARBY – The Bitterroot Blaze continued to
justify their high pre-season ranking with a dominating 56-0 victory over the
over-whelmed, Glacier Knights in Darby, Montana.
Justin Nixon, the RMFL’s
2006 Offensive MVP, exploded for 137 yards on 20 yards to help pace the Blaze
offense. An offense that rolled up 215 total rushing yards against only 30
passing yards on the afternoon.
Nixon scored his first
touchdown with just under 10 minutes to go on the first quarter clock before
the dominating Blaze defense got in on the fun. Kyle Rausch intercepted a Ryan Bennett pass and raced 56-yards
for the second Blaze touchdown to put them ahead 14-0. The defense would hold the Knights to only
28 net rushing yards and 20 net passing yards on the day. The defense recorded 4 sacks and constantly
swarmed the Knight backfield and ball carriers.
Everything went the Blaze
way, including an early second quarter fumble by the offense that bounced into
Derek Zieler’s arms and he took it in for the 3rd Blaze
touchdown. Chris Jones intercepted
another Bennett pass and went 43 yards for the 4th Blaze score and
the rout was on.
Jamie Jones paced the Blaze
defense with 8 tackles and the Blaze star receiver, Grant Roman, who did not
catch an offensive pass during the game, did account for the other two Bennett
interceptions (4 on the day) to chip in on defense.
Once again, the Knight
perennial all-star, Jason Zielanski, lead the Knights in tackles with 6-1/2.
The Knights were happy to welcome back, star linebacker, Tony Rojo, who missed
the teams first tilt in Great Falls last week.
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Glacier Knights |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bitterroot Blaze |
14 |
21 |
14 |
7 |
56 |
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BITTERROOT:
Nixon 12-yard run (Peterson kick) 9:26 |
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BITTERROOT:
D. Zieler 5-yard run (Peterson kick) 9:14 |
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BITTERROOT:
Nixon 6-yard run (Peterson kick) 11:02 |
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BITTERROOT: Blakey 5-yard run
(Peterson kick) 6:25 |
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GLACIER |
BITTERROOT |
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First
Downs |
3 |
14 |
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Rushes-Yds |
24 |
28 |
31 |
215 |
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Passing |
5--10--4 |
3--10--1 |
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Passing
Yds. |
60 |
30 |
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Sacked-Yds |
4 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
20 |
30 |
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Total
Yds. |
48 |
245 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
7-26.7 |
2-34.5 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
5 |
38 |
7 |
45 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
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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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Dre
Wilson - Glacier |
9 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason
Zielanski - Glacier |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Kevin
Brown - Glacier |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Andrew
Wallaway - Glacier |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Ryan
Bennett - Glacier |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Nixon - Bitterroot |
20 |
137 |
2 |
0 |
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Tyler
Jolley - Bitterroot |
5 |
63 |
1 |
0 |
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Matt
Blakey - Bitterroot |
3 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
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Bo
Davenport - Bitterroot |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Christian
Brown - Bitterroot |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Ryan
Bennett - Glacier |
5 |
10 |
60 |
0 |
4 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
3 |
10 |
30 |
1 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Brett
Wagner - Glacier |
1 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
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Shane
Bear - Glacier |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas
Evans - Glacier |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Corey
Campbell - Glacier |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Dre
Wilson - Glacier |
1 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Hausknecht - Bitterroot |
1 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
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Chance
Brawley - Bitterroot |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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Vinny
Zepeda Sain - Bitterroot |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jason
Zielanski - Glacier |
6.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tony Rojo
- Glacier |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve
Biggs - Glacier |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas
Evans - Glacier |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kashawn
Miller - Glacier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ben
Schaeffer - Glacier |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Scott
Conner - Glacier |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Sean
Rhodes - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Corey
Campbell - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Kevin
Brown - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Beau
Herman - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Will
Wheat - Glacier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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