Game
Summary/Box Score
April 14, 2007 Bear River Valley Rockets vs. Idaho Matadors
BEAR RIVER VALLEY 38 IDAHO 0
NAMPA – The Bear River Valley Rockets
rushed for 270 yards and 22 first downs en route to a complete offensive and defensive
domination of the host, Idaho Matadors 38-0, in Nampa, Idaho.
The game was scoreless
until near the end of the 1st
quarter, when the Rockets star tailback, Mike Messinger, broke a 49-yard
run to pay dirt, giving the Rockets the early 6-0 lead. Early in the second quarter, Dave Williams,
who rushed the most by far, 17 times, capped another Rocket drive with a 3-yard
touchdown run. Messinger, by virtue of
49 yards on one play would lead all rushers with 99 yards on only 5 carries,
while the workhorse, Williams, would pick up 88 yards as the heir apparent to Nate Jackson, Messinger’s running
mate in 2006 who vaulted for the Cache Valley Bears in the off-season.
Rocket quarterback, Mike
Jenkins, was on as well; completing 12 of 19 passes for 181 yards and two
touchdowns against no interceptions on a near perfect afternoon in Western
Idaho. The Rockets were making due with
a whole new receiving corps from last season’s group and they came to play. Justin McDermeit (5
receptions, 53 yards), Marvin Mays (2 receptions, 59 yards, 1 touchdown) and
ex-Nemesis, Cody Merritt (3 receptions, 43 yards, 1 touchdown) keyed a solid
passing attak along with Jenkins. All told, the Rockets would roll up 456 total
net yards of offense on the Matadors home turf.
In 2006, the Bear River
Valley Rockets were known for their offense, however, on this opening Saturday,
their defense proved their mettle as well. Not only pitching a shut out against
a potentially dangerous Matador offense, but also holding Idaho to 154 total net
yards (88 passing, 66 rushing) as the Matadors, who did have a pre-season game
with AAA, Idaho Falls, simply could not stick one in the end zone against an
active Rocket defense. That defense was
lead by new star, Tyler DeBry, who recorded 7-1/2
tackles, including a sack to lead all players for the game.
Interestingly, there were
no interceptions thrown by either team in the contest.
For the Matadors, off-season acquisition, Anthony Pomerlee, did look pretty good, rushing for 65 yard on only 10 carries and could be the biggest key to their future offensive success. Neither quarterback, Tom Bennett or Jarod Briggs, could muster much of a passing game, however. Combined, the two were only 5 of 23 attempts on the day, giving up 3 sacks on the day as the Matador offense must re-group for the next opponent.
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Bear River Valley Rockets |
6 |
13 |
6 |
13 |
38 |
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Idaho Matadors |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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BEAR RIVER VALLEY: Messinger 49-yard run (kick failed) 3:08
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BEAR RIVER VALEY: D.Williams
3-yard run (Freeman kick) 11:24 |
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BEAR RIVER VALLEY: Mays 52-yard pass from Jenkins (pass failed) 6:47 |
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BEAR RIVER VALLEY: Merritt 11-yard pass from Jenkins
(Freeman kick) 14:53 |
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BEAR RIVER |
IDAHO |
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First
Downs |
22 |
8 |
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Rushes-Yds |
39 |
270 |
15 |
66 |
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Passing |
14--21--0 |
5--23--0 |
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Passing
Yds. |
195 |
110 |
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Sacked-Yds |
2 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
186 |
88 |
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Total
Yds. |
456 |
154 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
1-32.0 |
5-31.6 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
10 |
53 |
6 |
40 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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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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Mike
Messinger - Bear River Valley |
5 |
99 |
1 |
0 |
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Dave
Williams - Bear River Valley |
17 |
88 |
1 |
0 |
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Marvin
Mays - Bear River Valley |
4 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Jenkins
- Bear River Valley |
6 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
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Colton
Hamilton - Bear River Valley |
3 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Cade Lee - Bear River Valley |
4 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
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Anthony Pomerlee - Idaho |
10 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
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Mylan Miller - Idaho |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Adam
Rivera - Idaho |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Bailey - Idaho |
2 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Mike
Jenkins - Bear River Valley |
12 |
19 |
181 |
2 |
0 |
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Marvin
Mays - Bear River Valley |
1 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryan
Freeman - Bear River Valley |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Tom
Bennett - Idaho |
3 |
15 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
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Jarod Briggs - Idaho |
2 |
8 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Marvin
Mays - Bear River Valley |
2 |
59 |
1 |
0 |
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Justin McDermeit - Bear River Valley |
5 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
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Cody
Merritt - Bear River Valley |
3 |
43 |
1 |
0 |
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Mike Messinger
- Bear River Valley |
2 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Williams - Bear River Valley |
1 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Clark
Funk - Bear River Valley |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Jason
Butler - Bear River Valley |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris Bailey
- Idaho |
2 |
82 |
0 |
0 |
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Javon Lincoln - Idaho |
2 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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Frankie Yagla - Idaho |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Tyler DeBry - Bear River Valley |
7.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Adam
Whitaker - Bear River Valley |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nevada Grassie - Bear River Valley |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brett
Findley - Bear River Valley |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Cody
Anderson - Bear River Valley |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Adam Pixton - Bear River Valley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryce
Vicars - Bear River Valley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Marvin
Mays - Bear River Valley |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas
Patterson - Bear River Valley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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