Game Summary/Box Score
April 21, 2007 Rhino-Raiders at Cache Valley Bears
RHINO-RAIDERS 7 CACHE VALLEY 6
LOGAN – In a game that was billed as the
“Game of the Week”, which turned out to be probably the “Game of the Year”, and
might even be called the “Game of the Decade” as the defending champion
Rhino-Raiders escaped with a 7-6 road victory over the Cache Valley Bears when
6’5”, Tracy Ita, got enough penetration and then got a very large mitt up high
enough to block a Chase McMurdie extra point attempt in the closing minutes of
the game.
In the most classic
defensive battle perhaps ever played in the RMFL, the Rhinos were able to cap
the only scoring drive of the game, a drive that took almost 7 minutes off of
the clock in the third quarter with a short, Dave Stireman (13-23-1-124-1) to
Justin DeFour (7 receptions, 89 yards, touchdown) touchdown pass. The Rodney Frojker point after conversion
was successful, a point that turned out to be the difference. With the Bears
more than doubling up the Rhino-Raiders in total net yards, it may have been
the biggest extra point of the season.
But defense was the name of
the game.
Both offenses, however, did
enjoy some moderate success… between the 20’s.
The Cache Valley Bears, in fact, were able to pick up 333 total net
yards in the game, including 276 yards through the air. Caleb Eastman lead the aerial assault by the
Bears, passing for 242 yards on 13 completions, including what looked to be the
game-tying shot, a 43-yard strike to Blake Garrett with just over a minute to
play in the game.
Neither team could muster
much of a running attack, however, with the Bears only gaining 62 on the ground
and the Rhino-Raiders a meager 45 total net yards.
Defensively, Jay Tupe and
Justin Walker lead the charge for the visiting Rhino-Raiders, with 6 tackles
each and Matt Wiser lead the Bears with 5.
Not exactly large totals on either side as when either offense neared
the other goal line, the defenses ruled.
The game was low in
turnovers (each team getting one) and, for the Bears and Rhinos, relatively low
in penalties, but ultimately it came down to one big play… by one big
player.
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Rhino-Raiders |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
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Cache Valley Bears |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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RHINO-RAIDERS: DeFour 5-yard pass from Stireman (Frojker kick) 7:55 |
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CACHE VALLEY: Blake Garrett 43-yard pass from Eastman (kick blocked by T. Ita) 1:09 |
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RHINO-RAIDERS |
CACHE VALLEY |
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First
Downs |
9 |
14 |
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Rushes-Yds |
21 |
38 |
17 |
62 |
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Passing |
14--22--1 |
17--27--0 |
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Passing
Yds. |
124 |
276 |
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Sacked-Yds |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
124 |
271 |
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Total
Yds. |
162 |
333 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
5-37.6 |
4-38.8 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
5 |
34 |
10 |
55 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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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Justin
Oswald - Rhino-Raiders |
17 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Stireman - Rhino-Raiders |
4 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
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Nate
Jackson - Cache Valley |
8 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
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Caleb
Eastman - Cache Valley |
4 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Pete
Shields - Cache Valley |
5 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Dave
Stireman - Rhino-Raiders |
13 |
23 |
124 |
1 |
1 |
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Caleb
Eastman - Cache Valley |
13 |
19 |
242 |
1 |
0 |
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Ryan
Harris - Cache Valley |
4 |
8 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Justin
DeFour - Rhino-Raiders |
7 |
89 |
1 |
0 |
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KC
McQueen - Rhino-Raiders |
5 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
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Damon
Greenberry - Rhino-Raiders |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Norvel
Young - Cache Valley |
6 |
114 |
0 |
0 |
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Anthony
Stewart - Cache Valley |
4 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
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Blake
Garrett - Cache Valley |
3 |
50 |
1 |
0 |
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Craig
Mumford - Cache Valley |
2 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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Carl Blad
- Cache Valley |
2 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jay Tupe
- Rhino-Raiders |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Walker - Rhino-Raiders |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jake
Phippen - Rhino-Raiders |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Stroshine - Rhino-Raiders |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Levine
Tupe - Rhino-Raiders |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jared
Harward - Rhino--Raiders |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Carter - Rhino-Raiders |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Setema
Gali - Rhino-Raiders |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tracy Ita
- Rhino-Raiders |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Taliulu - Rhino-Raiders |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Val
Tiatia - Rhino-Raiders |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Sam
Matagi - Rhino-Raiders |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Shane
Dooley - Rhino-Raiders |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jed
Davies - Rhino-Raiders |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Wiser - Cache Valley |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dan
Sundstrom - Cache Valley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Vaea
Fiefia - Cache Valley |
4 |
0 |
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