Game Summary/Box Score
June 9, 2007 Helena Titans at Great Falls Gladiators @ CM Russell High
School
GREAT FALLS 10 HELENA 7
GREAT FALLS – In the only contested RMFL AA
game with direct playoff implications, the Great Falls Gladiators became the
first RMFL team to ever record 2 safeties in the same game, which turned out to
be the difference in a defensive struggled, captured by the Gladiators by a
10-7 decision over their biggest rival, the Helena Titans.
The initial score of the
game, a safety scored by Great Falls when Dave Moore sacked Helena quarterback,
Steve Kurshner, for a safety in the end zone, was the
only score of the game until the 4th quarter.
After another early 4th
quarter safety, Keith Deboo would finally culminate
the Gladiators best drive with a short touchdown run that would give the
Gladiators what seemed to be an insurmountable 10-0 lead.
Steve Kurshner,
the budding RMFL star that breathed new life in the Titan offense at
mid-season, got the team going, finally connecting with the teams top receiver in
2007, Freddie Brown for a game-changing touchdown pass with just over 3 minutes
remaining. The Gladiators were able to
run off the clock from that point.
The game was dominated by
defense.
Great Falls, however,
seemed to have the “upper hand” most of the game, as Keith Deboo
grinded out 25 carries as the Gladiators set a rushing mark with 51 offensive
rushing carries in the game, gaining 178 total rushing yards… equal to the
total combined net yards for the Titans in the game.
Besides defense, the other
story was penalties. The Gladiators were
tagged with 16 penalties for 150 yards and the visiting Titans were flagged for
85 yards on 9 penalties as emotions were at full tilt throughout the play-off
atmosphere battle.
The Gladiator defense was
lead by Mike Pease, who recorded 7 tackles, however, the sacks by Moore and Paskett ended up being the difference.
Titan league-leading
tackler, Tiff Meyers got in for 12 tackles on the more than 50 rushing plays by
the Gladiators to lead the Titan cause.
By virtue of the win, the Gladiators qualified for the Northern Division quarterfinal match-up at the Missoula Phoenix on June 16th.
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Helena Titans |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
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Great Falls Gladiators |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
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1st: GREAT FALLS: Safety – Dave Moore tackled Kurshner in end zone 1:10 |
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GREAT
FALLS: Safety – Will Prescott tackled Kurshner in end zone 12:52 HELENA: Freddie Brown 20-yard pass from Kurshner (Petroski kick) 3:10 |
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HELENA |
GREAT FALLS |
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First
Downs |
10 |
9 |
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Rushes-Yds |
13 |
71 |
51 |
178 |
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Passing |
10--20--2 |
3--11--1 |
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Passing
Yds. |
121 |
35 |
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Sacked-Yds |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
107 |
35 |
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Total
Yds. |
178 |
213 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
4-34.2 |
4-49.2 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
9 |
85 |
16 |
150 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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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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Derek
Burch - Helena |
3 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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Luke
Barrett - Helena |
2 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin Masiak - Helena |
3 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve Kurshner - Helena |
3 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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A.J.
Varela - Helena |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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Keith Deboo - Great Falls |
25 |
70 |
1 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
10 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad Thurber
- Great Falls |
8 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Pease - Great Falls |
3 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen Collins - Great Falls |
4 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Randy Standley - Great Falls |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Steve Kurshner - Helena |
9 |
17 |
108 |
1 |
1 |
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Derek
Burch - Helena |
1 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
3 |
11 |
35 |
0 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Freddie
Brown - Helena |
5 |
72 |
1 |
0 |
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A.J.
Varela - Helena |
3 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve Kurshner - Helena |
1 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
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Luke
Barrett - Helena |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Pease - Great Falls |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Jermaine Saunders - Great Falls |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Tiff Meyers
- Helena |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve
Rice - Helena |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dan Roope - Helena |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ben Rigney -Helena |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Terry
Hiatt - Helena |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Freddie
Brown - Helena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TJ Pittman
- Helena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin Masiak - Helena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Mayer - Helena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bob
Anderson - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve Kurshner - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kyle
Clark _ Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tarry
Anderson - Helena |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Luke
Barrett- Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jesse Kjelsrud - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Derek
Burch - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Aaron Ferron - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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A.J.
Varela - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Pease - Great Falls |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Demond Orr - Great Falls |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
White - Great Falls |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Moore - Great Falls |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen Collins - Great Falls |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Lee Dresch - Great Falls |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Aaron
Bradley - Great Falls |
1.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Will
Prescott - Great Falls |
1.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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David
Craig - Great Falls |
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