Game Summary/Box Score
May 19, 2007 Missoula Phoenix at Bitterroot Blaze @ Darby High School
BITTERROOT 6 MISSOULA 0
DARBY – The Bitterroot Blaze played 4
quarters of ball control offense and field position team defense, getting 305
total yards of rushing offense, including 143 yards on 30 carries by Justin
Nixon… however, it was a 52-yard dash to paydirt by quarterback, Buckie
Brawley, that turned out to be the difference in the most hotly contested game
in the northern division so far in 2007.
The Blaze escaped with a home victory over the Missoula Phoenix, 6-0.
The Bitterroot Blaze
defense, which has still yet to give up a single point in 2007, came to play
again, holding the Phoenix to only 105 total net yards, including 6 rushing
yards! The Blaze held top rated AA
quarterback, Shane Jurasek to only 12 completions of 30 attempts for 128 yards
and 2 interceptions. Coming into the
game, Jurasek had tossed 12 touchdowns against only 1 interception.
Although Nixon was unable
to score, a rarity for him, Nixon was effective in leading another mercurial
Blaze ground assault that controlled much of the game, including 12-1/2 of the
15 minutes of the clinching 4th quarter. Including Brawley’s touchdown dash, he ended up with 100 yards
rushing on the day and Tyler Jolley chipped in another 44 yards on 9 carries
himself.
Defense, however, was the
flavor of the day.
The Blaze defense, lead by
Patrick Evers, Brian Buckreus and Joe Murawa, not only held the Phoenix to only
6 total rushing yards and only 105 total net yards, they were also in the
Phoenix backfield to the tune of 6 quarterback sacks; Evers with 2, Buckreus
with 2-1/2 and Murawa with 1-1/2.
The Phoenix defense,
however, was also true to the task, especially the task of keeping the Blaze
offense, which had average 50 points per game, out of the end zone. James Decouteau had 8 tackles and 1 sack,
Bud Maynard had 7 tackles and Jeff Hecht recorded 3 sacks on Brawley as the the
Phoenix fought all game long, but just fell 6 points short.
A rematch, however, is set
for Washington-Grizzly Stadium in two weeks.
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Missoula Phoenix |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bitterroot Blaze |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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BITTERROOT: Buckie Brawley 52-yard run (kick failed) 5:18
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MISSOULA |
BITTERROOT |
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First
Downs |
8 |
15 |
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Rushes-Yds |
10 |
6 |
50 |
305 |
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Passing |
12--30--2 |
2--6--0 |
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Passing
Yds. |
128 |
37 |
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Sacked-Yds |
5 |
29 |
3 |
16 |
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Net Passing
Yds. |
99 |
21 |
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Total
Yds. |
105 |
326 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
5-41.6 |
4-43.5 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
6 |
70 |
11 |
125 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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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Sheldon
McCool - Missoula |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Gavin
Johnson - Missoula |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Nixon - Bitterroot |
30 |
143 |
0 |
0 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
7 |
100 |
1 |
0 |
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Tyler
Jolley - Bitterroot |
9 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
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Bo
Davenport - Bitterroot |
2 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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Patrick
Evers - Bitterroot |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Shane
Jurasek - Missoula |
12 |
30 |
128 |
0 |
2 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
2 |
6 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Nick
Lumpkin - Missoula |
2 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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Tyler
Boaz - Missoula |
2 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Garza - Missoula |
2 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Clint
Colwell - Missoula |
2 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Gavin
Johnson - Missoula |
2 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
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Ja'Ton
Simpson - Missoula |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
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Shane
Byers - Missoula |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Michael
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
1 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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Vinny
Zepeda Sain - Bitterroot |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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James DeCoteau
- Missoula |
8.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Bud Maynard - Missoula |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeff Hecht
- Missoula |
6.5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Tony Sanderson
- Missoula |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Stephen Schreibeis
- Missoula |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nick
True - Missoula |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kevin Bereta
- Missoula |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Josh Cassan
- Missoula |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Habib Kambou - Missoula |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Fred Russo
- Missoula |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brian Hughes - Missoula |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jorge
Watson - Missoula |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Hardenburgh
- Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Taylor Crouch
- Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brian
Smith - Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Derek
Azure - Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jordan
Stone - Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Evan
Azure - Missoula |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Patrick
Evers - Bitterroot |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Brown - Bitterroot |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kyle
Rausch - Bitterroot |
2.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Brian
Buckreus - Bitterroot |
2.5 |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe
Murawa - Bitterroot |
2 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Jamie
Jones - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Jones - Bitterroot |
1.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Tyler
Jolley - Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryan
Hellyer - Bitterroot |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Derek
Zeiler - Bitterroot |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Paul
Tryon - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TJ Ward -
Bitterroot |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kurt
Rausch - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Grant
Roman - Bitterroot |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Rob Sims
- Bitterroot |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brent
Gann - Bitterroot |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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