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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 423577, member: 289"] FIRST ROUND Washington & Lee came in as the most prolific rushing team in Division III with 364 yards per game but Hobart had what it took up front to limit them to 188 yards while running for 288 of their own and go on to win 38-20. Steven Webb ran for 99 yards and three scores. Bobby Dougherty ran for 81 more and a score and quarterback Nick Strang passed for 986 yards and scored a TD of his own. In the battle of the Bergs, Heidelberg scored on four of it’s first five possessions to take a 28-6 first half lead over Wittenberg. But the Tigers, who won two of the first three DIII titles back in the 70’s, (the closest thing to Mount Union in their time), stormed back to win 52-38. Reed Florence was 31 for 49 for 346 yard and 5 scores. The “Student Princes”, (I kid you not), helped out by fumbling two kick-offs. This is what happens when royalty takes on the working class. Franklin used a 28 point second period to eliminate Adrian 42-10. The Grizzlies mauled the Bulldogs, 511 yards to 225. Quarterback Jonny West threw for 303 yards and 4 touchdowns. Cortland State dodged a bullet when a Framingham extra point bounced off the left upright with 3:38 left. The Red Dragons got their arms around a squib kick and got a couple of first downs, one on 4th and 1 to run out the clock. Melike Van Alstyne ran for 227 yard for Framingham but Justin Autera got 1221 for Cortland and Kordel McInnis caught a couple of TD passes. Wesley sent Mount Ida back to the rocking chair, 73-14. Justin Sottilare three 6 touchdown passes and the Wolverines had a season high 247 rushing yards. Widener, another school with a couple of titles back in the old days, broke a 7-7 halftime tie with a 37 point second half to bury Bridgewater State, 44-14. The “Pride” had a 463-195 edge in total offense, including 317 passing yards from quarterback Chris Haupt. Joe Benedetti of Salisbury rushed for 125 and two scores to lead the Seagulls to a 17-9 win over Rowan. The Professors had to go with their back-up quarterback due to a neck injury to Louie Bianchini. His replacement Paul Hamersma was 24 for 46 but for only 155 yards, 1TD and two interceptions. Johns Hopkins is more noted for lacrosse but they are making noise in football these days. Washington & Jefferson certainly ahs a ringing in their ears after a 10-42 loss. Like Rowan, the presidents lost their quarterback early in the game but the Blue Jays put this away early anyway. On their first possession they were stopped on downs in W&J territory. They then scored the next three times they got the ball and led 28-3 at the half. Jonathan Rigaud rushed for 155 yards and score and Robbie Matey passed for 282 yards and 5 scores. Christopher Newport had no chance at all against Mount Union. It was 49-7 at halftime and 72-14 at the end. The Purple Raiders had 326 yards rushing and 315 passing. The Captains had 101 total yards. Kevin Burke passed for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns. Chris Denton returned a punt 80 yards for a score and five different players had rushing touchdowns for the winners. Quarterback LiDarral Bailey ran for 124 yards and two scores and passed for 267 and three more scores as Mary Hardin-Baylor swamped Louisiana College for the second time this year, 59-20. In their first meeting, “The Cru” didn’t score until the 30th minute of their first b=meeting but then exploded for 30 points after that in a 30-3 win. Here they blew out to a 42-6 halftime lead and coasted. They gave up 432 yards, mostly after the contest was decided but had an awesome 674 yards of their own. In a Holy War, Saint Thomas proved more worthy than Saint Norbert, 48-17. Brenton Braddock, (how’d you like to try to tackle a guy with a name like that?) ran for 166 yards on 24 carries and 4 touchdowns, one on an 82 yard burst. The “Tommies” broke a scoreless tie with a 27-0 second quarter that ended any suspense. Elmhurst was lignin up for a tying field goal against Coe in a 21-24 game when “Kohawks” (you gotta love these nicknames) coach Steve Staker called a time-out. During the time-out Elmhurst Coach Tim Lester decided to go for it. Quarterback threw a 7 yard pass to Corey Thonn for what turned out to be the winning score in a 27-24 thriller. The yards were virtually even, 429-415. Scottie Williams rushed for 196 yards and a score for the winning Blue Jays while Brendan Leiran had 181 yards and a score for the Kohawks. In another thriller, Bethel of Minnesota defeated Concordia of Chicago 24-23 by batting down a two point conversion with 18 seconds left. Bethel had almost put it away with 7 minutes to go but quarterback Erik Peterson’s attempt to break the plane of the end zone with the ball was knocked out of his hands. Peterson completed 16 of 23 passes for 161 yards and Marshall Klitzke rushed for 134 yards for the winners. Wisconsin-Oshkosh ran over Saint Scholastica 55-10, rushing for 413 yards. Cole Myhra ran for 198 yards and Nate Wara added 128 more. Scholastica had been giving up only 88 yards a game on the ground but were outclassed by the Titans. The Saints will now return to the peace and quiet of their devotional studies. Pacific Lutheran and Linfield are virtual twins, both tiny, (about 5000 students between them), schools from the Pacific Northwest who won three NAIA titles each and then switched over to the NCAA and won a title each there. They played each other on 9/29 and Linfield won 31-24. They did it again last week, only it was even closer at 27-24. The “lutes” out-gained the Wildcats but suffered 5 turnovers and 6 sacks, which allowed Linfield to hold them off enough to win. Chad Coburn rushed for two scores for the winners and Mickey Inns threw for 210 yards. Kyle Warner caught 12 passes for 205 yards but couldn’t catch up to a 4th down pass with 33 seconds left. It was not a good week for the Lutherans as California Lutheran went down hard to North Central, 21-41, giving up 528 yards total offense. The visiting Cardinals took control immediately with a 24-0 first quarter. Lutheran never got within 17 after that. Running back Nick Kuric gained a career high 250 yards on 20 carries, including a 79 yarder on the second play from scrimmage. Their defense forced four turnovers, got 4 sacks and held the Kingsmen to 324 total yards. [/QUOTE]

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