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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1230487, member: 289"] NAIA SEMI-FINALS #8 SOUTHERN OREGON swamped #3 St. Xavier 62-37. Austin Dodge completed 31 of 52 passes for 460 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also ran for a touchdown. Ryan Retzlaff caught 11 passes for 160 yards and a score. John Rhode of St. Xavier tried to keep up, throwing for 308 yards and 3 scores himself St. Francis led 17-10 after the first quarter but Dodge hit Ronald Rylance from 2 yards out and Sean Tow scored form the 3. A field goal made it 27-17 at the half. Dodge found Retzlaff’s brother Matt from the 7 to push it to 34-17. The tam then traded scores before SOU closed it out with two straight to end the contest, Dodge hitting Ryan Retzlaff from 46 and running ti in from the 1. The Red Hawks had the yardage edge, big time: 643-430. The Cougars just couldn’t stop them. SOU had ten scoring drives: eight touchdowns and two field goals. #7 MARIAN handled high-scoring and fourth ranked Morningside 41-21 by forcing five turnovers. “Despite the loss, Morningside running back Brandon Wegher set the NAIA single-season rushing record with 151 yards and two touchdowns. He ends the season with 2,610 rushing yards, 106 yards more than the previous record of 2,504 set by Northwestern’s (Iowa) Dave Perrigo in 2000….for Marian, running back Tevin Lake led the charge with a season-high 159 yards on 36 carries, including a pair of 1-yard touchdown scampers. The four-year starter has run for more than 1,000 yards in every season at Marian and with today’s performance boasts 5,377 career yards – seventh most on the NAIA’s career rushing list…Overall, the Knights held a 530-497 advantage in total yards.” Morningside got off to a great start, taking a 21-7 lead on two Wegher touchdowns of 14 and 63 yards. It was all Marian after that, 34-0, Lake scoring twice, both 1 yard plunges. The Finals match-up: SOUTHERN OREGON 12-2 (630-393), lost to Carroll 40-42 and Eastern Oregon 27-31. Ranked #8, post season record 8-6 (0 titles) Vs. MARIAN (Ind) 11-2 (444-232), lost to St. Xavier 38-65 and Robert Morris 7-20. Ranked #7, post season record: 10-2 (1 title) at Comment: Has it come to this? Can a team give up 400 points and win a championship? Marian, who won the title two years ago, handled Morningside, who had scored 700 points. They won’t be intimidated by a team that has scored only 630. Southern Oregon is on a roll but so is anyone who made it this far. Title game particulars: 59th Annual Russell Athletic-NAIA Football National Championship Friday, Dec. 19 | Municipal Stadium | Daytona Beach, Fla. Marian (Ind.) (11-2) vs. Southern Oregon (12-2), 3 p.m. EST Broadcast live on ESPNU (TWC Syracuse channel 370), and ESPN 3 ([url]http://espn.go.com/watchespn/[/url] ) [/QUOTE]

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