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Strong running, sustained
blocking and intense defense led
to a 44-6 non-conference win for
the Savage Warriors over Jordan
Saturday.
"We worked hard all week and
our line (both ways) really came
through for us. Our offensive
line did an exceptional job of
sustaining blocks this week,"
Savage Head Coach Wade
Hagler said. "Everyone came to
work this game and it was just a
great team effort. A big win like
this for a young team does a
great thing for boosting our con-
fidence."
The Warriors wasted no time
in scoring as the Warriors'
Travis Tombre forged ahead for
a nine-yard run on Savage's ini-
tial possession. Jerrit Schmierer
ran the ball tO the Mustangs'
four-yard line, and with fourth
and inches, Tombre pounded in
the game's first score for the
Warriors with 6:39 remaining in
the first quarter. The extra-
points conversion was added by
Tombre to gain an 8-0 advan-
tage. Savage's defense, led by a
pair of strong defensive plays by
Zach McPherson, forced the
Mustangs to hand the ball back
over to the Warriors. However,
Savage was unable to score on
the possession as the score
remained at 8-0 in favor of Sav-
age to end the quarter.
The Mustangs, with a run by
Skylar Harbaugh, narrowed the
margin to 8-6 at the 8:30 mark in
period. Due to a heavy hit by
Chris Aibright on the conversion
attempt, Jordan was unable to
capitalize leaving the Warriors
with a lead of 8-6. Savage's
offense quickly gained momen-
tum once again fueled by a 22-
yard keeper by Tad Dobraska, a
10-yard gain by Schmierer and a
35-strike from Dobraska to
Albright to hand the Warriors a
first-and-goal situation. Dobras-
ka, with a nine-yard keeper
around the end, increased the
Warriors' lead to 14-6 with 3:23
left in the half. Although Jordan
attempted a late fourth down
attempt, a great defensive effort
by Schmierer and Albright held
the Mustangs on downs as Sav-
age took a 14-6 lead into the
half.
Strong power runs by Tombre
started the second half of play
for the Warriors, and with a pitch
to Schmierer, Savage found
itself near midfield. A trio of
hard runs by Tombre moved
Savage to the Mustangs' 18-yard
line leading to a 17-yard paydirt
connection from Dobraska to
McPherson. As Schmierer
added the conversion, the War-
riors commanded an advantage
of 28-6. Savage's Dobraska,
with a late-quarter interception,
returned the ball back to the
Mustang 26 to hand the Warriors
a final scoring attempt for the
third quarter of play. With a
muscling run by Tombre, the
Warriors advanced the ball to the
six. A high-reaching grab by
Albright for the TD and a two-
point reception from Dobraska
to Schmierer increased Savage's
lead to 36-6 at the close of the
third quarter.
The Warriors final score for
the day was set up by a fourth
and ninth situation as Tombre
powered for a first down on the
play. A nice 20-yard, change of
direction run by Schmierer
accounted for six points as a
Tombre reception from Dobras-
ka provided the final score of
44-6.
Schmierer led the offensive
ground attack for the Warriors
with 142 yards followed by
Tombre with 101. Dobraska
accumulated 93 yards on the
ground. AIbright finished with
68 reception yards followed by
McPherson with 38. Dobraska
threw for 110 yards. Defensive-
ly, the Warriors were led by
Ryan Fischer and Tombre with
12 tackles each. Albright ended
the day with 11.
Savage's Jerrit Schmlerer hurdles over a Jordan defender laid out by
24) for a 10-yard gain in action at Savage Saturday afternoon.
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BY BILL VANDER WEELE
Herald-Leader
The top-ranked Geraldine
Tigers took advantage of
turnovers by Lambert in the sec-
ond quarter to earn a 56-12 vic-
tory Saturday afternoon.
Geraldine scored on the
game's third play from scrim-
mage when Michael Clark
reached the end zone on a 10-
yard run. Jeey Bose kicked the
conversion for an 8-0 lead.
On Lambert's second posses-
sion, the Lions got the home-
coming crowd excited with a 44-
yard scoring drive.
After short gains by John
Mullin and Dylan Klasna, the
Lions went deep inside Geral-
dine territory when Ryan Irigoin
caught a deflected pass for a 27-
yard gain.
Facing third down from the 20,
the Lions scored on a nice pass
play from Nathan Diede to Brett
Irigoin with 1:52 left in the first
quarter.
Geraldine, however, respond-
ed with a 68-yard, seven play,
scoring drive. The Tigers
increased their lead to 14-6 on a
12-yard dash by Clark with 9:49
left in the half.
The Lions appeared ready to
get closer when a 21-yard com-
pletion from Diede to B. Irigoin
produced a first down at the
Geraldine 24. The Lions, how-
ever, couldn't get any closer.
The Tigers increased their
advantage to 20-6 on a 28-yard
run by Greg Reind with 5:09
remaining in the half.
Geraldine took further control
two plays later when Clark inter-
cepted a pass and raced 28 yards
for a touchdown with 4:14 left in
the half.
Geraldine's Bose forced and
recovered a fumble into Lambert
territory. The Lions' defense, led
by B. lrigoin, didn't allow the
ney cros
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PHOTO BY BILL VANDERWEELE
Lambert's John Mullin plants to switch dinmtion in play
against Geraldine Saturday.
Tigers to reach the end zone.
Another interception by Reind
late in the half gave Geraldine
possession at the Lambert 36.
The threat ended when Lam-
bert's B. Irigoin recovered a
fumble.
Ahead by a 26-6 half-time
margin, Geraldine struck first in
the second half on a 33-yard
pass play from Reind to Clark
for a 32-6 lead with 5:46 left in
the third quarter.
The Tigers then scored on a
55-yard dash by Clark with 2:26
remaining in the quarter. Bose
kicked the conversion for a 40-6
margin,
Lambert gained scoring pos-
session when Klasna recovered
a fumble at the Geraldine 11 late
in the third quarter.
The Lions went on to score
when Jesse Murray battled in
from two yards out.
Geraldine's last two touch-
downs came on a two-yard run
and a 28-yard run by Clark.
Lambert's Diede completed 12
of 28 pass attempts for 163
yards. B. Irigoin caught seven
passes for 125 yards.
Top rushers for Geraldine
were Reind with 121 and Clark
with 117.
s country teams
The Sidney Eagles earned
their first football victory of the
season in Lewistown by a 28-13
final in Friday night.
Sidney, however, got off to a
slow start in the wet conditions
during the non-conference
game.
Lewistown opened action with
a 56-yard scoring drive. Lewis-
town capped the drive with a
four-yard touchdown run. The
extra-point kick made the score
7-0 with 7:24 left in the first
quarter.
Sidney responded by driving
deep inside Lewistown territory
on the power running of Gary
Melby and Scott Huff. Sidney,
however, lost the ball on a fum-
ble inside the Lewistown 15.
Sidney soon got bat:k into
scoring position when Josh
Kringen intercepted a pass at the
24 and returned the ball to the
seven.
It went down to the fifth game,
but a 15-4 loss by the Fairview
Lady Warriors in the final game
left the Culbertson Cowgirls the
victors in a Saturday night bat-
tie. Scores for the match were
(Fairview preceding) 20-25, 25-
17, 25-20, 17-25 and 4-15.
Following a 7-7 tic, aces by
Culbertson's Jenna Bolstad
helped the Cowgirls to an
advantage of 11-7. The lead was
diminished to a single point, 14-
13, as a great dig by Jenna Lang-
wald, a tip by Lyndsey Taylor
and middle hit by Kayla
Strasheim added to the War-
dots' tally. Culbertson stretched
the lead to 19-16 behind the
serving of Abby Larsen before
strong outside hitting of lvana
Norby decreased the deficit
again to a point, 20-19. The
Cowgirls, however, went on a 5-
1 run to take the initial game.
Although strong serving by
Katie Larsen and hitting by Bol-
Two plays later, Melby scored
on a four-yard smash with 2:35
left in the first quarter. Sidney
missed the extra-point kick
attempt and trailed by a 7-6 mar-
gin.
Sidney still trailed until Doug
Copeland returned the opening
kickoff of the second half 85
yards for a touchdown.
Huft ran in the conversion to
put Sidney ahead by a 14-7 mar-
gin.
Lewistown then used a long
pass play and a pass interference
penalty to move deep into Sid-
ney territory.
Lewistown scored on a 19-
yard pass play from Bobby
Goodwin to Jeremy Olsen. Sid-
ney stayed ahead, 14-13, when
the kick was blocked.
After a Sidney threat ended
with a fumble, Sidney's defense
stepped up to pin Lewistown
deep in its own territory. Gain-
stad handed Culbertson a 10-6
lead in game two, the Warriors'
serving showed strong efficien-
cy as Taylor, Langwald and Alis-
sa Klose took turns at the service
to help the Warriors to a 21-16
advantage. A middle kill by
Strasbeim and a pair of aces by
Trista Kittleson led to the sec-
ond-game win for Fairview.
A mirage of aces by Courtney
Kittleson was instrumental in
helping the Warriors to a third-
game lead of 11-5. Although
Culbertson narrowed the gap to
18-17, C. Kittleson again served
up an ace to break the momen-
tum. A tip by K. Kittleson ended
the third game of play in a 25-20
Warriors' win.
The Cowgirls built a 14-8
advantage in game four before
the serving of Norby and offen-
sive net play of T. Kittleson nar-
rowed the margin to three
points, 14-11. A rally of 11-6 by
Culbertson, however, forced a
27 after a punt,
to score on a
Huft with
game.
Hurt ran in the
version for
After a fumble
Cole Prevost at the
44, Sidney
again. A 12-yard
by Kringen
down at the 31.
A pair of runs
moved the ball to
another first down.
later, Kringen
yard run for
8:02 remaining.
Sidney's
led by Melby
Hurl with 61
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final game five
Strong middle
stad and consistent
Larsen
12-4 lead
advantage stretched
with a final hard
the Lady Warriors
in a hard-fought, five
test.
Fairview finished
with 26 kills, 22
22 assists and
son ended
a block. Klose
match with 15 ass'tsts
and seven kills.
Kittleson recorded
each.
As a team,
the night with 13
29 digs, 12 assists
Bolstad led the
kills, nine digs,
block. A. Larsen
four aces while
wick accounted for
Sidney's varsity cross country team, with a score
of 71, finished third at the Glasgow Invitational
held at Fort Peck Saturday. Placing first was
WiUiston with 47 points followed by Glasgow
with 56. The middle school team won its second
straight meet with 40 points followed by Williston
with 42 and Poplar with 52 points.
For the varsity, Amy Fullmer ran the three-mile
course in a time of 20:11 to place third. Trailing
closely in fourth was teammate Stephanie Livers
in 20:35. Mykel Ler ran a time of 21:32 to place
eighth while Bridgett Bergin finished 19th in
22:57. Shaving two minutes offher first-meet time
was foreign exchange student Yvonne Blaszczyk
with a time of 28:03 to finish 37th.
For the middle school runners, Justeen Le'ibach
ran the 1.5-mile course in a time of 9:13 to place
second followed by Gio Ruffatto in third in a time
of 9:18. Placing fifth was Makayla Fink in 9:44.
Katie Asbeck ran the race in a time of 10:03 to fin-
ish ninth while Hannah Nielsen finished 21st in
10:42. Mandy Livers ran a time of 11:33 to finish
31st.
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games, 25-15, 25-12 and
Lambert's volleyball team
opened Saturday's homecoming
activities with a 25-15, 25-12,
25-15, victory over Bainville.
After the serving of Tawnya
Manning and net play of
Chelsea Porta led Balnville to an
8-6 lead in the opening game,
the Lions tied the game, 9-9, on
an ace by JaNae Klempel and
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went ahead, 11-10, on a kill by The net play
April Diede. serving of
Ahead by a 13- l 1 margin, the the margin
Lions struck for the next seven After the
points on Jacqueline Irigoin's back to 23-12, thc
service, the final two
Bainville closed the gap to 20- Diede and a serve
13 on a kill by Rayna Berndt and The
an ace by Manning. play
With Lambert ahead by a 23- 1 lead in the third
15 margin, the Lions scored the
last two points on Amy Vaira's
service.
Ahead by a 13-8 score in the
second game, Lambert account-
ed for four straight points on
Vaira's service, including one
ace.
by an 11-5
the gap to
witz's service.
Only ahead by a
the Lions broke
points on Goss'
ing a kill by Diede,
the victory.
Fairview falls to H
Fairview was outscored 14-O and 20-0 in the fu'st
against Hysham Friday night. Although the Warriors
outscore Hysham 8-6 and 8-0 in the final quarters,
claimed a 40-16 non-conference win over Fairview.
The Warriors' initial score of the game was a result
run by Casey Johnson. A reception by Matt Vitt
added the two-point conversion. A 35-yard strike
Klose accounted for Fairview's fmal touchdown
Vaira connection to Johnson added the extra points.
