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Ferris vs. Mt Spokane
FERRIS CHALLENGED BY MT. SPOKANE
Wildcats give Saxons a game
The Ferris Saxons faithful know that for the the Saxons to
make a run in the post season they need to have some close
games and get tested. The Saxons got a little taste of that
last Friday when they played the Mt Spokane Wildcats and won
30-22. The Saxons overcame a sluggish start, in fact were
held scoreless for the first quarter of the game, then
exploded in the second quarter for 21 points and held on for
the victory.
Turnovers were a big part of the game. The Saxons were plus
two in that category. They picked off the Mt Spokane QB 3
times and recovered a fumble. Andrew Weigand recovered that
fumble and had two of the interceptions. The Saxons were
able to capitalize on those turnovers and put some points on
the board.
Once he got through the first quarter, QB Conner Halliday
got going and had a big game offensively. He threw for 272
yards, 3 TD's and ran for a score. Aaron Roberts had 115
yards and a TD, while Garrett Saiki had 2 TD's of his own.
However, Mt Spokane would not go away. Towards the end of
the 4th quarter, they had a nice drive that concluded with a
3 yard TD run and they got the 2-point conversion. They
would get the ball back for one final effort which came up
short.
OLD MAN MINN NOTES: Hats off to the Mt Spokane team,
they battled the entire game even when they were down 30-14
with 6 minutes to go....the Saxons didn't score in the first
quarter - that's the only quarter this year that they
haven't scored....In the previous three games the Saxons
have outscored their opponents 120-19 - pretty
impressive....The Saxons were without one of their leaders
for the second half as Nate Tonani was injured and did not
return to the game...The Saxons had butterfingers this game
- there were 6 Ferris fumblers, thankfully only one turnover
out of those fumbles....Ferris has trailed only once this
season, for about 2 mins, and that was against Prep in the
first quarter.....Ferris and CV remain the only undefeated
teams in the GSL...Next, the Saxons travel to Eastmont (East
Wenatchee) next Friday night for a non-league game
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