Box Score MESA, Ariz.—The Snow College defense led the way again as the Badgers beat the Mesa Thunderbirds 57 – 9 in Arizona. The Badger defense scored the first touchdown of the game and added a second quarter safety, the seventh touchdown and fourth safety scores by the defense this season.
Snow had 557 yards of total offense, 272 on the ground and 285 through the air, while holding Mesa to minus-10 yards rushing and 210 yards of total offense. “They're doing a great job,” said head coach Tyler Hughes of his defense. “The kids really understand what they're supposed to do. They are communicating well on the field and really executing well.”
The tenth-ranked Badgers led 7 – 3 after the first period on a 55-yard interception return by #
Zac Christian#. Things happened in two's in the second quarter as the Badgers scored 22 unanswered points with quarterback #
Christian Stewart# throwing a pair of touchdown passes, defensive end #
Jake Miller# recording a pair of sacks and a safety for two more points and #
Spencer Groner# hitting a pair of field goals from 46 and 40 yards.
Stewart, who started the game in fourth place nationally with 18 passing TD's, had scoring passes to #
Damond Powell# for 16 and 24 yards, and to #
Casey Glines# for 34 yards. Stewart led the Badgers to three more unanswered scores after the break, ending with 239 yards passing before yielding to backup #Karson Castell# late in the third quarter.
Sophomore
Breon Allen went over 1,000 yards for the season, finishing with 137 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. The Badger sophomore, beginning second in the nation with an average of 154 yards per game, now has 1,062 yards in seven games.
Snow had three running backs score as freshman #
Kalama Molisi3 added 103 yards and a 15-yard touchdown in the third period and freshman #
Jeffie Johnson# scored from 5 yards out in the final period. Powell had five receptions for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Mesa scored on a 34-yard #Devon Jones# field goal in the first quarter and a 4-yard #Jaymason Lee# run in the third.
Snow is now 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Western States Football League. They will play at New Mexico Military on Saturday before returning for their final home game on Oct. 27 hosting Eastern Arizona. Mesa drops to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in league play.
story by: Doug Johnson
