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Football John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

FB PREVIEW: Storm front moves over Monmouth, WOU

Round two with the Wolves is Saturday at McArthur Field



Football at Western Oregon - 1 PM PST, 2 PM MST (McArthur Field)
Live Radio: SportsRadio ESPN 1210AM, 107.3/102.3 FM
Live Online Audio (DSC): Dixie State All-Access
Live Online Video/Audio (WOU): Western Oregon Game Center
Live stats: Western Oregon Live Stats
Game Notes: Dixie State  Western Oregon (story)


Dixie State College starts its second go-through in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Western Oregon. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Mountain) as the Red Storm look for its first victory at McArthur Field in Monmouth.

•     It was a game of firsts for DSC last Saturday. The Storm defeated Central Washington for the first time in nine all-time meetings, 29-21. It was the first time Dixie State had eclipsed the 500-yard total offense barrier since 2006. At no other point had two quarterbacks thrown for over 200 yards in the same game – Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland) (233) and Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork) (244).
•     DSC also set a single-game record with 478 passing yards – 55 yards better than an Oct. 29, 2011 game at this week's locale, Western Oregon.
•     The Red Storm are 2-9 all-time against the Wolves; but Dixie State did force six turnovers and held the Wolves to 239 yards of offense to defeat WOU 24-10 on Sept. 8 at Hansen Stadium. A.J. Johnson (Chino Hills, CA/Chino Hills) ran for 119 yards pacing the DSC offense.
•    Western Oregon enters their Homecoming game off an impressive 42-14 win last week at Humboldt State. The Wolves have won three straight since opening the year 0-3.

HASLEM EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD: Austin Haslem, Dixie State (K, 5-9, 170, Fr., Philomath, OR) averaged 55 yards on kickoffs and also scored five points, kicking two extra points and a 27-yard field goal as the Red Storm beat first-place Central Washington 29-21 to win the GNAC Red Lion Special Teams Player of the Week Award

STORM WATCH: Dixie State jumped a spot in the total defense after allowing just 297 yards to Cental Washington. An average of 342.2 yards a game places the Red Strom second in the GNAC behind Humboldt State. On the offensive side, DSC sits fourth in the league with 378.5 yards a contest and fourth scoring 21.2 points per game.

INDIVIDUAL GNAC RANKS: RUSH: A.J. Johnson (Chino Hills, CA/Chino Hills), 6th (61.8), Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), 8th (36.0). PASS YARDS/GAME: Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), 5th (133.3), Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland), 6th (114.5). PASS EFFICIENCY: Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland), 4th (118.6), Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), 6th (102.6) TOTAL OFFENSE: Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), 5th (169.3), Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland), 7th (118.5). RECEPTIONS/GAME: Zack Fox (Spanish Fork. UT/Spanish Fork HS), 3rd (4.8), Andre Aron (Inglewood, CA/Westchester), 7th (3.6). REC YARDS/GAME: Zack Fox (Spanish Fork. UT/Spanish Fork HS), 4th (63.3), Andre Aron (Inglewood, CA/Westchester), 8th (45.2). PUNTING: Robert Metz (Tucson, AZ/Canyon Del Oro), 6th (34.8). TACKLES: Jake Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame), T-6th (46.0, 7.7 avg), Daniel Moffett (Kaysville, UT/Davis), 17th (29.0, 5.8 avg) and Matt Tanuvasa (Laie, HI/Southridge) T-23rd (22.0, 5.3 avg). KICK RETURN: Cache Morgan (West Jordan, UT/West Jordan), 1st (27.3)

NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 7): Team (Top 30):        Scoring Offense – 22. Simon Fraser 37.2.  Total Offense – 17. Simon Fraser 467.0.  Rushing Offense –  27. Central Washington 206.8.    Passing Offense – 16. Simon Fraser 308.7.  Passing Defense – 7. Humboldt State 153.0. Pass Efficiency Defense – 7.  Humboldt State 95.5.  Kickoff Returns – 17. Central Washington 25.1. Punt Returns – 8. Simon Fraser 20.2.  Punting – 24. Simon Fraser 36.7. Individuals (Top 30): All-Purpose – 25. Nick Ricciardulli, HSU, 152.7.  Total Offense – 19. Trey Wheeler, SFU, 301.7. Rushing – 9. Nick Ricciardulli, HSU, 135.3; 24. Demetrius Sumler, CWU, 111.0.   Scoring – 3. Bo Palmer, SFU, 11.0; 22.  Nick Ricciardulli, HSU, and Demetrius Sumler, CWU, 9.0.  Receptions – 3. Lemar Durant, SFU, 9.2; 4. Bobby Pospischil, SFU, 9.0.  Receiving Yards – 5. Lemar Durant, SFU, 116.3. Punting – 8. Alexander Bradt, WOU, 43.3.  Kick Returns – 22. Cache Morgan (West Jordan, UT/West Jordan), DSC, 27.3. Punt Returns – 29. Victor Spencer, HSU, 11.5. Interceptions – 10. Cedrique Chaney, CWU, 0.67.   Sacks – 16. Alex Markarian, HSU, 1.00.  

STELLAR GAMES:  200 Yards Passing: 5 – Trey Wheeler, SFU.  3 – Ryan Robertson, CWU; Alex Rump, HSU; Cody VonAppen, WOU.  2 – Alex Rump, HSU; Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSC; Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland), DSC. 1 – Nick Owens, APU.  100 Yards Rushing: 5 – Nick Ricciardulli, HSU. 3 - Bo Palmer, SFU; Demetrius Sumler, CWU.  2 – Johri Fogerson, CWU; Terrell Watson, APU.  1 – Joe Harris, WOU; A.J. Johnson (Chino Hills, CA/Chino Hills), DSC; Cody VonAppen, WOU. 100 Yards Receiving:  5 – Lemar Durant, SFU.  2 – Zack Fox (Spanish Fork. UT/Spanish Fork HS), DSC. 1 - Bobby Pospischil, SFU; Bo Palmer, SFU; Royce Spencer, WOU; Victor Spencer, HSU; Tyrell Williams, WOU; Randon Willlard, DSC; Nick Perez, APU.
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