Wildcats claw to league title with win over DSC

Red Storm drop 51-19 decision at CWU

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ELLENSBURG, Wash. – For the second straight year, the Dixie State College football team saw its regular season come to an end in cold and blustery conditions at Tomlinson Stadium. After overnight snow cleared off the natural grass surface, the host Wildcats cruised to a 51-19 victory over the Red Storm and claimed, at worse, a share of the 2012 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football title.

The Wildcats (7-4, 7-3 GNAC) were led by a 192-yard, three-touchdown performance by freshman running back Jordan Todd and a solid game from senior quarterback Ryan Robertson. He missed on just one pass, going 18-of-19 for 249 yards and three touchdown passes.

Dixie State's (3-8, 3-7 GNAC) offense saw three different signal callers during the season finale and each added had a touchdown pass. Junior quarterback Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork) went 9-of-23 for 150 yards, including a touchdown to Zack Fox (Spanish Fork. UT/Spanish Fork HS) in the first quarter.

Kaleo Nawahine (Fruitland, ID/Fruitland) fired his touchdown strike to Mitch Frei (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) midway in the fourth quarter for eight yards. Brody Garr (Taylor, UT/Fremont) saw his first action in the offense in the Storm's final drive and connected with Brock Johnson (South Weber, UT/Northridge) on a screen pass for an 18-yard score. Even wide receiver Conor Sklarsky (Norco, CA/Notre Dame) completed a pass on a double reverse for 17 yards to Robles in the third quarter.

Freshman backer Myles Burton (Berkeley, CA/Rodriguez) had 50 yards on nine carries, accouting for half the team's rushing output.

Cache Morgan (West Jordan, UT/West Jordan) closed his collegiate career with 13 tackles, 10 of them solo for the DSC defense. Freshman Caleb McCray (Provo, UT/Sprinville) had one of his best games totaling seven stops.

Central outgained Dixie State 480-333 in total yardage and used a balanced attack all day (226 rush, 254 pass).

Score by Quarters     1 2 3 4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Dixie State......... 6 0 0 13 - 19       Record: (3-8,3-7)
Central Washington.. 16 7 14 14 - 51       Record: (7-4,7-3)

Scoring Summary:
1st 05:50 CWU - Puckett,Kevin 62 yd interception return (Davis,Sean kick), , DSC 0 - CWU 7
    02:34 CWU - Todd,Jordan 20 yd run (Davis,Sean kick), 6-64 2:08, DSC 0 - CWU 14
    00:11 DSC - Fox,Zack 61 yd pass from Robles,Griff (Haslam,Austin kick blockd), 5-72 2:19, DSC 6 - CWU 14
    00:11 CWU - Nielsen,Ridge PAT return, , DSC 6 - CWU 16
2nd 03:25 CWU - Todd,Jordan 1 yd run (Davis,Sean kick), 10-80 5:53, DSC 6 - CWU 23
3rd 10:49 CWU - Dunlap,Brandon 17 yd pass from Robertson,Ryan (Davis,Sean kick), 7-63 4:11, DSC 6 - CWU 30
    03:30 CWU - Akeo-Orr,Robert 17 yd pass from Robertson,Ryan (Davis,Sean kick), 12-77 5:53, DSC 6 - CWU 37
4th 14:52 CWU - Todd,Jordan 10 yd run (Davis,Sean kick), 2-77 0:42, DSC 6 - CWU 44
    12:11 CWU - Squires,Griffin 59 yd pass from Robertson,Ryan (Davis,Sean kick), 1-59 0:13, DSC 6 - CWU 51
    08:16 DSC - Frei,Mitch 8 yd pass from Nawahine,Kaleo (Haslam,Austin kick), 9-52 3:55, DSC 13 - CWU 51
    03:02 DSC - Johnson,Brock 18 yd pass from Garr,Brody (Haslam,Austin kick blockd), 5-60 1:45, DSC 19 - CWU 51

                                    DSC      CWU
FIRST DOWNS...................       18       22
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   33-100   39-226
PASSING YDS (NET).............      233      254
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 35-17-1 21-20-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   68-333   60-480
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0     1-12
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     2-35
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     4-58     3-51
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0     1-62
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-36.0   1-48.0
Fumbles-Lost..................      3-1      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............      1-5     8-95
Possession Time...............    27:20    32:40
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 15 6 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 3   0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      2-3      5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-3     5-34

RUSHING: Dixie State-Burton,Myles 9-50; Robles,Griff 17-26; Nawahine,Kaleo 2-18; Johnson,A.J. 2-5; Garr,Brody 2-2; Johnson,Brock 1-minus 1. Central Washington-Todd,Jordan 29-192; Sumler,Demetrius 5-30; Banks,Darius 3-3; Robertson,Ryan 2-1.

PASSING: Dixie State-Robles,Griff 9-23-1-150; Nawahine,Kaleo 4-6-0-29; Garr,Brody 3-5-0-37; Sklarsky,Conor 1-1-0-17. Central Washington-Robertson,Ryan 18-19-0-249; Banks,Darius 2-2-0-5.

RECEIVING: Dixie State-Burton,Myles 5-30; Frei,Mitch 3-28; Aron,Andre 2-55; Johnson,A.J. 2-9; Fox,Zack 1-61; Johnson,Brock 1-18; Robles,Griff 1-17; Porrazzo,Matt 1-8; Hoskins,Beau 1-7. Central Washington-Spain,Anthony 8-58; Moore,Tavoy 4-77; Dunlap,Brandon 3-32; Squires,Griffin 1-59; Akeo-Orr,Robert 1-17; LaDeaux,Leon 1-8; Sumler,Demetrius 1-3; Todd,Jordan 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: Dixie State-None. Central Washington-Puckett,Kevin 1-62.

FUMBLES: Dixie State-Robles,Griff 2-1; Burton,Myles 1-0. Central Washington-Todd,Jordan 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Dixie State-Gibson,Sean 1-0. Central Washington-Baker,Jerod 3-0; Bruno,Gabe 2-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Dixie State-Morgan,Cache 10-3; McCray,Caleb 4-3; Greene,Cameron 5-0; Largent,Nick 3-2; Chapman,Ray 4-0; Boyer,K.J. 3-0; Richards,Austen 2-1; Duncan,Jake 1-2; Gibson,Sean 2-0; Curtis,Brian 2-0; Woodard,Tana 2-0; Johnson,Brock 2-0; Moffett,Daniel 1-1; Ehringer,Tim 0-2; Porrazzo,Nick 1-0; Ence,Justin 1-0; Williams,Kris 1-0; Loveless,Brady 1-0; Metz,Robert 1-0. Central Washington-Bruno,Gabe 8-1; Nielsen,Ridge 4-4; Bruketta,Louie 2-6; Baker,Jerod 5-1; Wall,Riley 4-2; Langlow,Stan 1-3; Gaisie,Deshawn 3-0; Puckett,Kevin 2-0; Brooks,Jomari 1-1; Sanchez,Tovar 1-1; Johnson,Donnie 1-0; Haldane,Mitch 1-0; LaDeaux,Leon 0-1; Chaney,Cedrique 0-1; Koopman,John 0-1; Davis,Isaiah 0-1; Baines,DeAndre 0-1.

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