Saturday, April 10, 2010

BEARS MAKE A STATEMENT OF SURPRMACY, HUMBLING MAGIC VALLEY 42-17

JEROME – Could it be that all the Bears needed was a quarterback? After struggling to defend their RMFL title in 2009, the Utah Bears opened up the 2010 season as if 2009 never happened, behind the stellar play of newly acquired quarterback, Jeff Wissler, who tossed 6 touchdown passes, 3 to Joe Mapson, en route to a 42-17, outscoring the Bulldawgs 22-0 in the second half to cruise to victory.

Wissler joined the Bears from the folding Utah Heat while Mapson left the Utah Wolverines after 3 season via free agency and now both may be headlining a Bears team that will be a major force in the AAA in 2010.

Wissler tossed for 385 yards, however, did toss 2 interceptions to keep his day from being perfect and Mapson caught 8 passes for 146 yards as the duo became the early front-runners for offensive MVP’s. Bears tight end, Ben Moa, also caught 8 passed for another 140 yards and 2 touchdowns to finish a close second to Mapson in electrification of the scoreboard. Former Salt Lake Seminole, Spoon Moala, also in his Bears debut, lead the rushing offense for the Bears, rushing 12 times for 77 yards as the Bears dominated the second half.

For the Bulldawgs, it wasn’t all doom and gloom as they played the 2008 champions quite tough through the first half, drawing to a meager 20-17 deficit at the intermission behind some hard running, including two touchdown runs by Jesse Zedalis, including a 46-yard score near the end of the first half that put a charge in the Bulldawg sidelines and fans, keeping the game within 3 until late in the 3rd quarter.  Zedalis would finish with a modest 58 yards on 12 carries, however, was able to take advantage of good field position on several occasions as the Bears turned it over to the Bulldawgs 4 times on the evening, 2 fumbles lost and two interceptions to keep the Bulldawgs in the game early.

Terrance Johnson lead the Bulldawg defense with 6 tackles and one of the interceptions and Beau Lockwood recovered both Bears fumbles as the Bulldawgs just ran out of steam in the second half.

For the top-ranked Bears defense, another stellar performance was turned in by Manu Taeoalii, who lead the team with 4 tackles and a sack.  Jeremy Crookston, Stan Vrotney and Dan Sundstrom would also pitch in for 4 tackles, with Sandstrom adding an interception against Bulldawg quarterback, Ben Landrian, who struggled against the Bears defense to throw for only 52 yards and a 26.5 passer rating.

SCORING SUMMARY:

1ST Quarter

UTAH BEARS: Ben Moa 10-yard pass from Wissler (Wissler kick) 7:46

UTAH BEARS: Ben Moa 15-yard pass from Wissler (Wissler kick) 0:00

2nd Quarter

MAGIC VALLEY: Zedalis 1-yard run (Topete kick) 5:17

MAGIC VALLEY: Topete 38-yard field goal

UTAH BEARS: Mapson 25-yard pass from Wissler (kick failed) 0:52

MAGIC VALLEY: Zedalis 46-yard run (Topete kick) 0:36

3rd Quarter

UTAH BEARS: Mapson 25-yard pass from Wissler (Wissler run) 2:42

4th Quarter

UTAH BEARS: Mapson 35-yard pass from Wissler (2-pt conversion) 6:42

UTAH BEARS: Simmons 8-yard pass from Wissler (kick failed) 3:28

Offense

Defense

Special Teams

 

Utah Bears

April 10 vs Bulldawgs

 

Scoring Summary

Points:

43

Touchdowns:

6

Field Goals:

0

PAT's:

1

PAT2's:

3

Safeties:

0

 

Offense

Passer

Rating

Comp

Att

Pct

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

INT

Sacked

Offensive Line Rank

6.69

Jeff Wissler

114.9

25

39

64%

385

35

15

6

2

Total Yards:

472

Total Touchdowns:

6

 

Receiving

Rushing

Receptions

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

Carries

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

25

385

35

15.4

6

13

87

28

6.7

Joe Mapsen

8

146

35

18.3

3

Spoon Moala

12

77

28

6

Ben Moa

8

140

26

17.5

2

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1

10

10

10

Brian Simmions

4

42

15

10.5

1

Tj Stokes

4

42

20

10.5

Spoon Moala

1

15

15

15.0

 

Defense

Field Goals

Tackles

Interceptions

Sacks

Fumble Recoveries

FG

Long

Avg

36.0

1

2.0

0

Manu Taeoalii

4.0

1.0

Jeremy Crookston

4.0

Dan Sundstrom

4.0

1

Stan Vrotney

4.0

Punt Returns

Brandon Kaauwai

3.0

1.0

PR

Long

Avg

Levine Tupe

3.0

Joe Mapsen

3

6

4

Jay Tupe

3.0

Angel Castillo

3.0

Dustin Reid

2.0

Mike Tooa

2.0

Kick Returns

KR

Long

Avg

Joe Mapsen

2

46

40

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Offense

Defense

Special Teams

 

Magic Valley Bulldawgs

Week 1 vs Bears

 

Scoring Summary

Points:

17

Touchdowns:

2

Field Goals:

1

PAT's:

2

PAT2's:

0

Safeties:

0

 

Offense

Passer

Rating

Comp

Att

Pct

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

INT

Sacked

Offensive Line Rank

2.56

Ben Landrian

26.5

8

21

38%

52

17

7

1

Total Yards:

116

Total Touchdowns:

2

 

Receiving

Rushing

Receptions

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

Carries

Yards

Long

Avg

TD

8

52

17

6.5

25

64

46

2.6

2

Lonnie Edwards

4

40

17

10.0

Jesse Zedalis

12

58

46

5

2

Jesse Zedalis

1

7

7

7.0

Matt Mauney

2

8

8

4

Gary Jones

1

5

5

5.0

Gary Jones

2

6

3

Brad Cook

1

0

0.0

Lonnie Edwards

9

-8

2

-1

Jason Blair

1

0

0.0

 

Defense

Field Goals

Tackles

Interceptions

Sacks

Fumble Recoveries

FG

Long

Avg

34.0

2

2

Fernando Topete

1

38

38

Terrance Johnson

6.0

1

Calvin Armstead

4.5

Josh Villaro

4.5

Wesley Zedalis

3.0

1

Punt Returns

Tierre Johnson

3.0

PR

Long

Avg

Tyrel Hoagland

3.0

David Johnson

2.0

Jeremy Shafer

1.5

Craig Gause

1.5

Beau Lockwood

1.0

2

Kick Returns

KR

Long

Avg

Jesse Zedalis

2

27

26

Taryn Prestin

1

1

1

Tierre Johnson

1

16

16

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