Whitworth Takes It On Chin Again With A Loss To Ups
Small colleges
Four first-quarter touchdowns were enough for Puget Sound as the Loggers beat Whitworth 48-35 in a Mt. Hood League football game Saturday.
UPS running back Daryl Wright, a former Eastern Washington University back, was the star of the Loggers’ homecoming. He carried the ball 37 times for 265 yards and four rushing touchdowns.
The Loggers (2-2 Mt. Hood, 2-6 overall) left Whitworth (1-3, 1-7) at the bottom of the division standings.
In the second period, Whitworth running back Tim Rust scored the first of his four rushing touchdowns at 9:08 of the quarter. The Pirates then blocked a Puget Sound punt and linebacker and team captain Jeff Baxter fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.
Trailing 34-14 at the half, Whitworth scored three touchdowns and registered a safety in the final period, but UPS’ two touchdowns in the third quarter had already put the game out of reach.
Puget Sound 48, Whitworth 35
Whitworth 0 14 0 21 - 35 Pacific Lutheran 28 6 14 0 - 48
UPSSmith 12 pass from Schlecht ((Kuntz kick) UPSWright 1 run (kick failed) UPSWright 48 run (Schlecht run) UPSSchlecht 10 run (Kuntz kick) UPSSchlecht 3 run (kick failed)
WC-Rust 2 run (Jensen kick)
WC-Baxter 24 blocked punt return (Jensen kick) UPSWright 5 run (Lockett pass from Schlecht) UPSWright 17 run (kick failed)
WC-Rust 6 run (Jensen kick)
WC-Safety, Schlecht downs ball in end zone
WC-Rust 2 run (pass failed)
WC-Rust 4 run (run failed)
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WC UPS First downs 14 24 Rushes-yards 40-102 54-273 Passing 196 197 Return Yards NA NA Comp-Att-Int 12-22-1 15-23-0 Punts 5-36.8 2-35.0 Fumbles-Lost 8-3 3-3 Penalties-Yards 7-52 7-68 Time of Possession NA NA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGWhitworth, Olson 4-6, Rust 25-86, Arceneaux 2-9, Bratonia 4-14, Green 5-(minus 13). Puget Sound, Wright 37-265, Schlecht 8-4, Arcio 4-20, Heier 2-0, Filer 2-(minus 8), Turella 1-(minus 8).
PASSINGWhitworth, Green 12-22-1-196. Puget Sound, Schlecht 14-22-0-197, Turella 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVINGWhitworth, Doughty 4-48, Sund 1-18, Glenn 4-110, Wicks 1-2, Ruf 2-18. Puget Sound, Smith 3-33, Crossland 2-57, Filer 5-76, Wright 2-10, Lockett 2-21.
W. Washington 45, S. Fraser 0
At Bellingham, Wash., the Vikings, ranked No. 1 in NAIA Division II, improved to 4-0 league, 8-0 overall while Simon Fraser fell to 1-3, 3-6.
PLU 35, Willamette 35
Pacific Lutheran scored 21 points in the final 3:05 to give the Lutes a tie with Willamette at Salem, Ore.
CWU 56, W. Oregon 7
Jon Kitna tossed three touchdown passes, including a 52-yarder to E.J. Henderson, as Central Washington beat Western Oregon at Monmouth, Ore. Kitna completed 13 of 20 passes for 260 yards for the Wildcats (3-1 Mount Rainier, 6-3 overall).
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