Box Score Havre, Mont.- The Lights football team hosted the College of Idaho Saturday on senior day at Blue Pony Stadium. This was the final game of the season for both teams.
To start the game C of I's sophomore running back Colby Brown scored on a 15-yard run and 2 drives later freshman kicker Kyle Mitchell tacked on a 26-yard field goal. Lights junior kicker
Tommy Langley nailed a 51-yard field goal midway into the quarter that broke the former record of 47-yards made by Luke McKinley in 2007. At the end of the first quarter, the Yotes led with a score of 10-3.
Northern started off the second quarter with a costly turnover when junior quarterback
Caleb McLaren threw an interception at the College of Idaho 5-yard line. The Yotes capitalized on the turnover by going the length of the field to score on a 16-yard rushing touchdown by junior running back Zach Garzoli. At the break, the score was 17-3 in favor of C of I.
The Lights started their first drive of the third quarter with Langley's second field goal of the day, this time scoring from 41-yards out. C of I scored on a quarterback keeper by freshman Darius-James Peterson late in the quarter to push the lead to 24-6.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Northern defense forced two Yotes' turnovers. Senior defensive back
Logan Sprouse intercepted a pass in the end zone (fourth of the season) and senior defensive back
Garrett Jericoff forced a fumble that was recovered by junior linebacker
Garet Fowler. C of I scored once more in the quarter on a 27-yard run to put the Yotes up 31-6. The Lights would also score once more before the end of the game. Senior running back
Zach McKinley ran for a 45-yard gain to set himself up for a 2-yard touchdown on the very next play. The final score of the game was 31-13. Northern finished the season with a record of 1-9 and C of I finished with a record of 4-7.
Offensive Leaders:
Caleb McLaren was 10-of-28 for 75 yards and one interception.
Freshman wide receiver
Dylan Rychtarik caught 4 passes for 31 yards.
Zach McKinley rushed for 178 on 28 carries and scored a touchdown.
Defensive Leaders:
Three players finished with 10 total tackles:
Garrett Jericoff, freshman linebacker
Tovati "TJ" Gasetoto JR. , and senior defensive lineman
Tyler Craig.
Tyler Craig led both teams in sacks with 3.
Quick Game Notes:
Zach McKinley finished the game with 178-yards rushing, putting him at 1012 yards on the season and making this the fourth time in his four year career at MSU-Northern he's rushed over 1000 yards/season.
Junior kicker
Tommy Langley not only broke the school record for longest field goal (51-yards), he also broke the school record for most field goals made in a single season (9) that was held by Luke McKinley in 2007 with 8 made.