BADGERS WIN GAME OF THE WEEK
by Gary Chidester

Snow Wins Big 47-0 Against Arizona Western

For the first half of the Snow College 47-0 win over Az. Western it looked much the same as their two previous defensive battles that went down to the wire before the final decision. The Badgers missed two field goal attempts, the offense stalled in the red-zone and the defense held the Matadors to just 57 yards and led 3-0 in the first half.

The second half saw a scoring barrage that started with an 80 yard drive that was capped off by a Cade Cooper 1 yard quarterback sneak. Cooper came into the game in the third quarter and drove the Badgers for the first touchdown of the game.

The next drive covered 54 yards and ended with a 33-yard pass from Cooper to Travis Henderson. Colt Mund carried the two-point conversion into the endzone for the 17-0 lead. In a decision filled with bravado Snow College recovered an on-sides kick to start another scoring drive that was highlighted by a 27 yard run by Mund for the score.

"The defense said they could hold them even if we didn't get the onsides kick," said Head Coach Titan Trimble. "When the defense has that much confidence I figured we had to go for it. We had some momentum and I thought it was a good move."

In just one quarter of play Cooper was 7-10 passing and 156 yards. He also scrambled for 15 yards on the ground while directing the Badger offense.

"We made a decision to see if we could change the flow of the game," said Trimble. "James Pritchard was playing well. He really was. There were several throws that he made that were flat out dropped."

Brett Madsen added to the third quarter scoring with an interception that he returned 19 yard for yet another Badger score that made it 31-0. The defense wasn't done scoring however as they also recorded a safety for two points in the fourth quarter and recovered a fumble in the endzone for yet another touchdown.

Sandwiched between those two defensive scores, Pritchard directed a 49 yard scoring drive that was finished off by a nine yard pass to Manti High School receiver Devin Frischknecht.

Snow College takes the new and improved offense on the road to Phoenix this week to test their ability to put points on the board against the Bears.

The Snow College games can be heard locally on KMTI-Am 650 and right here on SnowBadgers.com