ALAMOSA — Colorado Mines spotted Adams State the first touchdown of the game, then ran off 37 unanswered points, including two TDs from the defense, while routing the Grizzlies 37-14 in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game Saturday afternoon.
The Grizzlies scored with 9:10 left in the first quarter on the first of two Trevor Eggleston-to-Ryan Hedberg scoring passes, but Mines (6-2, 6-0 RMAC) took a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter on Dalton Lane’s 21-yard field goal and Kyle Goracke’s fumble recovery in the end zone. Adams State (3-5, 3-3) started its drive after the field goal on its own 3-yard line after the kickoff was muffed. A false-start penalty moved the ball back to the 2. Bryce Buderus was stuffed at the goal line and fumbled the ball, and Goracke recovered.
Mines quarterback David Pesek had a 23-yard rushing TD in the second quarter and connected with Adam Saur from 40 yards out in the third. The Orediggers’ second defensive score came in the fourth on Jerrod Doucet’s 29-yard fumble return.
Pesek was 18-of-32 for 272 yards. Saur caught five passes for 99 yards.
Mesa State 16, Western State 14
GUNNISON — Michael Sweeney’s 20-yard field goal with 1:40 left gave the Mavericks (5-3, 5-1) the win. The field goal was Sweeney’s third of the day and completed a 10-play, 55-yard drive.
Mesa had a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter on the first of Sweeney’s field goals and Will Halboth’s 5-yard run. Western (3-5, 3-3) took a 14-10 halftime lead on Blake Krenke’s 58-yard fumble return and a Tyler Daniels-to-Shaun Suttorp 3-yard pass.
Chadron State 38, Fort Lewis 6
CHADRON, Neb. — Garrett Treffer threw four touchdown passes to lead a balanced attack for the Eagles (5-3, 4-2) — 245 yards rushing and 235 through the air.
Treffer hooked up with Joel Schommer from 18 yards in the first quarter and Isaac Stockton from the 9 with 1:14 before the half. Mark Haag had a 5-yard scoring run in the second. Maurice Threatts caught an 86-yard scoring strike from Treffer early in the third quarter.
The Skyhawks’ lone score came on a Tim Jenkins 54-yard pass to Justin Johnson with less than a minute gone in the fourth quarter. Fort Lewis (1-7, 0-6) managed only 11 first downs and minus-9 yards rushing.
Nebraska-Kearney 65, Western New Mexico 30
KEARNEY, Neb. — Jake Spitzlberger did not throw an incompletion while recording five touchdown passes — and running for three scores — as the Lopers (7-1, 6-0) dominated the Mustangs (1-6, 0-6).
Spitzlberger, from Bear Creek High School, threw two of his TDs to Brendan Liess, from 39 and 9 yards, as UNK built a 49-10 halftime lead.
Kyle Kaiser, a junior from Broomfield, caught three TDs, from 49 yards in the second quarter and from 44 and 34 in the second half. Spitzlberger was 14-of-14 for 280 yards. Lopers running back Rustin Dring rushed 14 times for 145 yards and a score.
CSU-Pueblo 35, N.M. Highlands 7
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Augustine Agyei returned the opening kickoff 96 yards and had another first-quarter score on a 7-yard pass from Colin Clancy as the Thunderwolves (4-4, 3-3) rolled to a road victory. The CSU-Pueblo defense held New Mexico Highlands (0-8, 0-6) to 11 first downs.
Jamaal Johnson had 131 yards rushing for CSU-Pueblo and scored second-half touchdowns on runs of 9 and 2 yards. Clancy’s second TD pass went 14 yards to Ayrius Justin in the fourth quarter.
