From Deseret News archives:

Unbeaten Snow College holds on to beat Gila Monsters

Published: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 12:13 a.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
THATCHER, Ariz. — No. 2 ranked Snow Junior College remained perfect on the season with a hard-fought 30-23 win over No. 17 Eastern Arizona on Saturday.

The Badgers' only conference loss in the pass three years came in Thatcher in 2006, and Snow head coach Steve Coburn said he was glad to come away with the win.

"This is one of the most difficult places we play," said Coburn. "Our guys knew this would be a dogfight, and it definitely was."

Snow and Eastern were back and forth throughout the first half until freshman quarterback Quinn Mecham (Timpview High School) hit fullback Mike Meifu (West Jordan High School) for a five-yard touchdown to give the Badgers a 20-14 lead less than a minute before the break.

In the second half, Eastern and Snow traded drives until late in the third quarter when running back Tyson Church (North Sanpete High School) broke a few tackles and rumbled 46 yards for the touchdown to give Snow a short-lived 27-14 lead.

Eastern Arizona answered in the third quarter with a touchdown to narrow the lead to 27-21.

The Badger special teams was the next to score — but for Eastern Arizona. Deep in Gila Monster territory, Snow was set to punt when the snap went over punter Chris Van Orden's head and out of the end zone for a safety.

Story continues below
With two minutes left in the game, placekicker Joe Phillips (Lone Peak High School) hit a 20-yard field goal to put Snow up 30-23.

Sophomore defensive back Trent Barney (Orem High School) picked off a Gila Monster pass with less than a minute remaining to seal the victory for the Badgers.

"Trent made a huge play for us," said defensive coordinator Justin DeCol. "We needed a big stop and Trent came up huge."

Mecham finished the game with two touchdown passes on 10-of-19 passing for 168 yards. Church led the rushing attack with 111 yards and a touchdown.

Snow continues on the road against No. 9 Phoenix Saturday. The game will be aired live at snowbadgers.com.

Recent comments

Since 1992-93 they come up big cool beans

M-56 | Nov. 3, 2008 at 8:11 a.m.

If you would do a little more research, you would learn that Snow has...

Relevance | Nov. 2, 2008 at 11:21 p.m.

Snow has had a ton of great players in it's history. a lot have gone...

A Lot of great players | Nov. 2, 2008 at 5:07 p.m.

previousnext

Latest comments

another day, another protest against the church.... (long... yawn...)

What in heaven's name. Tried to make it through your run-on rant....

Have these Utah County law enforcement dudes go work with the SLCPD and West...

Fall sports academic all-state

Every academic all state that has ever come from my school has been a good...

Its awesum for the fans cuz they won the cup; way to go! I'm still not a fan...

Thunder rolls by Jazz

When the Jazz have only half their team they play like a desperate...

As a teacher, I tend to agree. Unless it impacts his ability to read, if this...

Posters are Boise envy.

Utah State does the same thing every year in basketball: we lose to...

Oooooooooooooh puuuuulease!

Advertisements