Saturday

College Football

Valley City State 14    Waldorf University  7

#21 VCSU is now 3-0 and 1-0 in the North Star Athletic Association.

Waldorf drops to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the NSAA.

Recap Pending

Jamestown  32 Hastings College 28

Box Score

HASTINGS, Neb.  (UJ)— The University of Jamestown football team scored 22 points in the final 5:36 Saturday afternoon, finishing off one of the most memorable comebacks in recent memory in a 32-28 win over Hastings College.

Trailing 28-10, Jamestown forced Hastings to punt from their own 31-yard line. Ethan Helton (FR/Wildomar, Calif.) got through the line and blocked Jason Bachle’s kick, and the Jimmies took over at the Hastings 18.

After a holding penalty pushed UJ back to the 28-yard line, Cade Torgerson (JR/Billings, Mont.) found Micah Madyun (FR/Ramsey, Minn.) for a 10-yard gain. On the next play, Torgerson and Madyun connected again for an 18-yard touchdown pass, and the Izaak Myles (JR/Apple Valley, Calif.) extra point made it 28-17 with 4:46 left.

Myles attemped an onside kick, but the Broncos recovered at their own 48. Jamestown was forced to use their final two timeouts during the drive, but the defense held up to make Hastings have to punt. A personal foul on the return gave the Jimmies the ball at their own 26-yard line. Torgerson hit Steve Justice (SO/Henderson, Nev.) for a 17-yard gain to get up to the 43, then one play later, Javon Bowie-Monteiro (JR/Sacramento, Calif.) caught a Torgerson pass and took it 57 yards to the end zone.  The two-point conversion was good as Torgerson found Marcus Giles (JR/Coon Rapids, Minn.) to make it 28-25 with 3:16 remaining.

Another onside kick by Myles was caught by Hastings at the Jimmie 45-yard line. One more three-and-out caused another Bronco punt, and with 56 seconds to play and no timeouts, Jamestown had the ball at the 20 yard line.

Torgerson found an open Madyun on an in route, and Madyun went 80 yards for the go-ahead score. The Myles extra point gave UJ a 32-28 lead with 42 seconds left.

Paul Vandal (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) had two sacks of Hastings quarterback John Zamora on the final drive to help seal the victory.

It was a career day for Madyun, with nine catches for 217 yards and two touchdowns. The nine receptions was one off of the Jimmie single-game record of 10. Torgerson threw a career-best four touchdowns and threw for 342 yards, one away from tying his 343 yards against Mount Marty.

Aaron Mack (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) led the defense with 12 total tackles, followed by Brooks Canfield (SO/Tempe, Ariz.) with seven. Vandal had three of the Jimmies’ four sacks on the afternoon, and Hershell Jefferson (FR/Pensacola, Fla.) intercepted his second pass of the year.

Jamestown, now 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the GPAC, host Midland (Neb.) University Saturday at 1 p.m.