Saturday
Jimmie Football
Hansen Stadium, Rollie Greeno Field
Midland University 33 Jamestown 22
Jamestown (UJ) The Midland (Neb.) University football team scored 26 straight points to turn a 14-7 deficit into a 33-14 lead, holding off the University of Jamestown 33-22 Saturday afternoon at Charlotte & Gordon Hansen Stadium.
It was the first conference loss of the season for the Jimmies, now 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the GPAC. UJ is at Doane (Neb.) University next Saturday.
Jamestown scored first, with Cade Torgerson (JR/Billings, Mont.) finding Frankie Ingraldi (FR/Colorado Springs, Colo.) for a 40-yard touchdown pass. Izaak Myles (JR/Apple Valley, Calif.) made the extra point for a 7-0 lead at the 8:55 mark of the opening quarter.
Midland answered with a touchdown drive of their own on the next possession to tie the game. Torgerson tossed his second touchdown of the quarter on UJ’s ensuing drive, finding Micah Madyun (FR/Ramsey, Minn.) from 26 yards out, and the Myles extra point made it 14-7 at the 3:39 mark.
A pair of Jared Quinonez field goals was the only scoring for the Warriors in the second quarter as the Jimmies took a 14-13 lead into halftime.
Two touchdowns by Midland in the third quarter made it 26-14, then Dalton Tremayne broke loose for a 92-yard touchdown run to increase Midland’s lead to 33-14.
Torgerson threw his third touchdown of the game at the 7:57 mark of the fourth, connecting with Javon Bowie-Monteiro (JR/Sacramento, Calif.) on a nine-yard pass, then tossed a pass to Bowie-Monteiro for the two-point conversion.
UJ forced Midland to punt on their next two drives, but could not find their way into the end zone.
Torgerson finished 20-of-37 passing for 301 yards and three scores. Madyun caught five passes for 110 yards while Bowie-Monteiro had seven catches for 72 yards.
Brooks Canfield (SO/Tempe, Ariz.) had nine tackles to lead the defense. Jordan Olson (JR/Prior Lake, Minn.) had eight tackles and intercepted two passes. Ezra Belingheri (FR/Sparks, Nev.) and Colin Kok (SO/Williston, N.D.) also had eight stops, and Rob Anderson (FR/Alexandria, Minn.) also had an interception.
