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S p o r t s C a r r o l l b a c k o n t o p a f t e r h o m e c o m i n g w i n Amber Kuehn Independent Record Sports Writer arroll College quarterback Dakota Stone- house came into his own Saturday at Nelson Stadium. The junior quarterback completed 12 passes for 179 yards and showcased his athletic ability with 138 yards on the ground, leading the No. 11 Saints to a 28-7 homecoming victory over eighth-ranked Eastern Oregon. \He's a great athlete, and the biggest thing lie needs right now is more reps under center,” Carroll coach Mike Van Dies! said of his signal caller, who seemed more comfortable Saturday than he has all season long. \... Our offensive coaches have great, great confidence in him and I think lie's the best player we have at that position.” The dual-threat Stonehouse wasted little time putting points on the board. On the fourth play of the Saints' opening drive, Stonehouse took the ball on second-and- 27 and ran it 73 yards to the house, breaking tackles Carroll Saints reach up to snag the football along the way. He credited great downfield blocking by his receivers, and was able to cut back courtesy of Dylan Simac's block around the 35-yard line. \1 had a couple holes in front of me and the offensive line played great.” the modest Stonehouse said, admit ting he just needed to get a couple of games under his belt. \I'm just seeing the game a little bit better right now. And when I can sit back there in the pocket and have 3 seconds to make a read, it's pretty easy.\ Stonehouse had a hand in all four Saints' scores, throwing a pair of touchdown passes to Anthony Clarke and another to Jared Mayernik. On Carroll's third series of the contest, he hit Clarke up the middle for a 19-yard gain on a crucial fourth-and-long play, then found Clarke in the end zone seconds later to make it 14-0 in favor of the home team. Stonehouse’s connection w ith his receivers is improving as they continue to work to get on the same page. \Clarke runs those great routes. Drew Clausen’s get ting better. May emiks getting better.” Van Diest said. “I think Doc's getting more comfortable with those guys. When you're the backup quarterback y ou don't get to develop those relationships, and last summer they got better, but it's just gonna take some games \ Stonehouse is spreading the ball around, too — five different receivers and tw o tight ends caught passes in the contest. \It’s easy when you've got receivers like this that can make big plays,” Stonehouse said. “When we’re click ing on all cylinders, we’re pretty dangerous.” Carroll's offense felt called to step it up this week after riding the Saints’ strong defense to a victory over Rocky Mountain College seven days earlier. In practice they worked on finishing drives and playing with more of a sense of urgency, and that showed Saturday. The offense w as more up-tempo, the men in the trenches much improved. \We were ready this week; we rose to the challenge,” said Clarke, w ho finished with a team-high five catches for 85 yards and two TDs. \We wanted to let everyone know we’re an all-around team, and it’s not just the defense that’s gonna help ns gel where we need lo gel. ” The defense was dominant once again, forcing four three-and-outs in the first half and recovering a fumble that set up the Saints’ second score. Carroll held Eastern Oregon to just 250 total yards, and the Mountaineers only managed lo convert on 3 of 14 third downs. The Saints’ chance at their first shutout of the season disap peared with 5:41 left in the game, however, when Justin Reynolds scored on a 31-yard reception with several second-stringers in for Carroll. \We talked about playing a complete game,” said de fensive endRhakeem Harris, who forced the fumble on a sack of quarterback Jason Simonis and finished with four tackles and a pass breakup on third down. \When offense struggles, defense picks them up: when defense straggles, offense picks us up. We've just gotta keep finding ways to get better. \ With Eastern Oregon key ing in on reigning NAIA player of the year Chance Demarais in the first half. Carroll's passing game opened up. Demarais had just 36 yards before halftime, while Stonehouse had already thrown 13 times — completing 8 — for 137 yards. In the second half the Saints went back to the ground game, attempting just six passes and giving the ball back to Demarais and Dustin Rinker. Demarais finished the game with 95 yards, his best outing in four weeks. “Eastern was doing some tilings to stop Chance today, which most people are gonna try to do. so w e had to go to the air a little bit more early.\ offensive coordinator Nick Howlett said. \Doc threw some great balls, but we’ve still gotta do a better job finishing some plays and drives, and not shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties and dropped balls.” Carroll was penalized six times for 50 yards, half of them coming in a scoreless second half. \We didn’t get the scores we wanted to in the second half, but we got first downs and controlled the clock, and that’s important, too.” Van Diest said. Van Diest was pleased w ith the play calling of Howlett and the decision-making by Stonehouse on a couple of broken plays. “Nick called a great game today and Doc did some great things, running by design and other tilings he did to keep plays alive — lie got creative.\ the coach said. \That's what you need in your quarterback.\ PHOTO BY GARY MARSHALL Reaching up for a spike, the Saints take the game S a i n t s t a m e T e c h ________________________ Cat King ________________________ Staff Writer After a bumpy start playing MSU Northern. Car- roll v olleyball now stands in third place in the Frontier Conference, with a record of 4-1 in the Frontier and 14-5 overall. They are back in action Thursday night at 7 p.m. against Rocky Mountain College in the Carroll PE Cen ter. The team lias kept their momentum going by scoring a huge win this homecoming weekend. They played away at Dickinson State and swept the match with the scores of 25-18. 25-22. 25-21. Senior Natalie Stewart, from Cocur d'Alene. Idaho led the Saints with 24 assists, while freshman Emily Burk, a Helena native, added 16. Re becca Sweeny, a freshman from Boise. Idaho led w ith 16 digs, and Catic Hanser, a senior from Billings, added 15. \We really did a great job distributing the ball tonight,” heach coach Moe Boyle said. \All-around it was a good win, and we’re glad we’re on our way home.\ On Friday . September 19. Carroll Volleyball took on The Orediggers from Montana Tech in our very own PE Center. Carroll had to fight hard to win the first game 25-20. Tech came back strong to nearly win in the second game but Carroll w on it 25-23. The match continued with Tech getting more defensive and beating the Saints 25-18. In the fourth game of the match Carroll rallied back and won. “That fourth set is how we want them to play .\said Boyle. \I think there was too much hype for us in the third set. but after the loss we started over and calmed down\ In Carroll's opening volley ball match, on September 13. against UGF. the Saints defeated the Argos after 4 matches. 19-25. 25-21. 25-17. 25-18. “We worked hard, w e worked together, and it all came together at once. The Argos were a great opponent who made us come together as a team and really work hard in our opener.” said sophomore Calli Prestwood from Bend. Ore.. The next night Carroll took on Dickinson State and de feated Dickinson 25-20, 25-21, and 25-17. It w as a pretty easy going match. “We fed off the momentum from last night,” said Boyle. “We came out strong, and picked up a lot of balls. Our serving was very aggressive, which took them out of their offense.” PHOTO BY GARY MARSHALL 10 The Prospector Thursday,September 27, 2012
