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Show 6 THE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, SUN Sophomores puff the powder out of freshmen By Stephen 2000 Sophomores 24, Freshmen 18 Vincent Editor-in-chi- Freshmen- sivmcent77(u hotmail com The sophomores weren't about to surrender their Powder Puff title With game tied and just 23 seconds left, Bethany Moak and April Cox engineered a drive from their own quick one yard line The pair's scoring strike with 7 seconds left gave the Sophomores a lead The freshmen's last chance fell incomplete, and the sophomores had successfully defended their Powder Puff crown Having just stuffed a ferocious freshmen drive vwth a tough goal line stand, sophomore coach, Hank S Nelson, employed the halfback pass The risk yielded dividends e when Moak took the pitch in her own and rolled to her right and zinged the ball to a wide open Cox Cox was finally tackled at midfield But since tackling is illegal in flag football, referee George Whitehead awarded the sophomores ten more yards, giving the Class of 2001 the hall at the Freshmen line (the field was only 80 yards long) On the next play, Nelson went with the same play This time, Cox was covered, but Moak managed to get the ball to her at the five yard line Cox then employed some fancy footwork to scoot around some freshmen defenders and score the winning touch-do- - Sophomores- - 12 6 6 18- - - 18 24 1st Half McArthur 19 pass from Johnston (run failed), Fr-- game-winnin- g II 14 So- - Okerlund 3 run (run failed), 9 16 Johnston 5 run (pass failed), 5 15 Fr- - 1 2nd Half So- - Okerlund 2 run (run failed), 11 10 Fr- - McArthur 45 pass from Johnston (run failed), 9 00 So- - Cox 44 pass from Miller (pass failed), 4 52 So- - Cox 30 pass from Moak (run failed), 0 07 24-1- 8 end-zon- d n 1119 l I The sophomore Powder Puff squad prepares to pounce on the freshmen. The sophomores won, photo by Andrea Blackham The drive was, of course, set up by the sophomores goal line stand The freshmen squad had taken the ball at their own line with five minutes left in the game. Three completed passes by quarterback Lacey Johnston gave the freshmen the ball at the six But in four downs, they failed to score. Outside of the final minute, Cox and freshman Manah McArthur clearly dominated the game Cox had all four sophomore receptions for 142 yards. But she was most damaging when she amassed 125 yards on three returns But for a while, the game d tDxrxve. Str. LET. - y ?vt" Cje.or-g'X seemed to belong to McArthur The freshman wideout snagged spectacular catch after catch. She had six receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns At one point, deejaypubhc address announcer Mark Larson asked, "1 don't know if we should call Manah the Randy Moss of Powder Puff, or if we should call Randy Moss the Martah McArthur of the NFL." Emily Okerlund played well for the sophomores, scoring their first two touchdowns. But she also had one called back late in the first half. Individual Statistics 194, Passing Freshmen Johnston, 44 98, Miller Sophomores Moak, Jones, Rushing Freshmen Johnston, Pnnce, Sophomores Okerlund, Moak, Cox, 4 Jones Receivmg Freshmen McArthur, Alder Sophomores Cox e V" n ' krr. rr 24-1- . installation Wfe ijxr car Alarms fiw InstaM Lpti: k pi 1 a Stem i it , iv an , ; , . i $ Am. k or Mm smkrs k or Mm Mo |