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Show f; ' . f he I x - wai f Sd thir J Y yea XJF of t I 1 , It ; Joe Wells MikeScheiss Wells, Scheiss top players After the game, the broadcaster lor the Cal Poly-Pomona football team raved about SUSC's wide receiver Mark Holland, and "how he'd done the job on our defensive secondary." Completely missing from the appraisal was the performance of The Iron County Record's SUSCotlensive Player of Iho Week, Mike Scheiss, but then, that's nol unusual. "A lot of people advised us not to take Mike," recalled SUSC Head Coach Jack Bishop. The son of Ricks College's head lootball coach was just not talented enough to play college ball, the coach was told. "Needless to say, they were wrong. Mike has done a super job for us. I don't Ihink there's anyone who has been more dedicated this year." The headlines haven't grabbed the solid tight end, by the very nature of his job, so he went out Saturday and grabbed the headlines. He produced 12 points for the Birds, six from a nifty over-the shoulder catch, and six from a fumble recovery of a punt. In all, Scheiss nabbed six passes lor 80 yards, his most prolific day receiving. For the season, he has caught 16, second only to Holland's 18. for 175 yards and three scores. Scheiss is joined by linebacker Joe Wells, who was named the Thunberbird's outstanding out-standing Defensive Player of the Week. The (i-3, 231-pound senior from Cedar City, was in on nine tackles Saturday, enhancing his position as one of the team's most prolific performers in that category. In addition, Wells intercepted in-tercepted two Cal Poly passes, and nearly had a diving catch for a third late in the game. One of Well's interceptions led a few plays later to a SUSC score. Wells also kicks extra pints lor the T-Birds, was a perfect 5-for-5 Saturday, and has converted con-verted 14-01-16 lor the season. "Joe played his best ballgame so lar this season," praised Bishop. "He read his keys well, and was aggresive and intelligent.'' Bishop also had nothing but good to say about the play of his defensive line, which put pressure on the Cal Poly quarterback much of the game. "I thought our line played v e r y aggresi vely," saii Bishop. "They never did quit. We played most of the game with five defensive backs, so we had to take one off the line. With that, and the injuries affecting our depth on the line, I was pleased with the performances. per-formances. They were really getting tired by the end of the game." |