Show : Thu Humid Journal Loyan Utah Sunday Octobur 13 West Side sneaks past Dragons Conversion puts Pirates DAYTON — After the scrappy irrepressible Mall Phillips eluded the grasps of two would-b- e ladders and dragged another into (he end one to knot Friday night's duel between his West " quarter the No At in the fourth quarerhack-lurned-tailbac- k point-afte- and I red I ay lor 100 yanls loi the (iulnrs lopped Williams who held Kevin kick r R Hart Evans'Herald “We do have a play we run when that happens" countered Pirate head coach I vie Henderson “where if (the holder) is in trouble he yells 'fire' Unfortunately the right light end was somebody new who didn't know what to do I don't know what happened to the left light end because he knows what to do hut he wasn't down there “Sparrow 's kind of the wing blocker and he lound his way down in the comer (of the end one) Phillips just kept is compo- scooped up the snap scrambled away from his pursuers and lofted a desperation pass in (he streaking Cam Sparrow ‘“Catch the ball’ — that's all I was thinking" Sparrow related following the game ‘“Just catch the ball " lie did fiive 'em two I he hard way That unorthodox conversion provided the contest's winning margin as the Pirates controlled the football seven of the game's final 10 minutes en route to 2 slaying the Dragons “I hale to see stuff like that cost you a ball game" Malad head coach Tim Willie lamented recalling the deciding 14-1- two-poinl- er ‘‘Because it's just fluke Thai's what to — a fluke" it a boils down Aggies 25-yai- d Aggie place kicker Micah Knorr also had a high-scorin- g night He booled two field goals (47 and 17 yards) and five extra-pointor II points He moved e scoron the fourth to up ing list with 177 careci points Knorr is also second in career field goals (17) just one short ol Sleinke s record (1b) “That isn't a big deal" Knorr said T here is only live Big West games so we have to step up for each one" USU rolled up 605 yards on offense while NMSU picked up 474 “W'e had a good game plan and we made the right calls" Aggie quarterback Malt Sauk said “Out receivers did a good job of getting open" fA ts all-tim- conversion attempt and the game Willie lourth-quarle- r sure and got lire hall to him That was tremendous composure on to heat from our conference both Sparrow's and I’hillips' parts” forced into the spot alter starling IB Justin Williams aggravated a tail-hac- Phillips k neck injury last week and was lost lor the year ended (he game with 71 yards on 17 cairies lie e also picked oil a pass to seal the victory Asked which position quarterback or running back he to day Phillips hedged late-gam- d pre-Icric- Sauk passed lor 142 yards on attempts and a touchdown Patrick Mullins came in at the end to complete both of his attempts lot 3X yards and a I D Neither Aggie signal caller had an interception Nakia Jenkins caught a game-hig- h eight passes for 17b yards and a More lie had two ID s called back (lb and 57 yards) one his own fault lot illegal 2 wanted to crime out and gel some confidence back We knew if we played fundamental football we would licat this team" In four games against NMSU Wilson has rushed for 667 yards He is currently trailing Manns with a 952 yards a game USU freshman running back IXmario Brown saw action in the second hall He picked up X5 yards on eight carries He scored on a scamper in the third quarter going up the middle untouched Wayne Henderson chimed in "lie does whatever it takes to help the team win" “Yeah that's what I was going to say" said Phillips with a grin Though obviously disappointed with the outcome ol the tipped his cap to Phillips and his underdog Pirate males “Y’know they're a good ball club” he said “You can’t lake anything away from West Side In fact at the beginning of the season I said this wntild Ire the team before Pirate assistant coach Continued from Page 13 “That doesn't mean a lot (records)" Wilson said “We Journal West Side’s Cam Sparrow (2) closes in on Malad running back Chris Bailey (34) Friday night of Dragon rushers Phillips a l 26 back in the second-quarte- r the Dragons smothered it This one was vital II it split the uprights it would give the hosts their first lead of the evening As fate would have it the snap skittered toward Phillips only slightly ahead of a swarm direction of No J2 ISC 15 I la WucilM 5 10-ya- a Florida 56 (iainesville loi 277 yards had a rushing ID to go wiili his thiee passing T Ds Both I lijali knell at the line to assume yet another of his many roles for the Pirates — kick holder The last time West Side had attempted I pro-ccdu- ic “I knew the play was coming to me and I got a little anxious” Jenkins said "We had a few mistakes early but we settled down in the second quarter” Jenkins did finally get into the end one Mullins pump lakcd and then hit lorn for a K) yard I’D with nine minutes left in (he game It would lie the Aggies’ last scoic Shawn Tuiiici also had a big night He caught five passes foi 144 yards including a reception in the lliiid quarter tile longest reception ol the season lor USU I SI ' S dcfeiiM' picked off lour lasses ( oineibaek Dwayne Nelson had two coincihaik Kevin Simmons grabbed a deflected pass by teammate Johndale ( arty and coineibaek lddic Badibanga ended with a pick “I I new I had a challenge tonight because we play man and I'm out there oil ail island by irysefl Nelson said “I id proud of lire way we tame on die road lo gel a win Smith siiJ It s line to stu'l the eonfci- - Nohody else agreed with me cverylxrdy thought (irace would be the learn to beat But West Side's got a good hunch ol kids" A mishandled punt by the Dragons deep in Pirate territory led to West Side's last touchdown just as a fumble by Pirate fullback Aaron Melder on his own line created Malad's first one T wo plays after Melder s bungle Dragon running back Jared ence off this way" New Mexico Slate got oil on the right fool taking the kick off and marching 72 yaids in eight plays Manns carried the ball six times lor 59 yards hut it was New Mag quarterback Chad Salisbury hooking up with wide receiver Ryan Shaw for a I D less than pass lo make it four minutes into the game It was the first time NMSU had scored in the fitst quarter this season and the first time the New Mags had led in a game in 1996 "They (NMSU) played well especially in the liist half" Smith said USU answered with Knoir's first field goal of the night a The Aggies trailed with 9:04 left in the fiisl quntei The only other positive lor USU in the opening period was two punts by Nathan Murreale 51 and 54 yards respectively The Aggie olliiise came to life in the second quaiicr Wilson car-lie- d foi 11 b and 9 yards bcfoic handing the bail to Steve Smith on a reverse Smith turned the coiner picked up a block by ceil ter Brandon Dy son and Sauk and went 21 yaids uniuuihcd loi the score With 120b left in the first lead half USU held a 10-Ixss than two minutes later the Aggies were c tossing the goal line again Sauk aiicd it out lo Turnei who slutted into a higher gear and blew b his defender made tile call h at the 0 and went ill foi a 41 lard I D to inike it npe-nin- 7-- 0 7-- 1 Robbins scooted through the middle of the West Side line liom yards out to give the visilead Jacob Jensen's tors a PAf sailed wide left On the Pirates' ensuing possession Melder redeemed himself in gland fashion by hauling in a short pass from quarterback Jeremy (iuiinell and igging and 0-- agging yards downfield 41 hen two plays later (iunnell and Melder connected again I'D this time for a d Melder was also a force on the defensive side of the hall register ing a bevy of bone-jairin- g licks on Dragon backs from his linebacker slot “That's just what I like to do — I like to pound 'em and pound 'em until they break" Melder said "And they hit us just as hard as we hit them It was just a dogfight the whole T 20-yar- game" I lie difference in the dogfight just may have been West Side's unik to just “ I Ins might have hem the lies! game we've played lute m seven offense thleiise the I londa coach years whole thing'’ Steve Spimiei said ' It also was tile hiccicsl das ' I he in the (iulois (6 0 SI C) had 610 yaids while the Tigers managed 2b yaids rushing No J Florida St 54 No 6 Miami 16 4-- 0 At Miami Shevin Smith returned a fumble 54 yards for u ID and Wanick Dunn scored on an Ml yard run as the Seminoles look a 7-- 11)1 1 1 live-gam- c 1 Alici Nelson picked off a Chris Snlishuiy pass Knorr booled a field goal for a 20-- 7 lead with 5:47 left in the hall NMSU prilled lo within 20-1- 4 on a Salisbury lo Duane (iicgory ID pass fin 19 yards With 1:50 left in the second quarter the New Mags had scored more points than any other game hut would gel no closer A catch hy Jenkins kept the Aggies final drive of the first hall alive Wilson scored bis ninth 1) of the season by billowing his line who blew the New Mag defense into the end one for a yaid USU went lor two and failed i to 2 1 No tf Alabama 24 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