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You retired too? .... Not me. I'm in my prime
This thread is for our buddy Warhawk, hopefully they can bring home the championship to WI.
Nice job boys!!
Calling the right shots
QB leads Warhawks to Division III title game
By JEFF POTRYKUS
[email protected]
Posted: Dec. 8, 2007
Whitewater - Quarterback Danny Jones transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from California Lutheran for one reason, and it wasn't the allure of balmy Wisconsin winters.
The senior wanted to win an NCAA Division III national title.
After guiding the Warhawks to a hard-fought 16-7 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium, Jones will get that opportunity.
Waiting for Whitewater (13-1) in the title game Saturday in Salem, Va., for the third consecutive season, will be indefatigable Mount Union (14-0), which has won the last two titles and seven of the last 11. The Raiders crushed Bethel, 62-14, in the semifinals.
"I'm just kind of hopping on these guys' backs," Jones said of his teammates, after accounting for 213 of Whitewater's 273 total yards. "They know what it takes to get back, and sure enough, here we are."
On a day in which Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-2) limited tailback Justin Beaver to 60 yards in 28 carries, 105.1 yards below his per-game average, Jones rushed 16 times for 87 yards and a touchdown and passed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
• Jones completed 3 of 5 passes for 55 yards on Whitewater's 73-yard touchdown drive in the opening quarter, but the critical play was his 14-yard scramble to the Crusaders' 15 on fourth and 10.
The Crusaders blitzed off both edges, but Jones was able to step up and sneak out to his left before being chased out of bounds.
Two plays later, he scored from a yard out.
• With his team trailing, 7-6, in the second quarter, Jones guided the Warhawks on a 10-play, 62-yard touchdown drive for a 13-7 lead.
The Warhawks converted all three of their third-down chances on that drive: Beaver gained 1 yard to convert a third-and-1 play; Jones hit wide receiver Matt Gifford for 12 yards on third and 7; and Jones ran 8 yards to the Mary Hardin-Baylor 25 on third and 6.
One play later, he threw a touchdown strike to Neil Mrkvicka, who beat cornerback Calvin Fleming on a corner route with 13 minutes 40 seconds left in the half.
• With the Warhawks clinging to that six-point lead and the teams having combined for 17 scoreless possessions, Jones broke free for 62 yards on a designed run around left end to the Mary Hardin-Baylor 25 with 4:42 remaining in the game.
That led to a 39-yard field goal by sophomore Jeff Schebler, who was playing for the first time since suffering a groin injury in Week 10 against UW-Platteville.
"I said back in August, the one thing Danny Jones would give our club that maybe wasn't here before was something to create with his feet when things broke down," Whitewater's first-year coach Lance Leipold said. "That is what Danny Jones did bring us this year."
Meanwhile, Whitewater's defenders shut down an offense that entered the day ranked No. 1 in the nation in rushing (375.2 yards per game) and scoring (53.8 points per game). The Crusaders finished with 105 rushing yards in 50 carries and 269 total yards.
Free safety Ben Farley ended one scoring threat with an interception at Whitewater's 7 in the final minute of the first half, and Mary Hardin-Baylor came away with no points after driving to a first and goal at the Warhawks' 2 midway through the third quarter, trailing, 13-7.
Crusaders tailback Jarvis Thrasher lost 2 yards on first down; quarterback Josh Welch lost 5 yards on an option on second down; and cornerback Matt Blaziewske broke up a pass in the end zone on third down. Joel Munoz came on to attempt a 26-yard field-goal attempt, but a high snap led to an 11-yard loss.
"I've got to give credit for Whitewater," Mary Hardin-Baylor coach Pete Fredenburg said. "They hung in there and made the big play when they needed to and we didn't.
"That is the difference between Stagg Bowl and not."
Summary
Mary Hardin-Baylor 7 0 0 0 - 7
UW-Whitewater 6 7 0 3 - 16
Nice job boys!!
Calling the right shots
QB leads Warhawks to Division III title game
By JEFF POTRYKUS
[email protected]
Posted: Dec. 8, 2007
Whitewater - Quarterback Danny Jones transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from California Lutheran for one reason, and it wasn't the allure of balmy Wisconsin winters.
The senior wanted to win an NCAA Division III national title.
After guiding the Warhawks to a hard-fought 16-7 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium, Jones will get that opportunity.
Waiting for Whitewater (13-1) in the title game Saturday in Salem, Va., for the third consecutive season, will be indefatigable Mount Union (14-0), which has won the last two titles and seven of the last 11. The Raiders crushed Bethel, 62-14, in the semifinals.
"I'm just kind of hopping on these guys' backs," Jones said of his teammates, after accounting for 213 of Whitewater's 273 total yards. "They know what it takes to get back, and sure enough, here we are."
On a day in which Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-2) limited tailback Justin Beaver to 60 yards in 28 carries, 105.1 yards below his per-game average, Jones rushed 16 times for 87 yards and a touchdown and passed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
• Jones completed 3 of 5 passes for 55 yards on Whitewater's 73-yard touchdown drive in the opening quarter, but the critical play was his 14-yard scramble to the Crusaders' 15 on fourth and 10.
The Crusaders blitzed off both edges, but Jones was able to step up and sneak out to his left before being chased out of bounds.
Two plays later, he scored from a yard out.
• With his team trailing, 7-6, in the second quarter, Jones guided the Warhawks on a 10-play, 62-yard touchdown drive for a 13-7 lead.
The Warhawks converted all three of their third-down chances on that drive: Beaver gained 1 yard to convert a third-and-1 play; Jones hit wide receiver Matt Gifford for 12 yards on third and 7; and Jones ran 8 yards to the Mary Hardin-Baylor 25 on third and 6.
One play later, he threw a touchdown strike to Neil Mrkvicka, who beat cornerback Calvin Fleming on a corner route with 13 minutes 40 seconds left in the half.
• With the Warhawks clinging to that six-point lead and the teams having combined for 17 scoreless possessions, Jones broke free for 62 yards on a designed run around left end to the Mary Hardin-Baylor 25 with 4:42 remaining in the game.
That led to a 39-yard field goal by sophomore Jeff Schebler, who was playing for the first time since suffering a groin injury in Week 10 against UW-Platteville.
"I said back in August, the one thing Danny Jones would give our club that maybe wasn't here before was something to create with his feet when things broke down," Whitewater's first-year coach Lance Leipold said. "That is what Danny Jones did bring us this year."
Meanwhile, Whitewater's defenders shut down an offense that entered the day ranked No. 1 in the nation in rushing (375.2 yards per game) and scoring (53.8 points per game). The Crusaders finished with 105 rushing yards in 50 carries and 269 total yards.
Free safety Ben Farley ended one scoring threat with an interception at Whitewater's 7 in the final minute of the first half, and Mary Hardin-Baylor came away with no points after driving to a first and goal at the Warhawks' 2 midway through the third quarter, trailing, 13-7.
Crusaders tailback Jarvis Thrasher lost 2 yards on first down; quarterback Josh Welch lost 5 yards on an option on second down; and cornerback Matt Blaziewske broke up a pass in the end zone on third down. Joel Munoz came on to attempt a 26-yard field-goal attempt, but a high snap led to an 11-yard loss.
"I've got to give credit for Whitewater," Mary Hardin-Baylor coach Pete Fredenburg said. "They hung in there and made the big play when they needed to and we didn't.
"That is the difference between Stagg Bowl and not."
Summary
Mary Hardin-Baylor 7 0 0 0 - 7
UW-Whitewater 6 7 0 3 - 16