Peru State College Athletic Media Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Dave Walker
Sports Information Director
402.872.2344 or
dwalker@oakmail.peru.edu
Bobcats Roll Over
Waldorf for Fourth Straight Win
(FOREST CITY, IA) The Bobcats opened up a close game
with a 17 point third period in topping Waldorf
College 24-6 in football action last Saturday. The
win, the Bobcats fourth in a row, ups the season
record to 4-2 heading into a 1:00 p.m. home match up
with Benedictine College on Saturday in the Oak
Bowl.
The 'Cats used the same recipe for success against
WC that they had used in the previous three wins: a
stout defensive effort combined with an
opportunistic ball control offense. The Bobcats
rushed for 186 yards and passed for another 141
while holding Waldorf to 155 total yards. Nate Jeter
(Tarkio, MO) provided the games only first half
points on a 5 yard run at 9:40 of the opening
period. Jeter ran for 43 yards on the afternoon
second only to Mike Mertens (Hastings) who had a
game high 92 yards on 17 carries. A 17 yard Bryan
Miller (Nebraska City) field goal midway through the
third quarter upped the margin to 10-0 before the
Bobcats defense added a score on a Jack Critchfield
(Lincoln) 18 yard fumble return. Running back John
Noojin (Deshler) added the final Bobcats touchdown
on a 1 yard run at :36 of the third for a 24-0 lead.
WC scored their only touchdown on a nine yard run
with 5:32 remaining.
"We played
a very solid game on both sides of the ball," said
head coach Terry Clark. "We took advantage of
Waldorf's mistakes that helped us put them away in
the second half."
Quarterback
Derek Falor (Sioux Falls, SD) was a 15 of 30 passer
spreading his tosses to five different Bobcat
receivers. Cody Wallinger (Odell) and Jared Gerdes
(Auburn) had five catches each. Shane Ryan (Greeley)
led the defense with 12 tackles including nine
solos. Dustin Sealey (Hastings) added eight tackles.
PSC's
"Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is
nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's
first and fastest-growing college, Peru State offers
a unique mix of innovative online and traditional
classroom undergraduate and graduate programs,
including online graduate degrees in education and
organizational management. PSC is a member
institution of the Nebraska State College System.
For more information, visit
www.peru.edu or call
1-800-742-4412.
