St. Regis-Mullan cruise to lopsided win

Chuck Bandel, Clark Fork Valley Press & Mineral Independent, Plains, Mont.
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Sep. 28—If you live along the stretch of Interstate 90 that runs by Mullan, Idaho, and St. Regis and Superior, Montana you may hear the sounds of cheering fans.

If you think it's just you, pull over in one of those towns or the rest stops along the freeway and get some rest.

Otherwise, especially if you're a football fan, relax and enjoy the joyous echoes of high-scoring high school football machines in action.

For the St. Regis-Mullan co-op team, their eight-man football games are an offense lovers delight, the latest example being the thrashing the co-op Tigers laid on the Lakeside squad during a game in Mullan.

The joint Tigers rolled to another lopsided win when they spanked the visitors 74-22, to run their Idaho high school mark to 4-1.

In fact, the Tigers lone loss of the year came at the hands of the Montana Western C Superior Bobcats, who upended St. Regis-Mullan 50-32 back in August in a rare meeting that was the season opener for both schools.

Since then, the Tigers have been on a scoring rampage led by their all-everything senior quarterback Caleb Ball who, in one half this past Friday, was 7 for 9 passing for 170 yards and three TD's. Ball also had 70 yards rushing on two carries, good for another two touchdowns.

And if that wasn't enough, the senior from St. Regis added a 50-yard "pick six" interception return for a touchdown before watching from the sidelines during the second half.

The Tigers also got touchdowns from: John Pruitt, one on the ground and one on a pass catch; Blake Layton, one receiving TD; Tristan Zingler, one receiving, and Kofi Appiah, one TD rushing.

The co-opers jumped out to an early 16-8 lead by the end of the first quarter, then expanded the advantage to 50-16 at the half.

They would add 16 more points in the third quarter and another eight in the final 12 minutes of play to break the 70 points barrier.

And they were equally dominant on defense, holding Lakeside to 50 yards total offense for the game, including causing five turnovers.

St. Regis-Mullan has a bye this week, then returns to action the following Friday (October 7) for a road game against conference foe Clark Fork, Idaho.

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