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It's up, it's good: Saints preserve perfect record with last-second field goal

Carroll College's fifth-year senior placekicker lined up with eight seconds left on the clock and split the uprights with a 31-yard field goal for the first game-winning kick of his collegiate career.

The three points lifted the No. 1 Saints (7-0 overall, 6-0 Frontier Conference) to a 24-21 win over the University of Montana-Western (2-5, 2-4) on Saturday and kept their 22-game win streak alive.

"That was the first game winner I've ever hit, so it was awesome," Thiry said. "Everybody was jumping on me, I couldn't even make out what most of them were saying. Everyone was just screaming and hitting me on the head." Story

Freshman QB delivers in win

Carroll College knows they can count on their freshman at quarterback. The question is: "Which one?"

The No. 1 Saints substituted Butte product Matt Ritter for Dane Broadhead (both true freshman) midway through the third quarter and Ritter certainly delivered. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound quarterback from Butte Central turned to his feet and scrambled for 66 yards on 12 carries, including an 18-yard run on third-and-long to keep the Saints' winning drive alive.

While designed as a pass play, Ritter found his receivers covered and a big opening in the center of the line. He cut right and benefited when one of Western's middle linebackers clocked a referee.

"Going back to pass, I didn't want to force anything or throw anything into a trap," Ritter said. "Running with my feet was my best option." Story

Grading the Saints

Rush defense - When it came to the ground, the Bulldogs weren't going far. Jordan Clary netted 49 yards on 12 carries (4.1 yards per carry), but he was the only threat. In all, the Saints allowed just 64 yards rushing, about five more than they allow per game. Grade: B+ Grades

Saints volleyball wins Pepsi Classic

The Carroll College volleyball team swept their way through the Pepsi Classic at MSU-Northern on Saturday, beating the host team in the gold-medal game 25-20, 25-15, 18-25, 28-26.

The Saints (17-5) won all both their games on Friday and defeated Lethbridge College (Alb.) 25-9, 25-20, 25-12 earlier in the day.

The win gives the Saints a boost as they enter into the second half of the Frontier Conference season Thursday with a home match against Rocky Mountain College. Story

Carroll soccer back on road for two-game stint

The Carroll College soccer team is on a two-game road stint at Embry-Riddle University Saturday and Sunday in Prescott, Ariz.

The Saints (7-4) will have a tough time facing off with the Eagles (11-3), who are coming off a 9-1 win over University of the Southwest.

Freshman forward Meghan O'Connell leads the Saints with four goals and two assists, while junior Hannah Young adds three goals and two assists. Story

Carroll’s offense clicks in second half, rolls by Eastern Oregon 48-10

Eastern led 10-7 in the second quarter and, despite trailing 14-10 at the half, had fans asking about the last time it beat Carroll.

Then the third quarter arrived.

Carroll scored three touchdowns in an 84-second span and rolled to a 48-10 victory in a Frontier Conference game at Community Stadium in La Grande, Ore.

Junior Gabe Le ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns, freshman Dane Broadhead threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns and the Saints' defense collected five sacks and four turnovers in the win, which moved them to 6-0 overall, 5-0 in conference games. Story

Grading the Saints

PASS OFFENSE: B

Quarterback Dane Broadhead completed 15 of 22 passes for 183 yards and two scores, but the freshman also took three sacks, and completed just two passes longer than 19 yards. Broadhead completed 3 of 5 passes on third downs, all of which resulted in first downs.

PASS DEFENSE: A

A week after EOU quarterback Chris Ware threw for five TDs and ran for three more, the Saints stuffed the Mounties through the air. Ware hit just 16 of 35 passes and the Saints sacked him five times. And, they picked off three passes, returning two, er, one for a touchdown. Grades

Owen Koeppen Letts go in win

Leon Lett lives! Just ask Carroll College football player Owen Koeppen.

On the third play of the Saints' game at Eastern Oregon University Saturday, Koeppen, a senior linebacker, stepped in front of a pass and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown. Almost.

With a wall of blockers leading him, Koeppen ran and celebrated the touchdown along with the rest of his teammates on defense and on the sideline, except the ball didn't cross the goalline.

"I think I may have been a foot away," Koeppen said after the top-ranked Saints won 48-10 to improve to 6-0 overall. "We were all celebrating, but I just didn't run all the way to the end zone, the old Leon Lett play." Story

Carroll men take fourth at UM Open

The Carroll College men's cross country team swept the smaller schools but learned their place against the larger ones at the University of Montana Open Saturday.

The Saints placed fourth behind UM, Montana State and Gonzaga, but beat out NCAA Division II MSU-Billings and Frontier Conference foe Rocky Mountain College. Story