Happy Homecoming: Bulldogs ground Hawks

Homecomings always tend to be more enjoyable when one can savor the sweet taste of victory rather than sup upon the sour scent of defeat.

At St. Ignatius, the host Bulldogs were finally able to shed the monkey on their back and get over the hump as they doubled up on the visiting Blackhawks of Seeley-Swan. Mission had lost its two previous games coming into the night by six points despite generating plenty of offense — scoring 100 points in the two losses combined.

This time around the offense went to work early. Mission initially deployed the ground army of Layne Spidel, Bryce Umphrey and Charley Adams, pounding the ground for two tallies plus conversions. Then they called in air support from Kellen McClure, who hooked up with receivers John Komotios and Canyon Sargent three times each.

It was quite a night for Spidel, who also served as this year's homecoming king, along with queen Sydney Brander.

By the end of the first quarter, Mission had generated enough points to emerge victorious. But at that juncture, nobody knows what might transpire between then and the end.

Mission plunged five more times into the pool of pay dirt, crafting counters to each Blackhawk foray into their half of the real estate.

Mission travels to Darby to tangle with the Tigers on Friday.

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Mission 72, Seeley-Swan 34

Mission (1-3), Seeley-Swan (1-2)

Seeley-Swan 6 0 12 16 – 34

St. Ignatius 36 14 8 14 – 72

MSI – Layne Spidel 10 run (Bryce Umphrey run)

MSI – L.Spidel 36 run (Charley Adams run)

SS – Ben Haley 4 pass from Walker McDonald (conv failed)

MSI – John Komotios 12 pass from Kellen McClure (Komotios pass from McClure)

MSI – Komotios 75 pass from McClure (run stopped) 3min remain 1Qtr

MSI – Canyon Sargent 19 pass from McClure (run failed)

MSI – B.Umphrey 35 pass from K.McClure (B.Umphrey run)

MSI – Javon Bolen 56 pass from K.McClure (run stopped)

SS – Owen Hoag 60 pass from W.McDonald (run failed)

SS – Eric Lorentz 8 run (run failed)

MSI – B.Umphrey 45 pass from K.McClure (Komotios pass from McClure)

SS – W.McDonald 1 run (W.McDonald run)

MSI – Canyon Sargent 36 pass from K.McClure (Cedrick McDonald pass from McClure*)

SS – E.Lorentz 1 run (E.Lorentz run)

MSI – J.Bolen 38 fumble recovery return (pass incomplete)

RUSH – SS(E.Lorentz , W.McDonald ), MSI 12-118 (L.Spidel 3-57, Ch.Adams 4-34, J.Bolen 4-19, K.McClure 1-8). PASS – SS(W.McDonald ), MSI (K.McClure 14-18-353-0, Dustin Mitchell 0-1). REC – SS(O.Hoag , B.Haley ), MSI 14-353 (J.Komotios 3-95, B.Umphrey 3-90, J.Bolen 2-68, C.Sargent 3-56, Ch.Adams 1-30, Zoran LaFrombois 1-16, Kenny Ness 1-(-2)). INT – MSI (B.Umphrey). FF – MSI(B.Umphrey: 1q SS4yd ln). FR – MSI(Charley Adams 2:1qSS4yd ln, 1q36yd ln, J.Bolen). SCORING – MSI72: John Komotios (2TDrec,2Crec), Bryce Umphrey (2TDrec,2Crun), Layne Spidel (2TDrun), Canyon Sargent (2TDrec), Javon Bolen (1TDrec,1TDfr), Charley Adams (1Crun), Cedrick McDonald (1Crec), Kellen McClure (7TDpass,3Cpass). (Fr18Sep20)

Asterisk (*) denotes stat spec details: initial Cpass incomplete, but penalty resulted in redo.