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02/16/2007: "Stampede vs Thunderbirds"
Stampede vs Thunderbirds
The #3 Superior Stampede(7-3) travel to Collegeville, Minnesota on Saturday (11:00) morning to square off against the #2 Central Minnesota Thunderbirds (6-1) at St. Johns University in the Mid-America Football League semi-finals. The T-Birds are led by former MFL Players of the Year, DT Ray Reinhart (Valley City State University), QB Chris Esterley (St. Thomas), and RB Eric Tarasewicz (University South Dakota). The Stampede are coming off of a 26-11 victory over the Cedar Valley Vikings, in which they rushed for 246 yards (Joe Dupree 151 1 TD).
Stampede QB Michael Spriggs is 5-1 as a starter. Spriggs will be flown to Grand Rapids, Michigan on Tuesday for a workout with the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League.
Tuesday, August 27
Lumberjacks Knock Off Stampede
Kevin Erickson Jacks Scoring the first points of the game.
Lumberjacks win 29- 28 over the Stampede at Southwest Stadium. Jacks Quarterback Ben Jass is player of the week.
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Garrent Asmundson OL Stampede
Tuesday, August 22
Pioneers Knock Off Rough Riders
The Rough Rides losing streak reached three games as they fell to the Midwest Pioneers 31-19. David Dechant returned from a two-week leave and got the offense going again with two touchdown passes. Jed Neal and Carlos Clayburn were on the receiving end of the touchdown passes while Keontay Jackson also scored on a one yard touchdown run. Deejay Spencer set up the touchdown with a 69 yard punt return down to the Pioneers one yard line.
The Rough Riders fall to 4-4 overall and 3-4 in the MFL. Winona/La Crosse will be on the road again this week as they travel to the Twins Cities Titans.
Defense Solid in Win
Written By: Heather Reinhart
2006-08-14
The Central Minnesota Thunderbirds won their fourth game in a row Saturday when they topped the Winona/La Crosse Roughriders 28-0.
The victory was the team's third shutout of the season and left the T-Birds with a 4-1 record in the Mid-America Football League.
"We just settled down and when we settled down, we came out with a goose egg," said defensive back Ramon Burroughs.