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Big things expected from Rocky freshmenBy Bruce SmithMatchupUT.comROCKY FOOTBALL: Freshmen season recapRocky Mountain’s freshmenclass is a special group. Thisyear’s team won seven of eightgames, and has already beennoticed throughout the schoolas having the potential tohelping the varsity programvery soon.“We were a verytalented team,” said coach TimDavis. “We lost one game by sixpoints. Other than that, wedominated the teams weplayed. We didn’t get to playBorah, so we’ll never know whowas the better team.“Considering the firstyear we were open, we wononly one game, we’re turningthings around quickly.”Davis expects severalplayers to be on the varsityroster soon, led by runningback Jason Crimmons, whorushed for over 150 yardsseveral times and scored sixtouchdowns in one game.Quarterback Riley Bradshawalso played well, and both werehelped by an offensive lineheaded by Isaac Reyna.On defense, Davis saidRocky was “loaded.” SafetyKhalil Oliver was a dominantplayer, as well as linebackerBrandon Sherwood.Davis said Rocky’s bestgame was its season finaleagainst Capital, a 44-36 victory.“We came right out andFreshmen standingsTeamW LBorah 8 1ROCKY MTN. 7 1Mtn. View 6 2Centennial 6 2Capital 5 3Timberline 4 4Eagle 4 5Boise 3 6Caldwell 0 8Meridian 0 8played extremely well. Thatwas probably where we werethe most dominant,” he said.The best part waseveryone got to play,something Davis tried to dooften. Against Capital, Rockygot a chance to insert JoeyBach, who is mentallychallenged but one of its mostinspirational players. With theassistance of Capital’s players,Bach was able to take a handoffTOP: Josh StaritaBOTTOM: Coach Tim Davis2010 resultsDate Opponent W/L ScoreSept. 1 MERIDIAN W 47-14Sept. 9 at Eagle W 62-22Sept. 15 MTN VIEW W 13-6Sept. 22 TIMBERLINE W 38-22Oct. 7 at Centennial L 6-12Oct. 14 BOISE W 62-24Oct. 21 at Vallivue W 36-16Oct. 28 at Capital W 44-36Home games in CAPSin the game and run for atouchdown as the fans cheeredhim on.One of the localtelevision stations – Channel 6– also was on hand and it madethe news.“Joey was at everypractice and was always outthere,” Davis said. “That kind ofdedication deserves a reward.It was a neat experience and itmade it a special night.”Page 40

ROCKY FOOTBALL: Freshmen season recapRocky Mountain 2010 freshman football team rosterLEFT: Captains Jake Knight,Levi Hagen, Isaac Reyna andRiley Bradshaw walk on tothe field for a coin toss.ABOVE: Jason Crimmonsruns for a touchdown.No. Name Pos.1 Russell Murdock WR2 Garrett Stranger RB3 Garrett Berg DB5 Joey Bach K6 Dylan Schoger WR7 Austin Luchs RB8 Levi Hagen DB9 Jake Sower WR10 Riley Bradshaw QB11 Korby Compton WR13 Conner Corpus WR14 Zac Coltrin DB15 Dakota Horsewood QB16 Bryan Crosby WR17 Elijah Slayden QB18 Adam Jones DB19 Isaiah Mattingly DB20 Khalil Oliver DB21 Josh Starita DB22 Jaden Pitman DB23 Kaleob Busmann DB24 Jason Crimmons RB25 Austin Jones DB27 Jeremy McCarter DB28 James Hunter DB29 Shan Rodgers WR30 Kade Ready DBNo. Name Pos.31 Isaiah Johnson RB32 Trenton Harley LB33 Michael Bishop RB34 Kevin Wang RB35 Brandon Job DB40 Chris Arlig DL41 Jake Knight LB42 Quinton Brown LB43 Justic Clow DB44 Tristan Quarberg DL45 Wade Prochaska LB46 Riley Grant WR47 Hayen Cross LB48 Brandon Sherwood LB49 Jose Diaz DL/K51 Brandon Armstrong LB52 Logan Paul DL53 Jacob Dalmas OL54 Jordan Ord DL55 Tanner Hollingsworth DL56 Andy Mendoza DL57 Degan Craner OL58 Isaiah Haney DL59 Tristan Spooner OL62 Jordan Elliott OL66 Bobbie Crighton OL70 Mika Siaumau OLNo. Name Pos.71 Andy Lawrence OL72 Isaac Reyna OL73 Seth Patchell OL74 Justin Poteet OL75 Graison Calbert OL76 Brennan Fickes OL77 Marcus Musser OL78 Michael Thompson OL79 Matthew Musser OL80 Aaron Eldredge DL81 Tyson Gibson-Bale WR82 Mitch Cottle LB83 Preston Pugmire TE84 Josh Bright DL85 Marcus Carlos WR86 Joseph O’Clock WR87 Dillan George DL88 Alejandro Deleon WR89 Ryan Bretrand TEHead Coach: Tim DavisAssistants: Lamont Oliver, BradAbbott, Darby Lewis, Scott Conners,Joe Koga, Travis Houde, Zac BatisPage 41