College football: Mines gives up 51 points in loss to Jamestown

By Jim Holland, Journal staff | Monday, October 15, 2007

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RAPID CITY — Low clouds and intermittent rain didn’t ground Jamestown College’s air attack Saturday.

The South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers couldn’t dampen the Jimmies’ torrid offense either, with Jamestown racking up 410 yards of offense and scoring on nine of their first 10 possessions en route to a 51-0 blanking of the Hardrockers at drizzly O’Harra Stadium.

The win kept the NAIA eighth-ranked Jimmies undefeated at 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Dakota Athletic Conference, while Mines gave up more than 50 points in a shutout loss for the second straight week.

“We were clicking today,” said Jamestown coach Tom Dosch. “We didn’t let the score matter a whole lot, we just kept playing hard.

The Jimmies led 28-0 after the opening 15 minutes.

“The first quarter we were non-existent again today, and you can’t keep starting games that way,” said Mines coach Dan Kratzer.

Jamestown quarterback Josh Kittrell threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns to lead the eighth-ranked Jimmies.

Among Kittrell’s favorite targets were Zach Bolger, who caught seven passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns, including a 64-yard score in the third quarter.

Andrew Klose also scored twice, on a four-yard pass on the Jimmies’ opening drive of the first quarter and later on a three-yard toss in the third quarter.

“A good game plan put us in the right position and we executed,” Kittrell said. “You can’t ask for much more.”

Mark Klug carried 10 times for 56 yards and a touchdown to lead the Jimmies’ rushing offense.

Jamestown also rang up a 65-yard punt return by Jake Stoltz, and the Jimmies’ defense picked off Mines quarterback Jason Beilstein three times.

Andy Wirt stepped in front of Mines receiver Joshua Jones, then raced 58 yards for a touchdown to close out the scoring in the fourth quarter.

Bryan Loweree added a 24-yard field goal at the end of the first half.

The kick capped a 12-play, 85-yard march that saw the Jimmies convert on a second and 21 at the Mines 49 yard line, then bounce back from 30 yards in penalties after Jamestown had a first-and-goal from the two-yard line.

“We scored a couple different ways and that’s always good, to get a lot of points,” Kittrell said. 

“We worked hard at creating our own atmosphere, because we knew the conditions weren’t going to be the greatest,” Dosch said.

“We kept it going through all four quarters and sometimes that’s hard to do when the score gets lopsided like that,”

The Hardrockers’ deepest penetrations were to the Jamestown eight in the second quarter and to the 25 in the fourth.

Junior tailback Joshua Jones carried five times for 20 yards. Senior Lukas Munsell caught four passes for 37 yards.

Chad Westendorf, Tyrell Anderson, Tom Lunzman and Jarrod Luze all had five tackles to lead the Mines defense. Westendorf’s total included four solo stops.

“Mines kept playing hard,” Dosch said “From that standpoint it was a hard-fought competitive game.”

“Jamestown is a very good football team,” Kratzer said. “At certain positions today we were just physically outmanned.

“Until we get better physically, that’s something we’re just going to have to contend with.”

Mines (2-4 overall, 0-4 DAC) travels to Dakota State next Saturday. Jamestown hosts Black Hills State next Saturday.