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Mohawk’s Brody Wilkins Leads Strong West Effort
La Grande- It’s been six months since the end of the 2007 football season, and Brody Wilkins and his Mohawk teammates haven’t missed a beat. Wilkins threw two touchdown passes and ended an East threat with an interception in the end zone during the West’s 28-2 win in the 19th annual Oregon 8-Man All Star Football Game at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande.
The East team struck first, scoring a safety by forcing Wilkins out of the back of the end zone in the West’s first possession of the game. But the West responded with a thirteen play, ninety-six yard drive that ate up 7:45 off the clock. Falls City alum Kameron Graham scored from five yards out to give the West the lead for good with 11:06 left in the first half.
Wilkins added another score before the break, hitting Mohawk teammate Dean Krull for a forty-three yard strike to put the West ahead 14-2 at halftime.
The West slammed the door on the East all-stars by scoring two touchdowns in fourteen seconds to end the third quarter and start the fourth. With two seconds left in the third, Wilkins found Country Christian’s Isaac McKinley behind the East defense for a fifty-four yard strike. After Tyson Ludwig took in the two point conversion for a 22-2 lead, Wilkins kicked and recovered an on-side attempt that gave the West possession at the East 45. Perrydale’s Justin Storm then came off the bench to throw a forty-five yard touchdown pass to Krull to cap off the scoring.
The West racked up 324 of offense and held the East to 228 yards. Wilkins was named the games Most Valuable Player while Kameron Graham was named the West’s Offensive Player-of-the-Game. Dufur’s Matt Hammel, who rushed eleven times for forty yards was named the East teams Offensive Player-of-the-Game. The defensive Players-of-the-Game were Alsea’s Dustin Webb for the West and Joseph’s Ben Garnett for the East. Willy Johnson of Days Creek (West) and Imbler’s Jake Noyes (East) were named the most inspirational players.
East 2 0 0 0 - 2
West 0 14 8 6 - 28
Scoring:
1st. qtr.
East- 9:15 - Safety (2-0)
2nd. qtr.
West- 11:06 - Kameron Graham 5 yard run- Run fail- (2-6) (Drive: 13 Plays, 96 Yards, 7:45)
West- :46 - Brody Wilkins 43 yard pass to Dean Krull- K. Graham run- (2-14) (Drive: 3 Plays, 68 Yards, 1:13)
3rd. qtr.
West- :02 - Wilkins 54 yard pass to Isaac McKinley- T. Ludwig run- (2-22) (Drive: 4 Plays, 80 Yards, 1:38)
4th. qtr.
West- 11:48 - Justin Storm 45 yard pass to Krull- Run fail- (2-28) (Drive: 1 Play, 45 Yards, :14)
Stats:
West:
Rushing: Brody Wilkins- 12 carries for 74 yards Kameron Graham- 13 carries for 59 yards, 1 touchdown Dean Krull- 4 carries for 9 yards Justin Storm- 3 carries for 3 yards Isaac McKinley- 2 carries for 1 yard Mason Lieuallen- 2 carries for 2 yards
Passing: Brody Wilkins- 4 out of 8 for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions Justin Storm- 2 out of 3 for 52 yards, 1 touchdown, 0 interceptions Receiving: Dean Krull- 3 catches for 122 yards, 2 touchdowns Isaac McKinley- 1 catch for 54 yards, 1 touchdown Kameron Graham- 2 catches for 5 yards
Totals: Rushing: 36 carries for 148 yards Passing: 111 yards Total Offense: 324 yards
East:
Rushing: Nick Thompson- 15 carries for 46 yards Matt Hammel- 11 carries for 40 yards Dustin Christensen- 5 carries for 11 yards Ben Garnett- 1 carry for 18 yards
Passing: Nick Thompson- 8 out of 16 for 113 yards, 1 interception
Receiving: Tyler Tibbets- 3 catches for 41 yards Brandon Mahon- 2 catches for 32 yards Matt Hammel- 2 catches for 26 yards Loren Ashley- 1 catch for 14 yards Totals: Rushing: 32 carries for 115 yards Passing: 113 yards Total Offense: 228 yards
First Downs: West: 12 (8 rushing, 4 passing) East: 10 (4 rushing, 6 passing)
Penalties: West: 7 for 50 yards East: 6 for 55 yards
Turnovers: West: 1- Fumble East: 2- Fumble, Interception
Additional info. is available from the La Grande Observer article.
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