Rocky Mountain College Athletics

Another Year Another Nail Biter at College of Idaho

9/4/2021 6:01:00 PM

Zane Guse

Rocky Mountain College football started the day from behind. The Battlin' Bears went down 0-10 in the first three minutes. Rocky steadily fought back, and took the lead in the third quarter.
 
Nate Dick had 294 yards passing, 56 yards rushing, two passing touchdowns, and one rushing touchdown. Defensively Ty Reynolds had 11 tackles and one interception. Ethan Hurst had three sacks and 5.5 tackles for a loss.
 
Wyatt Brusven had five punts for 207 yards (41.4 AVG), and pinned the Yotes inside the 20 twice. Brusven's final punt also went for 60 yards to pin College of Idaho inside their five yard line for their final possession of the game. Riley Garrett added two field goals as well, 35 and 33 yards.
 
Rocky matched College of Idaho's big offense with consistency, and by capitalizing in the red zone. The Battlin' Bears overcame adversity throughout the game. The Battlin' Bears finished the day by blocking the game tying field goal attempt. Rocky closed out the games last five drives with a turnover on downs, an interception, and finally a blocked game tying field goal attempt.
 
"We're really proud of the way we responded," Coach Stutriem said. "We started out bad, but the whole game we stayed the course and believed in each other and the common goal."
 
The Battlin' Bears have a bye week, and then they host Montana Tech for Homecoming.