A battle of unbeatens between Grinnell and Ripon on Saturday led to one of the more interesting gameday experiences witnessed at Rosenbloom Field. First, Head Coach Jeff Pedersen left campus shortly after the team breakfast to be with his wife who had gone into labor and later delievered their second child, a girl Nora Jane. Obviously, a big congratulations is in order for the Pedersen family!
Without their leader, the Pioneers struggled in the first half falling behind 27-0 before halftime. As soon as the 2nd quarter ended, a storm system rolled into the area and the game was delayed for over 2 and 1/2 hours. When we finally got the third quarter started it was almost 5:00pm and we quickly regained our composure and fought back into the game with three touchdowns in the 3rd quarter before eventually falling 48-21.
Individual highlights include wide receiver and return specialist Logan Granera '12 racking up 336 all-purpose yards (195 of those were of the receiving variety) and 2 touchdowns. Quarterback Mike McCabe '13 came in in the second half and threw for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 15 completions. He also ran for 41 yards and a TD on 7 carries. Defensively, linebacker Marquis Bradley '11 had 13 tackles and fellow linebacker Jeremy Wiles '14 had 11, 8 of which were solo. Cornerback Andrew Clark '14 also added an INT.
Game story is here.
The Pioneers head to Lake Forest College this weekend for a tough road test and look to stay in the hunt for a conference championship.
Go Pioneers!
