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Pelroy Power electrifies Montana!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

  Mitch Pelroy’s the name, hair’s the game. Oh, and football! Definitely football, too. (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

Three tackles sparked a third straight win.

Sparked by the defensive performance of Coupeville High School grad Mitch Pelroy (two solo tackles and an assist), Montana Western roared back to upend College of Idaho 30-27 Saturday in NAIA football action.

The victory lifted the Bulldogs to 5-5 overall, 5-4 in Frontier League play and avenged an earlier season loss to the Yotes, who also have a Wolf alum on their roster.

Former CHS lineman Anthony Maggio is redshirting during his freshman year.

Playing on Senior Day, Montana Western grabbed the lead with two minutes to play.

Bulldog quarterback Tyler Hulse drove his squad down the field, setting up sophomore Sam Rutherford, who slammed in for the go-ahead touchdown on a nine-yard run.

Montana Western then sealed the victory when Jesse McCloud picked off a last-second Yote pass.

Pelroy has been a force on both sides of the ball as the Bulldogs have bounced back after a rough start.

He has eighteen tackles (14 solo, four assists) from his position in the defensive backfield and is the team’s top kickoff (15 returns for 356 yards) and punt returner (4-56).

Montana Western closes the regular season Nov. 8 with a road game at Montana State-Northern. The first time around the Bulldogs demolished the Polar Bears 50-30.

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Give a lineman some love!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , on September 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Anthony Maggio (right) with some of his family.

Anthony Maggio (right) with some of his family.

High school weight room days.

High school weight room days.

Senior Night with coach (and dad) Tony Maggio.

Senior Night with coach (and dad) Tony Maggio.

Linemen never get enough love.

Quarterbacks and running backs and receivers pile up the easy to digest stats and their names pop up in stories far more often. It’s just how sports reporting works.

But, if it wasn’t for the linemen, the guys who fight, kick and scrape down in the muck, none of the pretty boys would get a chance to pile up those stats.

So, every once in a while, you need to stop and pay tribute to the guys who don’t get quoted, who don’t get the spotlight and, even if they’re not recognized on a regular basis, are vitally important to their team’s success.

Guys like Anthony Maggio.

The former Wolf two-way standout, who is now attending the College of Idaho, celebrates a birthday today. So, it’s a good time to take that moment and remember what linemen do.

Maggio was one of the best, a soft-spoken guy who led by example, in the weight room and on the gridiron.

Working along side fellow heavy hitters like Nick Streubel and Caleb Valko, he anchored the line and would not give way. Ever.

Then, he took it a step further and was successful off the field as well.

Put the whole package together and young Mr. Maggio was, and is, a class act — someone Wolf fans can proudly claim.

Happy birthday, Anthony. Keep on impressing us.

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Can’t catch Mitch Pelroy!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy, looking all intense. (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy is starting to pile up some yardage.

The former Coupeville High School football star ripped off a 41-yard kickoff return and a 38-yard punt return Saturday for Montana Western, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Bulldogs from taking a close loss, their third in a row.

Montana Western fell 31-28 to host College of Idaho, which counts former CHS lineman Anthony Maggio among its players.

The Coyotes are 2-0 after restarting a once-vaunted program that had been idle since 1977.

Pelroy leads his squad in both kickoff returns (he’s averaging 29.2 yards a return) and punt returns (15.3) and is third on the team in all-purpose yards with 221.

He has also recorded 10 tackles from his defensive back position.

Now 1-3 on the season, Montana Western returns to action Saturday, Sept. 20 when it hosts Montana State-Northern for Homecoming.

The Bulldogs will get a rematch with College of Idaho at home Nov. 1.

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