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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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Pelroy power fuels big win!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

   Mitch Pelroy, taking his game (and his hair) to a higher level. (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

Home, sweet home.

After being bounced two weeks in a row on the road, the Montana Western football team came back to Dillon Saturday and rediscovered its winning touch.

The squad, which includes Coupeville High School grad Mitch Pelroy — who made an impact on both sides of the ball — rallied for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull off a 34-28 victory over Eastern Oregon.

Sam Rutherford blasted in from two yards out with just under three minutes to play to cap the comeback, then the Bulldog defense held off a last-ditch Oregon rally.

The win lifted Montana Western, an NAIA school, to 3-5 on the season, 3-4 in the Frontier Conference.

The Bulldogs are now 3-1 at home this season and 0-4 on the road.

They’ll have a chance to avenge their only home loss of the season, a 37-30 double overtime defeat to Rocky Mountain College, next Saturday, Oct. 25, when they travel to Billings.

Two of their final three games are on the road.

Pelroy didn’t have a ton of chances Saturday, but used his time on the field well.

He returned a kickoff 13 yards and recorded a tackle from his position in the defensive backfield.

For the season, the former Wolf star leads the Bulldogs in kickoff (14 for 356 yards) and punt returns (4-56). He has 12 tackles and two assists while playing in all eight of his team’s games.

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Give him the dang ball!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

Mitch Pelroy, owner of the best hair in college football. (Kirsten Pelroy photo)

Maybe they should put the ball in Mitch Pelroy’s hands more often.

When the former Coupeville High School gridiron star got his mitts on the football Saturday, things happened. Exciting things.

When he didn’t, not so much.

Pelroy took back two kickoff returns for big yardage, ripping off runs of 24 and 25 yards, but with the rest of his Montana Western teammates having a stagnant day, the Bulldogs fell 31-6 to host Southern Oregon in NAIA play.

The loss dropped Montana Western to 2-5 on the season.

The Bulldogs, who were out-gained 481 yards to 278 on the day, failed to score until they netted a pair of fourth-quarter field goals from Connor Greth.

While Montana Western is struggling a bit in the win-loss column, Pelroy has been putting up nice numbers.

He has returned 13 kicks for 343 yards and four punts for 56 yards. His 399 all-purpose yards put him third on the Bulldogs stat chart for the season.

Pelroy has also found time to patrol the defensive backfield, recording eleven solo tackles and assisting on two others.

Montana Western will try to break its recent backwards slide when it returns home Saturday, Oct. 18 to face Eastern Oregon.

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Different uniforms, electrifying results!!

Posted in Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

They're no longer Wolves, but they continue to excel. Clockwise, from left, are Mitch Pelroy, Amanda d'Almeida and Tyler King.

  They’re no longer Wolves, but they continue to excel athletically. Clockwise, from left, are Mitch Pelroy, Amanda d’Almeida and Tyler King.

It was a busy week for Wolf grads playing college sports.

Three former Coupeville High School stars made big impacts on the playing field, separated by the sports they play and the states they currently reside in, but joined together by excellence.

AMANDA d’ALMEIDA:

Finally healthy again, the Carleton College sophomore played the full 90 minutes Saturday as her team upset #13 College of Saint Benedict 2-0 in an NCAA D-3 game.

It was the highest ranked school that the Knights had toppled in six seasons and lifted Carleton to 7-3-1 on the season. They’re 4-0-1 in league play.

With d’Almeida playing at center mid, the Knights out-shot their foes 12-1 in a game played in Northfield, Minnesota.

TYLER KING:

The former CHS state cross country champ continued a strong start to his junior campaign at the University of Washington.

Running in the inaugural Washington Invite Saturday, which drew half of the country’s Top 10 teams, King finished 39th out of 96 runners.

He covered the 8,000-meter course at Jefferson Park in 24 minutes, 20 seconds.

Patrick Tiernan of Villanova won in 23 minutes flat, while King’s teammate, UW All-American Aaron Nelson, claimed 5th in 23:33.

The Huskies finished 6th as a team, besting three Top 10 schools — #5 Portland, #7 Indiana and #9 Villanova.

Northern Arizona, which finished second at last year’s NCAA Championships, claimed the team title.

King will be back in action Oct. 17, when he and his teammates run at the Adidas Invitational in Wisconsin.

MITCH PELROY:

Montana Western stumbled Saturday, falling 31-14 to Carroll in a NAIA game, but Pelroy used his time on the field wisely.

He returned a kick-off 22 yards — best return by any Bulldog on the afternoon — and recorded an unassisted tackle from his position in the secondary.

It wasn’t enough, though, as Montana Western fell to 2-4, despite two epic touchdowns from quarterback Tyler Hulse.

Hulse connected on scoring strikes of 53 and 63 yards, but Carroll used a 17-point second quarter to blow the game open.

Pelroy and Co. return to action Oct. 11 when they hit the road to play Southern Oregon.

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Born to run!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (Haylee Sauer photos)

Mitch Pelroy (Haylee Sauer photos)

Pelroy takes off on a return in an earlier season game.

Pelroy takes off on a return in an earlier game.

Can’t hold him down.

Former Wolf football star Mitch Pelroy ripped off big return yardage Saturday, doing his part to help spark the Montana Western gridiron squad to its first victory in four weeks.

The 50-30 savaging of visiting Montana State-Northern in NAIA action snapped a three-game skid and improved the Bulldogs to 2-3. They now have a bye week before returning to action Oct. 4 against Carroll College.

Pelroy was his team’s primary return man Saturday, taking back four kickoffs for 97 yards, with his longest run stretching 28 yards.

He also hauled in Montana State’s lone punt, picking up 10 yards before being taken down. He was a hit on defense as well, recording a tackle from his defensive back position.

Bulldog quarterback Tyler Hulse ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more as Montana Western strolled up and down the field all day.

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