Football 2006 News & Notes

2006 WSFL News & Notes

#3 Snow Holds Off #13 Coffeyville — #3 Snow built a 20-7 halftime advantage but then had to come from behind for a for a 26-21 victory over #13 Coffeyville in the 2006 Zions Bank Top of the Mountain Bowl. Coffeyville stormed back in the second half to take a 21-20 lead before Snow mounted the winning drive in the fourth quarter.

Late FG Gives Lackawanna Victory — Lackawanna kicked a late field goal to score a come-from-behind 17-16 victory over host Glendale in the 2006 Valley of the Sun Bowl.

Valley of the Sun Bowl to be Televised LIVE — The 2006 Valley of the Sun Bowl, which will feature #7 Lackawanna College (9-0) at #5 Glendale (9-1), will be televised live on Maricopa Community College Television. Coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. (MST) and will air on Cox Cable channel 115-MCTV in Maricopa County. MCTV will also up-link the live feed to Scranton, Pennsylvania's FOX station for the fans of Lackawanna College.

Snow's Cooper & Coburn, Scottsdale's Fein Lead WSFL Honor Roll — Snow College QB Cade Cooper and Head Coach Steve Coburn were named the WSFL's Offensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively. Scottsdale's Anthony Fein was selected the WSFL Defensive Player of the Year. | more |

Glendale Sweeps NJCAA Region I's Top Honors — Glendale, which completed the regular season ranked #5 in the nation with a 9-1 record, earned all of the top NJCAA Region I honors. Head Coach Joe Kersting was named the Coach of the Year, freshman QB Collin Boulay was selected the Offensive Player of the Year and sophomore LB Morris Wooten earned the Defensive Player of the Year award. Glendale placed nine players on the All-Region teams while Eastern Arizona and Scottsdale placed seven and six players on the teams, respectively. | more |

Valley of the Sun Bowl Set for December 2nd — #5 ranked Glendale (9-1) will host #7 ranked Lackawanna College (9-0) of Scranton, PA, in te 2006 Valley of the Sun Bowl on December 2nd at 2:00 p.m. The game will be a homecoming of sorts for Lackawanna Head Coach Mark Duda, who played for the Phoenix Cardinals during his NFL career.

Eastern's Milner, Western's Vasquez & Long Earn Honors —Eastern Arizona's Glenn Milner ran for 204 yards to earn the WSFL's Offensive Player of the Week award. Luis Vasquez and Lamont Long earned the Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors, respectively, after leading Arizona Western to a shutout of Pima. | More |

SCC's Fein, GCC's Blumbaugh Garner NJCAA Honors —Glendale's Willie Brumbaugh was named the NJCAA's Special Teams Player of the Week, while Scottsdale's Tony Fein earned the NJCAA Defensive Player of the Week award.

Glendale, Scottsdale Game Results in Top Performers — Glendale defeated Scottsdale 38-23 for the right to host the 2006 Valley of the Sun Bowl. GCC's Brendon Gaskins and Willie Brumbaugh garnered WSFL Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors respectively. Scottsdale's Tony Fein posted 26 tackles, including a school record 19 solo tackles, to take the WSFL's Defensive Player of the Week award.. | More |

Eastern Arizona Shocks #1 Snow — Eastern Arizona hosted Snow College, undefeated in the WSFL and ranked #1 in the nation, and battled for a 25-20 victory on October 21st. The loss for Snow ties them with Glendale atop the WSFL at 5-1. Scottsdale is just a half game out at 4-1.

Snow College Now #1 Ranked, Glendale Moves Up Three Spots —After a convincing victory over #18 Scottsdale, Snow College jumped to the top spot in the NJCAA National rankings with a perfect 8-0 record. Glendale defeated #19 Arizona Western thgis past week to move up to #6 in the nation. | More |

Snow's Cooper Keeps #2 Badgers Undefeated, Scottsdale & NMMI Players Receive Honors — For the third time this season, Snow QB Cade Cooper has been selected the WSFL's Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Badgers to yet another victory. Snow, ranked #2 in the nation with an 8-0 record, defeated #17 Scottsdale to take sole posession of the WSFL lead. In the losing effort, Scottsdale's Tony Fein earned WSFL Defesive Player of the Week after posting 21 tackles. New Mexico Military's Tim Hamett blocked the possible game-winning extra point attempt and returned the block 85 yards for 2-points to earn the Special Teams Player of the Week award. | More |

AZ Western, Scottsdale Split ACCAC Honors — Scottsdale remained undefeated in the WSFL behind the play of WSFL Offensive Player of the Week Joe Caskey and Co-Defensive Player of the Week Jeff Jones. Arizona Western's Luis Vasquex earned WSFL Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors, while teammate Zack Davis was tabbed the Special Teams Player of the Week. | More|

Scottsdale Takes Two Honors, NMMI's Hart Runs to Honor —New Mexico Military's Eric Hart ran for 186 yards on just 12 carries to earn the WSFL's Offensive Player of the Week honor. Scottsdale remained undefeated in the WSFL and was led by the WSFL Defensive Player of the Week Allen Colbert and the Special Teams Player of the Week Juan Bongarra. | More|

Hammett Leads NMMI, Wooten Helps Glendale Remain Undefeated — The WSFL's Offensive Player of the Week, Tim Hammett of New Mexico Military, ran for 141 yards on just 13 carries in a losing effort against Snow. Morris Wooten helped Glendale to a 34-24 victory by spearheading the Gauco defense. | More |

WSFL Sweeps NJCAA National Weekly Honors — With Snow and Glendale each sitting in the top-5 of the national rankings, the WSFL has already proven its strength on the National scene once again. That power proved true once again as all three of the WSFL's weekly award winners were selected the National Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week.. | More |

Cooper Wins Second WSFL Honor, AZ Western Takes Defensive & Special Team Awards — For the second consecutive week, Snow quarterback Cade Cooper has been selected the WSFL Offensive Player of the Week. Arizona Western's Max Fairclough and Lance Harrison-Brown earned the Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week honors respectively. | More |

Snow's Cooper, PC's Blomquist Earn WSFL Awards — Snow QB Cade Cooper kept his squad perfect after three games to garner the WSFL Offensive Player of the Week honor, while Phoenix College's Reno Blomquist led a Bears' defense that posted a shutout to earn the WSFL's Defensive Player of the Week award. | More |

Three WSFL Squads Remain Undefeated — Snow (3-0), Glendale (2-0) & Mesa (1-0) remain undefeated in 2006 with victories on September 9th. | More |

NMMI's Walker Receives NJCAA Weekly National Honor —Roddray Walker helped New Mexico Military to a victory in the 2006 season openerand earned NJCAA National Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts. Walker took a failed Ranger College (TX) field goal attempt and returned it 110 yards for a TD in route to the Broncos 27-14 victory. | More |

WSFL Honors Three with Player of the Week Honors — New Mexico Military's Nick Jackson and Roddray Walker earned the WSFL's Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week Awards, respectively, while Snow's Matt Asista ran for 238 yards to be tabbed the Offensive Player of the Week. | More |

WSFL Programs Open 2006 Season — On the opening weekend of the 2006 WSFL season, Arizona Western, Eastern Arizona, Glendale, New Mexico Military and Snow posted victories. | More |

Four WSFL Squads in NJCAA Preseason Top-25 — Glendale is ranked #6 and Snow #8 to lead four WSFL squads in the 2006 Preseason NJCAA Football Top-25. | More |

WSFL Sports 53 Preseason All-Americans — When the NJCAA announced the 2006 Preseason Football All-American Team, it was again proved that the nation's best reside at the schools of the WSFL. The League that sports the defending National Champion in Glendale placed 53 players on the All-American squads.. | More |

WSFL Teams Announce 2006 Schedules — The WSFL will kick off the 2006 season on Saturday, August 26th, when Snow and Mesa take to the field for a pair of non-conference games. The WSFL season begins September 16th when Snow, Eastern Arizona, Scottsdale and Phoenix host the first Conference games of the year. | View Complete Schedule |