Gilworth still chasing a personal best
By Steven Allspach | Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
Ian Gilworth's seven touchdown passes in Morningside's 63-13 demolition of Hastings Saturday ranks one shy of his personal best performance in the art of gunning scoring throws.
In high school at Putnam County in Unionville, Mo., the strong-armed Gilworth hurled eight TD passes in a victory over Trenton, Mo.
"I can remember the eight (TD passes), but when I got to Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls) I didn't have all that much success,'' said the unassuming Mustang quarterback after his record aerial assault. "I don't think I ever got to 300 yards passing in a game.
"Heck, I didn't even have seven touchdowns passes in one season (2006) over there.''
For the record, Gilworth triggered three six scoring passes in eight 2006 games at ECC. He played his first season at Winona State, completing two passes in his only game appearance and then transferred.
His seven scoring tosses went to Antuan Bloom (3), Beau Kildow (2) and Blake Anderson (2), Morningside's homecoming king. M'side's eighth touchdown pass in the contest was a 12-yarder from backup Tim Richard to Mark Waters.
Richard was the starting quarterback before Gilworth won the job last season.
"I still rely on Tim every practice, every game,'' said Gilworth. "He knows our offense better than I do. He's been a great help for me and I think we have a great relationship as far as running our passing game goes and breaking down defenses.''
Gilworth's seven TD passes erased the single-game record of six held by former All-American Craig Fobbe and the eight scoring tosses is a team single-game record, while his career yardage total of 4,975 ranks third in school history behind the 6,315 by No. 2 Jim Gibson (1982-85) in the school's NCAA Division II days.
NCC tradition
Minnesota-Duluth (6-0), St. Cloud State (5-1), Minnesota State Mankato (5-1) and Augustana (5-1), the four orphans adopted by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference after the split-up of the old North Central, are a combined 21-3 in the NSIC this season.
The three losses are to each other.
Wayne State, 4-2 in the NSIC South and 5-2 overall, Saturday hosts a Winona State(4-3. 4-2), club that was picked to finish second in the pre-season loop coach's poll.
Wayne's two losses are to Mankato and St. Cloud, but Coach Dan McLaughlin's team doesn't meet North Division leader Duluth and plays at Augie on Oct. 25.
Masterful
Wayne State junior Logan Masters became the school's career receiving yardage leader (2,468) after snaring four passes for 83 yards in a 30-11 conquest of Bemidji State Saturday.
Masters, one of Iowa's premier prep athletes at Storm Lake, starring in football, basketball and track, surpassed previous record-holder Tavarus Johnson.
The sure-handed Wildcat receiver now has 151 career catches, 10 shy of nine-year NFL veteran Byron Chamberlain's school-record 161. Chamberlain, who played at TCU and Missouri before transferring to Wayne State, played just two seasons for the Wildcats in 1993-94.
Masters' reception total is just one shy of Damon Thomas, another Wayne star (1992-93) who played in the NFL.
And, the yardage mark of the Storm Lake graduate ranks ahead of Kevin Swayne (2,091), yet another former Wildcat who played in the NFL, Thomas (1,983), and Chamberlain (1,941).
Good weather
Paul Mierkiewicz, the Hastings coach, remarked after the Saturday contest at Olsen Stadium that he'd like to see Morningside and Sioux Falls clash in October rather than November when inclement weather could potentially diminsh the excellence of the showdown.
Hastings game USF all it could handle in a 30-17 loss.Has
No. 5 Morningside and No. 2 Sioux Falls, the NAIA national runner-up last year, meet on the final Great Plains Athletic Conference weekend Nov. 15 Sioux Falls.
Great escape
Carroll (Mont.), ranked No. 1 and the defending NAIA national champ, survived an upset scare Saturday, edging Montana Western 24-21 on a 31-yard field goal on the last play of the game.
It was Carroll's 22nd straight win, improving the Saints to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Frontier Conference.
In high school at Putnam County in Unionville, Mo., the strong-armed Gilworth hurled eight TD passes in a victory over Trenton, Mo.
"I can remember the eight (TD passes), but when I got to Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls) I didn't have all that much success,'' said the unassuming Mustang quarterback after his record aerial assault. "I don't think I ever got to 300 yards passing in a game.
"Heck, I didn't even have seven touchdowns passes in one season (2006) over there.''
For the record, Gilworth triggered three six scoring passes in eight 2006 games at ECC. He played his first season at Winona State, completing two passes in his only game appearance and then transferred.
His seven scoring tosses went to Antuan Bloom (3), Beau Kildow (2) and Blake Anderson (2), Morningside's homecoming king. M'side's eighth touchdown pass in the contest was a 12-yarder from backup Tim Richard to Mark Waters.
Richard was the starting quarterback before Gilworth won the job last season.
"I still rely on Tim every practice, every game,'' said Gilworth. "He knows our offense better than I do. He's been a great help for me and I think we have a great relationship as far as running our passing game goes and breaking down defenses.''
Gilworth's seven TD passes erased the single-game record of six held by former All-American Craig Fobbe and the eight scoring tosses is a team single-game record, while his career yardage total of 4,975 ranks third in school history behind the 6,315 by No. 2 Jim Gibson (1982-85) in the school's NCAA Division II days.
NCC tradition
Minnesota-Duluth (6-0), St. Cloud State (5-1), Minnesota State Mankato (5-1) and Augustana (5-1), the four orphans adopted by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference after the split-up of the old North Central, are a combined 21-3 in the NSIC this season.
The three losses are to each other.
Wayne State, 4-2 in the NSIC South and 5-2 overall, Saturday hosts a Winona State(4-3. 4-2), club that was picked to finish second in the pre-season loop coach's poll.
Wayne's two losses are to Mankato and St. Cloud, but Coach Dan McLaughlin's team doesn't meet North Division leader Duluth and plays at Augie on Oct. 25.
Masterful
Wayne State junior Logan Masters became the school's career receiving yardage leader (2,468) after snaring four passes for 83 yards in a 30-11 conquest of Bemidji State Saturday.
Masters, one of Iowa's premier prep athletes at Storm Lake, starring in football, basketball and track, surpassed previous record-holder Tavarus Johnson.
The sure-handed Wildcat receiver now has 151 career catches, 10 shy of nine-year NFL veteran Byron Chamberlain's school-record 161. Chamberlain, who played at TCU and Missouri before transferring to Wayne State, played just two seasons for the Wildcats in 1993-94.
Masters' reception total is just one shy of Damon Thomas, another Wayne star (1992-93) who played in the NFL.
And, the yardage mark of the Storm Lake graduate ranks ahead of Kevin Swayne (2,091), yet another former Wildcat who played in the NFL, Thomas (1,983), and Chamberlain (1,941).
Good weather
Paul Mierkiewicz, the Hastings coach, remarked after the Saturday contest at Olsen Stadium that he'd like to see Morningside and Sioux Falls clash in October rather than November when inclement weather could potentially diminsh the excellence of the showdown.
Hastings game USF all it could handle in a 30-17 loss.Has
No. 5 Morningside and No. 2 Sioux Falls, the NAIA national runner-up last year, meet on the final Great Plains Athletic Conference weekend Nov. 15 Sioux Falls.
Great escape
Carroll (Mont.), ranked No. 1 and the defending NAIA national champ, survived an upset scare Saturday, edging Montana Western 24-21 on a 31-yard field goal on the last play of the game.
It was Carroll's 22nd straight win, improving the Saints to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Frontier Conference.
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