Looking for a Victory Carroll College Hopes to Snap Four-Game Losing Streak
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SATURDAY, GameSaints dayOCTOBER 27, 2018 Looking for a victory Carroll College hopes to snap four-game losing streak TODAY’S MATCHUP: Montana State-Northern at Carroll College, 1 p.m. Nelson Stadium 2 | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 SAINTS GAME DAY Video technology helps Carroll College prepare for opponents, improve players CLIFF KIRKPATRICK 406mtsports.com Football teams have watched video ever since tape spooled on two heads. Coaches adapted from the VCR to DVD over the years as technology changed. Now, veteran coaches such as Mike Van Diest use the Internet to nearly instantaneously scout opponents and prepare players for the coming opponent. However, they still call it watch- ing film out of habit. “Film study is great,” Van Diest said. “It’s part of the profession I enjoy, watching film. I love watch- ing film and the strategy of it.” Frontier Conference teams take the video shot of each game on Saturdays and download it to Hudl, a video sharing service, by Sunday so every team can gain ac- cess all season. From there, each team can study opponents and themselves. In the past, the video personnel traded tapes of common opponents out of courtesy. Sometimes rivals re- fused to share. “We don’t have to send things on buses, drive DVDs anymore or 16 mm film, like we did not that long ago,” Van Diest said. “It’s nice to have everything on Hudl and it’s right there.” The Saints not only study op- ponent video, they study their BMGPHOTOS.COM own games and practices. Each The Carroll College football team records every game and practice so coaches and players can review what went right and what went wrong so they practice is recorded for review can improve. each day. Coaches can then see how play- Junior Parker Bernhardt said it Once players complete practice, it with teammates, by yourself, There’s no need to lug around ers are performing and not just took him time to adjust and un- shower, head off to dinner and when you have time off between a TV with a VCR or DVD player depend on memory. They can also derstand the importance. home they will be able to access classes and practice,” quarterback room to room for coaches to share point out the mistakes the players “You can transition to it, but it video from that day’s practice. By Kolby Killoy said. “It’s a perfect and make sure the equipment is are committing and show them. depends on how ready you are to then coaches edit video down to time to watch film. And at night working. “We do a good job of meeting play when you are younger,” Ber- the lesson they are teaching for after practice you can watch what “Film doesn’t lie,” Van Diest every day and watching the film,” nhardt said. “When I redshirted, each player. you did in practice. You can see said. “It’s a great teaching tool. receiver Shane Sipes said. “It’s a you are in there waiting for your Players then can call up the stuff you need to improve on.” When I was a young coach, and I lot of film, but we take the time to turn. When your time comes, video and study it on their down Position coaches still run meet- still adhere to this, what you have analyze it.” you have to grow up a little bit. time. They can even download an ings the next day to go over the on film is what you are teaching. Regular video study begins in You have take coaching and look app to their phone to study on the video, but meeting time is cut So as a coach, you have to correct high school, but it goes to another at it as study, and not just watch- run. down since players have already level in college. ing film.” “You can go home and watch seen the problems. Please see VIDEO, Page A10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 | 3 4 | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 SAINTS GAME DAY Carroll College vs. Montana State-Northern Carroll’s Carroll College Depth Chart Major Ali OFFENSE rushes for a Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. touchdown WR 6 Shane Sipes So. 6-2 190 in the first WR 88 Chase Fossum Jr. 6-4 215 quarter LT 71 Alex Hoffman So. 6-5 290 against Rocky LT 72 Preston Johnson Jr. 6-4 295 last Saturday LG 64 J.D. Lyle Jr. 6-3 285 at Nelson LG 56 Luke Gleasman So. 6-3 275 Stadium. C 55 Connor McGree Sr. 6-4 275 After the C 59 Dustin McLean R-Fr. 6-2 260 teams traded touchdowns RG 70 Tanner Steele Sr. 6-3 290 on their RG 79 Jacob Clark R-Fr. 6-4 270 opening RT 68 Willy Clements Sr. 6-3 295 drives, the RT 72 Preston Johnson Jr. 6-4 295 Battlin’ Bears TE 48 Eric Dawson Jr. 6-1 235 began to pull TE 80 Sam Stratton Jr. 6-6 245 away for the WR 14 Troy Arntson Sr. 5-8 175 42-21 win. WR 5 Joe Farris Jr. 6-1 185 BMGPHOTOS. H-back 30 Kyle Harrington So. 6-0 230 COM H-back 84 Tony Collins So. 6-3 218 RB 3 Major Ali Jr. 5-8 200 RB 4 Ryan Arntson So 5-7 180 QB 13 Kolby Killoy Jr. 6-1 190 QB 12 Hunter Bledsoe Fr. 6-0 180 DEFENSE DE 32 Beaugh Meyer Sr. 6-2 260 DE 94 Garrett Kocab R-Fr. 6-4 270 DT 36 Cole Greff Jr. 6-4 270 DT 93 Alex Hurlbut Jr. 6-3 260 For your information Key Matchup Player of the Week DT 57 David Petersen So. 6-1 250 When: 1 p.m. Saturday Major Ali vs. Northern’s front Eric Dawson, TE , Sr., 6-1, 235: Daw- DT 40 Payton Sexe Jr. 6-1 245 Where: Nelson Stadium seven: Ali, the junior featured running son had a stellar game last week against DE 39 Craig Kein Jr. 6-2 235 Radio: Sports 94-9, sports949.com back, last had a 100-yard game against Rocky Mountain as a receiver. He led the DE 92 Alex Thomas Sr. 6-1 237 Northern on Sept. 15 and the Saints won. team with seven receptions for 116 yards OLB 45 Nate McGree So. 6-2 235 He gained 131 yards and a TD on 23 at- and a touchdown. His longest play went OLB 33 Tyler Matteucci So. 6-3 228 Four-Down Territory tempts. Repeating that performance for 30 yards. MLB 44 Reece Quade Sr. 6-3 230 Avoid turnovers: The Saints typically do would help the team immensely. 1 a good job here, but gave it up four times MLB 42 Dylan Kresge Jr. 6-1 225 last week. There were three interceptions OLB 31 Chase Bowen Jr. 6-1 222 and two fumbles, one of which was lost. The By the Numbers OLB 9 Colin Sassano R-Fr. 6-1 205 team is minus-9 in turnover margin. For all the passing the Lights do, they protect the quarterback. They are first in CB 23 Drew Melton Sr. 6-0 185 Run the ball: The goal is always to run 1 the conference in sacks against with 13½ sacks allowed. Carroll is seventh with 25 CB 22 Xavier Pace R-Fr. 5-10 170 2 the ball, but it hasn’t happened much this allowed. S 18 McBride Galt Sr. 6-2 205 season. Team averages only 3.4 yards per at- That’s how many points a game the Lights score. They are seventh in the S 11 Tony Madsen Sr. 6-2 195 tempt and scored a conference-low six rush- 16.5 conference in scoring. The team in last place? The Saints at 12.6 points S 21 Parker Bernhardt Sr. 6-1 205 ing TDs. Major Ali averages only 76.5 a game. a game. S 7 Brian FauntLeRoy R-Fr. 6-1 202 Win a game: The Saints (3-5, 2-5) lost Carroll is sixth in the Frontier in third-down conversion rate at 35 percent. CB 2 Ryan Beaulieu Sr. 5-11 185 3 four straight and own a losing record. 35 They’ve converted on third down 42 times out of 120 attempts. The Lights CB 4 Isazah King Jr. 5-11 180 They need to win the last three games to convert at 34.7 percent. SPECIAL TEAMS avoid another losing record for the season. K 47 Josh Kraft So. 5-11 170 They beat Northern earlier in the season, so K 17 Stephen Powell Fr. 5-7 145 the Lights are a good opponent this week. Prediction P 25 Matt Kvech Jr. 6-1 190 Prepare for future: While winning is Carroll College 21, Northern 17 P 17 Stephen Powell Fr. 5-7 145 the No. 1 goal, the Saints are loaded 4 Northern has yet to show it can make games close in the Frontier. The team has the PR 2 Ryan Beaulieu Sr. 5-11 180 with young players. Getting them playing ability to make it interesting against the Saints, but Carroll should pull this one out. time for the future would be a good idea at PR 22 Xavier Pace R-Fr. 5-10 170 this point. If they can control the game early, KR 6 Shane Sipes So. 6-2 190 it would be a good time for substitutions. — Cliff Kirkpatrick KR 4 Ryan Arntson So.