Falcons Cruise; Wildcats Not Enough

The River Falls Falcons won their homecoming yesterday in dramatic fashion including tw0 80+ yard interception returns for touchdowns. Senior Safety Ben Arata intercepted a pass in the second quarter and took it 99-yards to the house for the longest touchdown in school history. Then in the fourth quarter defensive end Steve Marich scored on a 81-yard interception return. The Falcon offense was led by Taylor Edwards who carried the ball 30 times for 251-yards and 2 TDs. The Falcons won their 5th straight homecoming by a score of 40-27 over Alma College. Up next the Falcons will head to Menomonie in the 95th edition of the I-94 battle Saturday @ Stout in their homcoming.

The Wildcats dropped their homcoming Friday night, their 3rd straight loss, virtually dashing all hopes of making the post-season. The Cats gave it a late run, scoring a touchdown and threatening for another before Chippewa Falls' defense was able to make a late stand to win 27-21. The Wildcats now must win out if they hope to make the playoffs.

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Homecoming

Homecoming Week in River Falls. The Wildcats host Chi Hi at 7PM tonight in a game that will either give a little ray of hope to the Cats or end the season. A loss means the Cats must win all 4 remaining games, a win then they only must win 3 of 4. The Wildcats have looked terrible the last two weeks and Menomonie and Eau Claire Memorial. The result, an 0-2 conference record and 2-2 overall record. Tonight is the deal breaker for the Wildcats.

The Falcons will host Alma in this year's version of Homecoming. At this point everyone is still trying to figure out just how good or bad the Falcons are. In the first game of the season they played #13 St. John's very tough before falling 28-24. But in their second game they almost lost to a bad Northwestern team surviving with a late field goal to win 20-17.