FOOTBALL: Rio rolls past Fall River

Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:35 pm

Rio completed an undefeated season with an impressive 69-6 victory over Fall River on Thursday night.

Rio running back Matt Selje ran for four touchdowns and finished with 244 yards on 15 carries to lead the offensive attack for the Vikings. Calvin Canales also had two touchdowns and finished with 106 yards on eight carries for Rio.

The Vikings compiled 559 yards of total offense while holding the Pirates to just 61 yards of offense in the contest.

Fall River's lone score of the game came on a 84 yard kick return by Chris Fauser in the second quarter.

Rio .................29 27 7 6 - 69

Fall River .........0 6 0 0 - 6

R - Selje 7 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Selje 27 run (O'Brien pass to Bailles)

R - Brewer 1 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Selje 21 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Strause 1 run (pass failed)

R - Canales 3 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Selje 21 run (Gonzalez kick)

FR - Fauser 84 kickoff return (pass failed)

R - Canales 55 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Brewer 5 run (Gonzalez kick)

R - Dahnke 2 run (pass failed)

TEAM STATS                        RI                FR

First downs ...................17            4

Total Net Yards .............559          61

Rushes-yards ...............40-521     28-11

Passing .......................38            50

Comp-Att-Int ...............1-1-0        5-13-3

Penalties-Yards ............3-25         1-1

Fumbles-Lost ...............0-0           2-1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: R - Selje 15-244, Canales 8-106; FR - Robbins 9-5. PASSING: R - Brewer 1-1-0, 38; FR - Patrick 5-12-3, 50. RECEIVING: R - O'Malley 1-38; FR - Fauser 1-25.