Miami Gardens, FL – The Webber International Football team controlled the ball for 37:12 and matched Florida Memorial in first downs (19–20), but a 28–6 surge spanning the second and third quarters and a 90-yard pick-six proved decisive as the Warriors dropped a Sun Conference road tilt, 42–19.
How it happened
1st Quarter
FMU struck first on a 45-yard TD pass at 10:48, but Webber answered with a composed, 74-yard march capped by Trent Grotjan's 12-yard keeper at 5:31 and AJ Hitt's PAT to level it.
2nd Quarter
The Lions stacked two scores — a 6-yard Jerodd Sims run (14:02) and a 29-yard Sims TD catch (10:02) — to take control. Webber punched back late as Grotjan hit Cory Conklin from 13 yards at 3:38; the Warriors' two-point rush was stopped, sending it 21–13 to halftime.
3rd Quarter
FMU reopened with another Sims 6-yard TD run (10:27), then landed the back-breaker when Joshua McMullen jumped a route and returned an interception 90 yards at 4:20. A 12-yard TD run in the final seconds of the period made it 42–13.
4th Quarter
Webber got on the board early in the fourth with a touchdown at 10:41 to cut the margin to 42–19; the scoring play is recorded in the XML without an individual scorer. The Warrior defense then forced a kickoff return TD off the board on a Lion penalty and kept FMU off the board the rest of the way.
Warriors' leaders
- QB Trent Grotjan: 10–21, 85 yds, TD, 3 INT; 9 rushes, 39 yds, TD.
- WR Cory Conklin: 3 rec, 33 yds, TD; Quinton Moore: 2–48 (long 38); Terrell Holt: 2–17.
- RB D'Markus Mathis: 7 rush, 36 yds (long 18); Davaughn Thomas: 4–20.
- Defense: Mikail Lee INT; 2 sacks (shared), TFLs by David Thompson Jr. and Jonathan St. Jacque; pass breakups by Matthew Smiciklas and Caden Marsh.
- Specialists: AJ Hitt 1–1 PAT; Jaxson Rivera 2 punts, 42.0 avg (long 48); Dylan Shinn 1 punt, 48.0; Kendall Johnson 3 KR for 38 (long 22); Dorian Manuel 2 KR for 43 (long 29).
Team stats
- Total offense: WIU 224 (56 plays), FMU 363 (52).
- Rushing: WIU 29–129–1; Passing: 13-for-27, 95 yds, TD, 3 INT.
- 3rd downs: 6-of-11; Red zone: 3-of-4 (1 rush TD, 2 pass TD).
- Penalties: WIU 4–21, FMU 11–117; TOP: WIU 37:12 to 24:30.
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