Offense shines in Blue/White game

By rbrown
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Updated: May 7, 2016

DURHAM – Quarterback Adam Riese passed for two touchdowns, sophomore running back Trevon Bryant ran for a pair of 1-yard scores and wide receiver Kyon Taylor caught eight passes for 100 yards to lead the offense in UNH’s annual Blue-White Spring game in Cowell Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Riese, who will be a senior in the fall, completed 21 of his 33 passes in the game for 263 yards.

Three Wildcat quarterbacks combined to complete 38 of their 61 passes for 408 yards and three scores. The offense did not turn the ball over in the game.

Riese is competing for the starting job at quarterback with sophomore Trevor Knight. Knight , who played at Nashua South, completed eight of his 17 passes for 76 yards and one touchdown. Redshirt freshman quarterback Ivan Niyomugabo completed nine of his 11 passes for 69 yards. Niyomugabo came to UNH from Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook.

NEXT UP

The Blue-White game brings an end to UNH’s spring football season.

The Wildcats open the 2016 season with a game at San Diego State, an FBS school, on September 3.

They open the new Wildcat Stadium on Saturday, September 10, with a game against Holy Cross.

TODD WALKER AWARD

Senior linebacker Kevin McNally was named the winner of the Todd Walker Teammate Award, which was presented by head coach Sean McDonnell in a ceremony before the game.

Walker, a Wildcat wide receiver, died on March 18, 2011. He was shot and killed in Boulder, Colo., while walking a friend home. The two were attacked by a gunman and Walker stepped in front of his friend to protect her.

HIGHLIGHTS

Sophomore Rory Donovan scored on 3-yard pass from Knight.
Senior Anthony Pante (Manalapscored on a 16-yard pass from Riese.
Sophomore Kieran Presley scored on an 8-yard pass from Knight.
Sophomore Hayden Middleton kicked a 39-yard field goal.

AWARD WINNERS

Following the game, head coach Sean McDonnell announced the spring’s most improved players:

Quarterback . . . Trevor Knight
Running back . . . Evan Gray
Wide receiver . . . Garette Craig
Tight end . . . Nick Derocher
Offensive line . . . Jeff Carter
Defensive tackle . . . Rick Holt
Defensive end . . . Josh Kania
Linebacker . . . Jared Kuehl
Safety . . . Rick Ellison
Cornerback . . . Isiah Perkins
Kicker/punter . . . Morgan Ellman
Bob O’Keefe Strongman Award . . . D’Andre Drummond-Mayrie

CAPTAINS

Cornerback Casey DeAndrade, linebacker Ryan Farrell and quarterback Adam Riese were elected captains of the 2016 UNH football team.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Ismail Asongwed led all tacklers with five tackles.
Ellison, Perkins and Marquis Carr had four tackles each.
Farrell was credited with two of the defense’s 11 sacks.
Eight players had one sack and two players received credit for half a sack.
Tight end Jordan Powell had six catches for 41 yards.
Craig had three catches for 34 yards.
Taylor had the catch of the day, going up in traffic to pull in a pass from Riese on a play that covered a game-high 42 yards.
Gray had seven carries for 27 yards to lead the ground game.