By Matthew Davis
Terry Jones saw opportunity knocking during punt plays throughout the day against the Lake Superior Rage on Saturday.
“We had been talking about blocking it for a while,
but I’m used to blocking guys and going down field, but I figured, ‘why
not,’” Jones said.
When the Rage threatened to stay unbeaten as they
pulled within a point on a floating, fourth-down touchdown pass,
necessity met opportunity. Jones, a Pioneers team captain and defensive
back, made his move on the following Rage fourth
down – a punt.
“That guard was kicking down, he wouldn’t reach
out, so I knew if I did line up there, he wouldn’t reach,” Jones said.
“I got on my horse trying to get it, and it almost went out of bounds on
me.”

“The blocked punt was absolutely huge, a huge momentum swing,” Pioneers coach Mark Heiser said.
Pioneers quarterback Cleveland McCoy followed up
the on the momentum two offensive drives later with a pin-point
touchdown pass. In addition, the defense made the stop they needed in
winning over the once-unbeaten Rage 26-18.
“This win was big, it was probably one of the biggest wins we needed all year,” Jones said.
Jones has made his share of impact plays prior to Saturday. He came into the game as the team’s interception leader with three.
Jones also felt at home in an unusual way with the cold, fall-like weather at
Concordia
University’s Sea Foam Stadium. He played for the Golden Bears prior to becoming a Pioneer in 2007.
“It kind of did,” Jones said about the weather conditions.
Breidall shuts the door

The Rage had scored on their last trip to the red
zone and hadn’t been denied since the first half when they’ve been
inside the Pioneers 20. A fourth down separated the Rage from the
Pioneers being potentially knotted up at 26-26.
Breidall lined up against the Rage receiver across
from him and blocked the pass to him in the end zone, which ended the
drive. The Pioneers ran out the clock after retaining possession.
“He did a corner route, I read it, jumped it, and swatted it,” Breidall said.
Breidall has played defense only for a few years. He played a running back or fullback until his junior season at
Southwest
Minnesota State. He switched to linebacker in his senior season. He came to the Pioneers in 2012.
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