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Dec. 6, 2002 Issue

T or C man reports he was beaten
after refusing to give up his cocaine

  A Truth or Consequences man refusing to give up his cocaine – all $3,000 worth of it – not only lost his stash but was severely beaten at his home by two local men.

County left out of decision making process
to protect the Gila’s ‘wild and scenic rivers’

  In compliance with U.S. Forest Service policy and a 1999 court ordered settlement agreement with the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, Gila National Forest Supervisor Marcia Andre on Nov. 5 signed a Finding of No Significant Impact that may lead to federal protection of the Mimbres and other rivers within the Gila under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Skate Zone to open in T or C

  In its never-ending efforts to attract Truth or Consequences kids to their Youth Center, the city recreation department is converting the Youth Center, sometimes Convention Center, into a roller skating rink.

Albert Lyon serves 25 years
with NMSU as Cooperative
Extension Service Agent

  Albert J. Lyon, Sierra County’s Cooperative Extension Service Agent, will have completed a full 25 years of service with the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service.

The Wildlands Project Comes to Hidalgo County

  The most charismatic, yet the most controversial, player in the Wildlands Project is no doubt Dave Foreman.

OBITUARIES

   Notices for  Earl D. "Dean" Harper & Aurelio Montoya Sedillo.

…Just fingertips away

Hot Springs High School Tiger Chad Spitzer (81) leaps for the pigskin in the first quarter of the semi-final match against the Ruidoso Warriors last Saturday afternoon in Tiger Stadium. The football missed Spitzer’s fingertips by mere inches for an incomplete pass. The Warriors went on to win the game, 59 to 45. Altogether, 15 touchdowns were scored and the two teams combined rushed a total of 1,358 yards on offense. Click on photo to see photo series of the game.
DJ Photo by  Bill Johnson

HSHS Tiger Cheerleaders and the Tiger mascot lead a stadium full of Tiger fans at last Saturday’s exciting state semi-final football bout against the Ruidoso Warriors. A whopping 104 points went on the scoreboard but the Warriors seized victory by capturing 59 of them.
DJ photo by Bill Johnson  

T or C man reports he was beaten

after refusing to give up his cocaine

Charges leveled against two men

in burglary, theft and battery case

By Bill Johnson

of the Desert Journal

A Truth or Consequences man refusing to give up his cocaine – all $3,000 worth of it – not only lost his stash but was severely beaten at his home by two local men.

As a result of investigations, the District Attorney’s Office late Monday leveled criminal complaints in magistrate court against Albert Lucero, 23, of 1107 Belle St. in T or C, and Kevin “Celso” Stevens, 24, a convict who recently was released from prison.

Identical charges filed against both Lucero and Stevens for the severe beating of Charlie Washman, 29, at his residence at 1208 Aluminum St. on Nov. 22, include a count each of aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, larceny over $2,500 and conspiracy to commit a felony, and two counts of intimidation of a witness, with the burglary count being a second degree felony and the remaining five counts being third degree felonies.

If convicted of all six crimes, both defendants face up to 24 years in prison.

Magistrate Thomas Pestak set bond at $35,000 cash for both Lucero and Stevens during their first appearance in court Wednesday. Also, the magistrate court set their preliminary hearings for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10.

The story begins at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Washman’s residence where Washman, Robert Little and Michael Lawyer were watching the movie, “Star Wars II.”

Washman was in the restroom when he heard someone knock on the front door and when he returned to the living room he saw Lucero sitting in a recliner and Stevens standing, according to the affidavits for arrest warrants filed Dec. 2 by Ronny D. Hays, investigator of the District Attorney’s Office.

Stevens mentioned his recent release from the pen and spoke about how he knew how to fight and survive. Washman added that Stevens then went over to Washman’s goldfish tank and told Washman that he wanted to eat the goldfish.

Washman said he stood up and told Stevens, “You’re not going to eat my goldfish. It was the only one that had survived.”

After Stevens returned from a trip to the restroom, he called Washman into the hall next to the kitchen where he instructed Washman to stand in a defensive posture and say, “You got a problem, fool; you got a problem with me, fool?”

After they returned to the living room, Lucero then asked Washman for some drugs, according to the affidavit. Washman told Lucero he didn’t have very much but they could go into the bedroom and do some.

Washman said he and Lucero each did a line of cocaine and after three or four minutes they returned to the living room where Stevens was getting in Lawyer’s and Little’s faces. Lucero told Stevens to leave them alone and then both Lucero and Stevens left the residence.

Washman said Lucero and Stevens got into a car and he then closed the door and sat down in the living room with Lawyer and Little, all commenting how they didn’t like Stevens’ attitude.

After re-starting the movie, Stevens “barged in without knocking,” Washman reported, adding that Stevens went into the living room and asked Washman, “Hey, what the ----, you hooked Albert up but you can’t hook me up? Albert said you have some shit.”

Washman said he replied, “I don’t have very much and I

can’t be giving freebies to everybody.”

Stevens insisted Washman give him drugs and told him again that he just got out of prison and he didn’t have a job or any money. “What the ----, you can’t do a line with me,?” Stevens allegedly asked Washman, according to the affidavit.

Washman said he finally told Stevens, “Alright, wait here,” before going into the bedroom to prepare a line for him.

Stevens and Lucero followed, but Washman told them to wait in the living room.

“Yes, I do mind,” Stevens allegedly replied, but Washman insisted they wait outside of the room and told them it wasn’t any of their business how much cocaine he had or where he kept it.

Washman said Stevens turned to Lucero and asked, “What do you think I should do?” to which Lucero replied, “Do whatever you think is necessary, I’ll be right here.”

The carnage then commenced as Stevens suddenly turned back towards Washman and allegedly began punching Washman on the face with a closed fist. Lucero in the meantime stood in the doorway with his right hand in his coat pocket, acting as though he had a gun in it, according to Washman’s statement.

Washman said he attempted to defend himself but Stevens put him in a choke hold. Washman then started clawing at Stevens and eventually got loose. Washman added that he got behind Stevens and rammed his head into the closet wall.

Stevens was on the floor stating, “Don’t be hitting my head on the wall,” and Lucero then started punching Washman on the face with a closed fist.

Then Stevens allegedly bit Washman on his back between his shoulders as Lucero continued punching him on the eyes and on the side of his head. At that point, Stevens also punched Washman on the chest and head.

Washman said he yelled for help but Lucero told Little, “You will get the same if you jump in to help Charlie.” Lucero then allegedly told Washman, “Give up your shit, man, just give it up,” while they were punching him.

Washman said he noticed he was bleeding and asked Lucero, “Why are you doing this?” with Lucero replying, “You just need to give up your shit, man.”

Washman said in his Nov. 26 interview with the DA’s Office investigator that he had kept his cocaine inside of three tins. He said he grabbed the mint tin and put it in his rear pocket and then walked toward the living room.

He said Stevens and Lucero again started punching him and pushed him down on the couch. Stevens continued punching Washman on the face, shoulders and chest, telling him, “Give it up, give up the shit.”

Stevens then allegedly took the mint tin out of Washman’s rear pocket and all the while Lucero went into the bedroom and eventually returned to the living room, telling Stevens, “Let’s get out of here.” After they left, Washman called police.

Washman said he went into his room to recover the other two tins of cocaine. “He stated all three of the tins of cocaine were taken. He also stated that the total value of the cocaine was [about] $3,000,” according to the affidavit.

Washman said he was taken to Sierra Vista Hospital for treatment of his injuries, including multiple fractures of his facial bones, severe swelling of his face and head, severe bruising around his eyes and a bite mark between his shoulders.

Hays said the injuries were photographed and documented.

On Nov. 30, Hays interviewed Lawyer and Little separately to learn that they witnessed Lucero and Stevens beat up Washman.

“Their stories collaborated with the statements given by the victim. They also stated they left the residence to call for help when the fight moved into the living room,” Hays said in the affidavit.

“They [said] Stevens and Lucero stopped them on the street minutes after they left the residence and told them, ‘If you say anything to the cops or anyone else, we’ll come after you’,” according to the affidavit.

During the Nov. 26 interview with Washman, Hays said he advised him of the violations of the controlled substance act that Washman disclosed and that he would be summoning Washman to court for those issues.

On Monday, Dec. 2, Hays filed a criminal complaint against Washman for misdemeanor charges including a count each of possession of marijuana less than one ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia. The alleged offenses occurred on Nov. 22, the complaint said.

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County left out of decision making process

To protect the Gila’s ‘wild and scenic rivers’

Gila officials find no significant impact

in the designation of protective status

By Fred Mramor

of the Desert Journal

In compliance with U.S. Forest Service policy and a 1999 court ordered settlement agreement with the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, Gila National Forest Supervisor Marcia Andre on Nov. 5 signed a Finding of No Significant Impact that may lead to federal protection of the Mimbres and other rivers within the Gila under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Andre’s decision is not in Sierra County’s best interest, Sierra County Manager Adam Polley said during Thursday’s county commission meeting.

Polley complained that Sierra County was granted cooperating agency status in Forest Service’s evaluation process after the fact and was not treated as a cooperating agency, Polley said. Only Catron County was recognized as a cooperating agency, he added.

“This is dangerous,” Sierra County Commission Chairman Ralph Gooding said. County commissioners in May signed a resolution opposing the listing of any river in Sierra County as Wild and Scenic, he said.

“The Forest Service is proceeding full-steam ahead,” County Attorney James Catron said and warned that a Wild and Scenic River designation gives the government additional control of water and even privately owned land within a quarter mile of designated rivers and streams.

Catron cited lawsuits in Virginia after million-dollar homes were ordered destroyed after a river they were built over were designated as wild and scenic.

The Forest Service may not have heard, or may have ignored, comments from Sierra County residents and organizations during its evaluation process but did recognize comments from almost 600 respondents from Catron County.

While a few of those individuals supported protection of the Mimbres and other rivers and streams, including the elimination of cattle from their banks, one respondent said the wild and scenic designation would prevent picnicking, camping, hiking and other outdoor activities along those rivers.

Another complained that the wild and scenic designation will be harmful to the use of private land and will decrease property values; another said the designation is redundant to the Wilderness Act.

Another respondent said the Forest Service has lost credibility and is now a pawn for the Center for Biodiversity and the Rio Bravos group, and; the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act has been used by special interest groups to eliminate public land use.

Several respondents simply said remove the Mimbres from consideration as a wild and scenic river.

In a related issue, county commissioners agreed with the county manager that preservation of the National Environmental Protection Act should be among the county’s legislative priorities.

Polley reported there is growing interest in Wyoming and Arizona to modify or eliminate NEPA but Polley said the Act allows counties to participate in federal land and resource management plans.

Without NEPA rules, counties could be left out of the processes altogether, Polley said.

“A lot of non-governmental organizations (e.g., Southwest Center for Biological Diversity) see NEPA as a hindrance to the process. I disagree with that entirely, I think it is very much needed because it establishes the rules by which everybody can participate,” Polley said.

The county manager further reported that the Cuchillo Acequia Association has requested the county’s support in its discussions with the Bureau of Land Management regarding the acequia’s ability to maintain their ditch and use its water.

Polley said the county needs to be involved in the discussions to ensure that its interests are protected and so BLM understands the implications of its decisions in the Cuchillo Valley.

At Polley’s request, county commissioners moved for the county’s participation with the Cuchillo Acequia in its discussions with BLM.

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Skate Zone to open in T or C

By Fred Mramor

of the Desert Journal

In its never-ending efforts to attract Truth or Consequences kids to their Youth Center, the city recreation department is converting the Youth Center, sometimes Convention Center, into a roller skating rink.

Assistant Recreation Director Windy Barnes said the Daniels Street building originally was a city skating rink and although she’s not sure just how long ago that was, her mother used to skate there when she was a kid.

With help from the Junior High Builders Club, the Learning Center’s building class and other volunteers, Windy is hard at work painting and performing other conversion work with hopes of opening the Skate Zone at 1 p.m. New Year’s Day.

Barnes wished also to acknowledge the Rotary Club who donated $635 to be used for a needed improvement to the skating rink’s existing guardrail.

Regular hours after the Skate Zone’s opening day will be Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. and more regular hours may be added if there is enough interest, Barnes said. Skaters are to bring their own skates, which must have rubber wheels in good condition so as not to damage the Youth Center’s hardwood floor.

One dollar will be charged for admission and will go toward the purchase of roller skates.

Barnes said the kids she’s spoken with are gung-ho for the Skate Zone and that many of them have their own skates.

Barnes added that she wanted to go with the skating rink idea because it was the cheapest, easiest and fastest way she could think of to provide a good recreational activity at the youth center and get more kids to come to the city facility.

“One Friday Night,” a documentary about underage drinking in New Mexico, will be shown at the Youth Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 17. Snacks will be served.

Modeling, acting and aerobics classes are also planned for Youth Center in the near future and Barnes said she is open to other ideas for Center activities.

She said the Youth Center is always available for gatherings, study sessions or just to “hang out.”

Windy said you can stop by the Center anytime or call her at 894-4979 or 894-2448 or page her at 744-3524.

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Albert Lyon serves 25 years with NMSU

as Cooperative Extension Service Agent

Albert J. Lyon, Sierra County’s Cooperative Extension Service Agent, will have completed a full 25 years of service with the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service.

Lyon has been director and agent of the Sierra County Extension Service since August 1982. His first five years with NMSU were served as agent of the Dona Ana County Cooperative Extension Service.

When asked his greatest accomplishment during a phone interview Wednesday night, Lyon paused a moment and was unable to single out one particular thing.

“I guess it would be we have successful 4-H, FFA and Adult Agriculture programs, and most recently – since the 1990s – the Rural Economic Development Through Tourism (REDTT) project,” Lyon said.

REDTT held a special meeting of the Sierra County Tourism Council, of which Lyon serves as chairman, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, to celebrate his 25^th anniversary.

REDTT Council members had a potluck luncheon including cake and gave him a gift.

Lyon said he expects to put in another five years of service before retiring from the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service.

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The Wildlands Project
Comes to Hidalgo County

(Part 6)

Dave Foreman

A Country Girl’s Musin’

By Judy Keeler

The most charismatic, yet the most controversial, player in the Wildlands Project is no doubt Dave Foreman.

Known for his wolf howls that tend to drive his audience into a frenzy of responding howls, he has the innate ability to draw his followers into the melodrama.

Likely perfected during his days as the “unspoken” leader of EarthFirst!, his howls have become a part of his persona. Much in demand as a speaker, he has entertained crowds from California to Colorado to Maryland.

Along the way he has authored several books, including Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching. In this book Foreman details how his followers can “monkeywrench,” or sabotage, dams, power plants, industrial equipment, windmills and water storage tanks, as well as other artifacts of civilization.

Publicized as a great “how-to book on destroying everything,” the book is designed to equip eco-saboteurs with the knowledge necessary to make much needed “social changes.”

Foreman also authored Confessions of an Eco Warrior, The Big Outside, in collaboration with Howie Wolke, and his most recent book, Lobo Outback Funeral Home.

Not many agree which came first - EarthFirst!, or The Monkey Wrench Gang written by Edward Abbey – but everyone agrees they both embrace the concepts endorsed by Foreman’s book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, in which he lays out the plans for the Wildlands Project.

During the early ’70s Foreman worked for the Wilderness Society as their Southwest Regional Representative in New Mexico. From there he moved up to become Director of Wilderness Affairs in Washington, D.C.

According to an individual who had worked closely with him during his New Mexico days, it was during his trek to lobby at the national capitol that Foreman became disillusioned with the “system.”

Returning to Arizona and New Mexico, Foreman was a changed man. No longer satisfied to count species along the Gila River, apparently he decided more radical measures had to be taken to ensure wilderness became the focus of public and congressional activities. It was also during this time he founded EarthFirst!

With this group he found a voice to vent his frustration with the system. Whether it was at clandestine meetings, or as editor of the EarthFirst! Journal, Foreman also found a following for his radical views of mankind and the perceived destruction humanity brings upon the Earth.

After being arrested on charges of plotting to sabotage several nuclear facilities by downing power lines serving the plants, Foreman spun away from EarthFirst! in the late ’80s to become co-founder and chairman of the Wildlands Project by 1991.

Less controversial than EarthFirst! this organization provided the vehicle he needed to gain mainstream support for enlarging wilderness areas. It also provided a more open public platform than the EarthFirster’s clandestine forest rendezvous.

In addition, it gave Foreman a podium, via academia, by which to propel the Wildlands Project’s Master Plan into the arena of public opinion. Often compared to a zealous “hellfire and brimstone” preacher, Foreman is most known for his claims that humanity is a scourge on the planet.

Based upon Paul Ehrlich’s past prediction that the earth would no longer be able to sustain its population by 1990, and refueled with current predictions by the World Wildlife Fund that the human race will plunder “the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life” by 2050, Foreman has this to say:

“Right now, we are in the middle of the sixth great extinction episode in earth’s history, and we can’t blame this one on an asteroid.”

In order to save the world, all human impacts on the planet must be eliminated or at the very least, severely prohibited. Population must be reduced, and immigration into the U.S. severely restricted.

It was the Sierra Club’s refusal to adopt Foreman’s policy on immigration that caused him to leave as a member of the board of directors for the organization in 1997.

By 1999, firmly seated as the guru of wilderness, Foreman joined with others to establish the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.

Joining Foreman were: Todd Schulke, founder and staff member of Southwest Center for Biological Diversity; Dave Parson, wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and program leader for the reintroduction of Mexican wolves into the Southwest; Jim Baca, former mayor of Albuquerque and past national director of the Bureau of Land Management; C. Wesley Leonard, director of the Energy Center at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and chairman of the Management Committee of the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy - UTEP; and Jim Scarantino, Albuquerque attorney, chairman of the Coalition for New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, and NM REP Foundation (Republicans for Environmental Protection).

Just as Charles Manson’s followers believed he held mystical power, as discussed in Vincent Bugliosi’s book, Helter Skelter, so the followers of Dave Foreman believe he receives his revelations from a higher power.

According to one account, Foreman, caught up in the revelry of the moment and filled to overflowing with tequila, threw an empty bottle in the air during a rendezvous with other wilderness proponents in the Chisos Mountains of the Big Bend National Park in 1984.

To everyone’s amazement, as a dozen eyes watched the bottle spin into the heavens, it mysteriously disappeared. No one heard the bottle falling back to earth, or shattering into a thousand pieces.

Foreman still mesmerizes his followers today with his charisma, charm and dogma. Not much has changed over the years, but his constituency is growing within the arenas of academia, congress, and federal and state agencies.

Much could be written about Dave Foreman, more than this newspaper can hold. For those with inquiring minds, I’ve included some related articles that are a must read for those who want to know more about the Wildlands Project and its many faceted leader.

Next week - The Nature Conservancy.

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OBITUARIES

Earl D. “Dean” Harper, 67, a resident of Elephant Butte for 10 years, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences. He was born May 1, 1935, in Fort Sumner, NM, to Claude W. and Verna Harper. He was a 50-year member of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers (formerly Bricklayers Union Local No. 2 of New Mexico). He also was an honorary member of the Elephant Butte Bass Anglers.

Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Janet, of the Elephant Butte home; his two sons, Mike & wife Colleen Harper of Tucson, AZ, and Neal Harper of Elephant Butte; his granddaughter, Maddie Harper of Tucson, AZ; his brother, Sonny Harper and wife Helga of Albuquerque; his sister, Paula Watson and husband Chuck of Sapulpa, OK; his sister-in-law, Joyce Scott of Mobile, AL; and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Judy & Bob Norris of Cheyenne, WY.

Cremation will take place and a memorial celebration service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the Chapel of French Mortuary of T or C with Rev. Charles Stockett officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the New Mexico Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 9, Belen, NM 87002; or to the Baptist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 629, Portales, NM 88130. Private interment will be held at a later date at the Ft. Sumner Cemetery in Ft. Sumner, NM. Arrangements are by French Mortuary of T or C Inc.; 505-894-2574.

Aurelio Montoya Sedillo, 85, of Silver City, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002, at the Silver City Care Center. He was born May 1, 1917, in Monticello, Sierra County, NM, to Remigio and Maggie (Montoya) Sedillo. He grew up in Monticello and attended Monticello schools all the way through graduation. He also went to college before going to work with Kennecott Mines as a heavy equipment operator. He retired after 38 years of service. He then returned to Monticello where he owned and operated his own ranch. He enjoyed spending time with his family and horses on the ranch. When his health began to fail he moved back to Bayard to be near his daughter, Carolyn.

Survivors include his children, Gilbert Sedillo and wife Rose of Redondo Beach, CA, Billy Sedillo and wife Cindy of Las Cruces, and Carolyn Sedillo of Bayard; two brothers, Gavino Sedillo and wife Antonia of Monticello and Fidel Sedillo and wife Esther of Truth or Consequences; seven grandchildren, Michelle Vidal, Sean Sedillo and wife Julie, all three of California, Erin Sedillo of Albuquerque, Emory Sedillo and Randi Lee Sedillo, both of Las Cruces, and Adrian Sedillo and Ruben Sedillo, both of Bayard; two great-grandchildren, Michael and Gabriela Vidal of California; and his helpful friend and companion, his dog Zelda, along with numerous other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Charlie, Dennis, Merced and Don Sdedillo; and three sisters, Mary Gonzales, Margaret Gallegos and Sadie Padillo.

Visitation and rosary were held Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Hurley with Father Dan Porter officiating. Funeral mass was celebrated Monday, Dec. 2, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Truth or Consequences with Father Sean Garrity officiating. Interment was in Vista Memory Gardens Cemetery in T or C. Arrangements were by Bright Funeral Home in Silver City.

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Warriors down HSHS Tigers

in tight match for final action

 DJ photos by Bill Johnson  

State semi-final game ends

with Warriors, 59, Tigers, 45  

…Warriors silence Tigers’ roar

The Hot Springs High School Tigers Varsity Football Team fought gallantly but lost its chances to play in the state championship, losing on home turf last Saturday afternoon to the power house Ruidoso Warriors. Size and sneaky play by play maneuvering defines the Warriors’ win over the Tigers,59 to 45, but the Tigers had a few tricks of their own to move the pigskin down field. Starting at top with first photo and moving down, Tiger Greer Goetz (44) carries the ball (as he did 14 times throughout the game for a total gain of 71 yards) across defensive lines to meet a Warrior head on. In the next scenario, Tiger Chad Spitzer (81) completes a pass to get tackled by Warrior Steven Stroup (80). In the inset (small photo) Spitzer connects on a pass to carry the ball for a touchdown. In addition to his score, Spitzer caught three passes totaling 42 yards during the game. Moving down, Warrior hotshot quarterback Josh Adams (24) fakes a pass and sneaks around the Tiger defense. Below, players begin to stack up in a tight defensive maneuver. Next, Tiger Michael Sanchez (33) carries the ball and is tackled by a Warrior (on the ground) and also charged by Warrior Jess Shendo (also 33). In the next frame down, an undisclosed Tiger plows his way through the defensive line, keeping three Warriors on their toes. Finally, at bottom, Tiger Roman Sanchez (24) connects on a bomb and scores for a touchdown with three Warriors in pursuit in the last quarter of the game. Sanchez gained 34 yards rushing in eight carries, caught three passes for 83 yards and made three returns for 94 yards; for a total offensive gain of 211 yards, besides scoring 8 points during the game.