How three big city newspaper print editions covered the 11/9/2013 football game UPS (Tacoma, Wash.) at Linfield (McMinnville, Ore.)

Oregonian, Portland, Ore. –
Linfield 79, Puget Sound 3 

Statesman JournaL

Salem, Ore. –

Linfield dominates Puget Sound 79-3

The Linfield Wildcats scored on their first seven possessions and had no trouble in defeating Puget Sound 79-3 at Maxwell Field in McMinnville.

Linfield clinched at least a share of the Northwest Conference title. A victory Saturday at Pacific would give the Wildcats (8-0, 5-0 NWC) the outright league crown and the NWC’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Freshman Spencer Payne compiled 212 all-purpose yards, and starting quarterback Josh Yoder threw for 134 yards while playing only the first two quarters as Linfield led 58-3 at halftime.

The Wildcats scored less than a minute into the game on a short rushing TD by Yoder. Brian Balsiger, Yoder and Josh Hill found the end zone in the opening 15 minutes and Linfield led 28-3 after one.

The pinball scoring continued in period two. Evan Peterson and Payne each scored, and Matt Yarbrough scored twice in a row to go with an Alex Hoff safety and the Wildcats had a 55-point cushion at the break.

Payne scored again in the third, and Jordy Romick and Trevor Gomez added fourth-quarter TDs to close the scoring.

Yarbrough led Linfield’s ground game with 89 yards. Peterson paced the Wildcat receivers with 92 yards.

Linfield’s defense held Puget Sound to minus-five yards rushing. The Wildcats outgained UPS 465-116.

News Tribune
Tacoma, Wash.  –

At No. 2 Linfield 79, Puget Sound 3: 

The Wildcats (8-0, 5-0 NWC) clinched a share of their fifth consecutive conference title, riding the Loggers’ early turnovers to a big first-quarter lead at Maxwell Field in McMinnville, Ore.

Linfield won its 31st consecutive NWC game, and handed the Loggers their 18th league loss in a row.

A fumble by Kupono Park on the Loggers’ first play set up the Wildcats for Josh Yoder’s 4-yard quarterback keeper after 38 seconds.

Backup UPS quarterback Max McGuinn fumbled on the next series, leading to Yoder’s TD pass to Brian Balsiger to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead with 12:08 to play of the first quarter.

“It really set us … in a bind,” UPS coach Jeff Thomas said.

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The Oregonian's coverage – score of the game, that’s its entire coverage -- appears in agate on Scoreboard page C9. Statesman Journal's story is on the front of its sport section, B1, with box score on B2. Story in the News Tribune is on page C9.