The #3 moment for Melcher-Dallas/Twin Cedars is given to the Saints. The annual football meeting always draws lots of attention regardless of the team and unbeaten or winless. This fall for the 8th time in nine games the Saints took home the traveling trophy this time on September 5th by a final score of 52-40. The Sabers jumped on top 18-8 but the Saints would respond by scoring the 36 of the next 44 points to take a 44-26 lead into the 4th quarter. However the Sabers would not go quietly scoring 14 points and trimming the lead to 12 by the end of the game. The Saints rolled up 494 total yards. Melcher-Dallas’s Reece Chiabotta had 430 of those yards and seven total touchdowns in the game, passing 17/25 for 327 and rushing for another 103. Gavin Thordarson had a day on defense getting seven tackles, one for loss, a sack and an interception.
