Ryan Backus

"... stole the ball and passed to Jordan Hoyt for a layup. The Cougars forced ll turnovers ln the quarter and two more steals resulted ln baskets by Sawyer and Ryan Backus (soven rebounds). “We didn't handle wel) ln Ute second half," Leavitt conch Christian Gurney sald. "Certainly unlike Ute first half, but we played very against a good team. Jhn has ..."

"... "We wanted to make some adjustments defensively and make sure we were ready to take on their inside run game. We weren't really ready in the first half.” Quarterback Ryan Backus led the Cougars with 75 yards on 19 carries while Rowe added 62 on 16 candes. It was a Backus scamper that opened the game hi a big way for the Cougars. Just four plays later. Backus hit Ben Altmaier on a pass play to the right corner. Lawrence answered with an drive totaled 68 yards. Quarterback Ben Violetto plunged in from the 2 to tie it. ..."

"... then blasted gilbert's payoff pitch over the fence in Mt. Blue answered in the bottom of tho third when ripped a double over the cen- head to drive in Ryan Backus. The Indians took tho lead for good ln the fifth with an unearned run, then broke it open ln the sixth with three runs, two of them coming home on ..."

"... the Cougars to a 13-7 finish and the Eastern A semifinals last season. They lost just two seniors from that squad, starting forwards Joe Gilbert and Justin Junior forwards Ryan Backus and Sean Simpson and sophomore forward Adam are expected to fill the void. The local "players to watch" named were: Therriault, Ciriello and Philbrook (Edward Doug Nash and Kolin Gauthier ..."