Aug. 29—FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For nearly the whole of the first half on Saturday, everything was going so well for the Eastern Washington football team. Nate Bell was well on his way to his first 300-yard passing game. Jaylon Jenkins had already done something just four players had done a year before when he picked off a Ty Pennington pass. Soren McKee had set a new career-long by hitting a ...

Arizona football’s season-opening opponent is going to have a leg up on it, as NAU opened its season with a 34-27 comeback win over Eastern Washington on Saturday afternoon. The Lumberjacks were trailing 24-3 at one point before their comeback started. The NAU defense struggled mightily in the first half allowing Eastern Washington to score […]

Ty Pennington hit Nassim Isaac with a short touchdown pass on a fourth-and-goal play in the fourth quarter and the Northern Arizona defense held on downs inside its own 10-yard line to preserve a 34-27 victory in a season and Big Sky opener on Saturday night. The Lumberjacks, ranked 25th in the FCS, won after briefly trailing by 21 points in the second quarter. Following an interception, the Lumberjacks drove 33 yards capped by Quran Gossett’s 2-yard touchdown run to make it 24-17 at halftime.