Football
Published 5:00 am Tuesday, March 30, 2010
• Local semiprofessional football team falls again: The High Desert Lightning, a semiprofessional football team based in Central Oregon, lost in their second game of the season 19-3 against the Medford Rogue Warriors in Medford. The Lightning’s only score came on a late fourth-quarter field goal of 19 yards by Zach Gist.
The Warriors scored an early first-quarter touchdown and capped first half scoring with a 42-yard field goal for a 10-0 halftime lead. The Lightning defense held the Warriors to 93 rushing yards on 27 carries.
The Lightning play their home opener at Redmond High School on Saturday, April 10, at 6 p.m. against the Oregon Outlaws.
— Bulletin staff report