Breaking Sports: EOU storms past Northern

Northern's Kyle Johnston makes a diving touchdown catch in Saturday's Frontier Conference game between the Lights and Eastern Oregon at Blue Pony Stadium.

It wasn't the homecoming the 23rd-ranked Montana State University-Northern Lights were hoping for. Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium, the 12th-ranked Eastern Oregon Mountaineers steamrolled to a 48-29 Frontier Conference win over Northern. And with the win, the Mounties (3-0) are now in sole possession of first place in the conference standings.

EOU scored tochdowns on its first six drives of the game, which led to a 42-21 lead head...