Kevin Penass doesn’t care which quarterback throws him the ball.

“I don’t have a favorite,” said Penass, a wide receiver on Haskell Indian Nations University’s football team. “They’re both good.”

Penass, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound sophomore, caught three passes from Victor Ramos – one a 10-yard touchdown toss – and two from Marlon Dick in Saturday’s HINU spring football finale at Haskell Stadium.

Penass was the offensive standout with five catches for 86 yards and the TD.

“He’s had a good spring,” HINU coach Eric Brock said of Penass, a native of Keshena, Wis., “and Hunter Smith was impressive, too.”

Smith, also a sophomore, caught four passes for 66 yards, including a 25-yard TD reception from Kaleb Harris on a gadget play. Harris is the Fightin’ Indians’ incumbent quarterback, but he has been switched to wide receiver and threw the TD pass off a reverse.

Brock felt he could shift Harris to flanker because of the emergence of Dick and Ramos, a pair of red-shirt freshmen.

Haskell Indian Nations University football coach Eric Brock talks to his squad after its spring game. The Fightin' Indians played despite the rainy, muddy conditions at Haskell Stadium.

During the 53-play controlled scrimmage in drizzly conditions on a muddy field, Dick completed eight of 12 passes for 99 yards while Ramos was good on four of seven throws for 58 yards.

Dick, a 6-foot-3, 225-pounder from Burns, Ore., will go into the fall as the No. 1 quarterback, thanks in large part to Ramos missing a week of spring work after twisting an ankle in a pick-up basketball game.

“I’d say as good as he was today,” Brock said of Dick, “that it’s his job to take away.”

For his part, Dick is anxious to suit up in a real game again. Ineligible as a senior in high school and again last fall, Dick hasn’t suited up in the fall since 2003.

“I can’t wait for two-a-days,” Dick said. “I just want to go out there and put up points and win.”

Still, he’ll be pushed by Ramos, a 5-10, 185-pounder from Phoenix.

Of the two quarterbacks, Penass said: “Marlon has a strong arm and makes good reads. He gets it there. And Ramos is pretty close.”

Although it’s clear the Indians’ strength is the passing game, the longest play of Saturday’s scrimmage was a 31-yard run by tailback Roeland Cheresposy, who also had an 18-yard gallop.

Although listed as the No. 2 tailback behind Bubba Wills, Cheresposy was the day’s leading rusher with 66 yards on 17 carries.

“He ran hard and held onto the ball,” Brock said of the 5-10, 175-pound sophomore. “I wish he was a little bigger and a little faster.”

Wills, a 6-0, 200-pound red-shirt freshman, carried six times for 17 yards and caught a 19-yard screen pass from Dick.

Haskell’s defense recorded four sacks, but made only one big play – an interception by cornerback Micah Swimmer of a pass thrown by third-string quarterback William Lavine.

HINU’s scheduled opener is Sept. 2 at home against Principia.