A complete team effort by A Team Gold as they travel to Cuyahoga Falls and leave town with a 12-6 victory over a pesky Black Tigers team.
Falls deferred the opening kickoff but A Team Gold was unable to mount a solid drive on its first possession. The Black Tigers took over and quickly drove into Tallmadge territory, but on 4th and 11 from the Tallmadge 26, Kane picks off the Falls pass:
The big run is brought back by a penalty, but soon, Mike B. finds daylight with this run to the 43 yard line:
Unfortunately, celebration turned to disappointment quickly as A Team Gold coughs up the ball on the next play for the first of their four turnovers, and the first quarter came to a close with no score on the board.
As the second quarter gets underway, Falls once again drives deep into Tallmadge territory. However, the Devils' defense held tough as the Black Tigers are unable to capitalize on a first and goal from the Tallmadge 3 yard line. Bobby C adds insult to injury as he sacks the Falls QB all the way back to the 17 yard line:
On the next possession, A Team Gold is able to gain positive yardage into Falls territory, aided by this 53 yard run by Kane from deep in Tallmadge territory:
Three plays later, Mike B pushes hard for another Tallmadge first down:
But again, misfortune looks down upon the Blue Devils as the ball is again fumbled and the Black Tigers take over.
On their next drive, the Black Tigers' QB finds Bobby C deep in his pocket on this sack!:
The clock ticks down on A Team Gold as they put together an impressive drive with Kane running hard for first downs, the second aided by a Nick C block:
But the clock runs out on A Team Gold as the horn blows on the Falls' 12 yard line, with a scoreless game going into the break.
As the third quarter get underway, the Devils' defense bends but holds, and then Bobby C blocks and recovers the Black Tigers' punt:
Finally, with just over three minutes left in the third quarter, Kane runs his sweep to perfection as he scores from the Falls 27 yard line:
The conversion fails, but A Team Gold has broken the deadlock to take a 6-0 lead.
As the Black Tigers take possession, they are greeted by the energized Tallmadge defense. Matt G makes a monster tackle on the running QB:
and Colten S. intercepts this bad Falls pass thanks to the QB pressure applied by Jake M.:
But once again, the Devils' drive comes to an abrupt end as the ball is fumbled and recovered by the Black Tigers. The third quarter ends with A Team Gold holding a 6-0 lead over Falls.
In the fourth quarter, Quinten T. gets the ball back for A Team Gold with this interception:
Mike B. runs hard for this first down into Falls territory:
And Kane makes the Black Tigers pay with this 28 yard touchdown run!:
Again, the conversion fails, but the lead is now 12-0 over the Black Tigers.
The lead would get smaller as Falls returns the kickoff for a touchdown and a 12-6 score. But Quinten T. returns the Falls kickoff to the Falls 44 yard line:
and Kane seals the deal on this first down run thanks to a nice lead block by Nick C.:
With 1:03 to go on the clock, and with no timeouts left, Falls can only watch as A Team Gold closes out this contest and a 12-6 victory!
Again, an all-around team effort by all A Team Gold players! Next week, A Team Gold is once again on the road as they travel to Ellet map to take on the Raiders.
My thanks to Mike Gray for videotaping the second half of this game!
