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Tri-County Raiders 6
(Interstate Football League) @ Madison County
Pirates 31 (Midwest Football League)
The battle for the Jolly
Roger started between two pirate teams, the
pirates and the raiders. In a field of a 100
yards surrounded by swamps only half mile
upstream of the falls of Pendleton, a battle
took place amongst the brotheren of the sea. For
the glory, the colors, the defeat, the agony of
history born on those colors forever.
The first kick was recorded
at 7:30pm the outcome, The Raiders at the end of
night found themselves quickly sinking as the
Pirates Cannon steadily and repeatedly firing
shots. The Raiders elected to kickoff which
resulted in a long drive by the Pirates who
where unable to punch it in. A costly turnover
deep in Raiders territory proved costly as the
Pirates quickly coveted their mistake into a
Field Goal by #7 Joshua Hoover. The Raider
again turned over the ball resulting in another
Pirates score as Qb #17 Clay Tolliver threw a 40
yard pass to #23 Josh Ralston. Another 3 and out
by the Raiders gave way to a missed Field Goal
by Hoover. The Raiders found some life assisted
by a costly Pirate penalty but ended up punting
to #5 Devon Simmons who returned the ball 55
yards for a TD. The Raiders determined to get a
score in before the half threw their way to 2
yard line only to once again give up the ball
ending the Half.
The second half the Pirates
produced more cannon shots (touchdowns) with a
65 yard run by #8 Rodney Woodall and an 8 yard
run by #15 Deshaun Holder. The Raiders did find
their chance to make some noise by scoring late
in the 4th quarter, but the damage had already
been done. The o-line never gave up a sack while
the defense netted 3 sacks, 4 TFL, 4 Pass
Breakups, and 5 turnovers including a pair of
INTs by #13 Derek Harmond and #33 Jeff
Adams. By the time the smoke cleared the
victors had vanished with the Jolly Roger and
the score board read 31 to 6. The pirates keep
the Jolly Roger until the next time the Pirates
meet another Brothern of the Sea.
John Jackson, General
Manager
Madison Co. Pirates
Semi-Pro Football Team
www.mcpirates.com
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