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Huntington Hammer 38, Saginaw Sting 37
Johnstown Generals 41, Canton Cougars 19
Eastern Kentucky Drillers 60, Northern Kentucky River Monsters 33
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Johnstown Generals 41, Canton Cougars 19
Eastern Kentucky Drillers 60, Northern Kentucky River Monsters 33
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Hammer holds on to defeat Saginaw, 38-37
March 13, 2011
The Herald-Dispatch
SAGINAW, Mich. -- The Huntington Hammer's defense came up with two interceptions in the fourth period to preserve a 38-37 win over the Saginaw Sting on Sunday in front of 2,022 fans at the Dow Event Center.
The Hammer's win creates a four-way tie for first place in the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Huntington, Eastern Kentucky, Saginaw and Northern Kentucky are each 2-1.
Saginaw entered the game with the league's No. 1 passing attack behind quarterback Tommy Jones. Saginaw had the ball on the Hammer 1-yard line late and went for a touchdown on fourth down since it didn't have a kicker. Jones went to the air, but Huntington's Wilbert Brison picked off the pass in the end zone.
With 10 minutes left in the fourth period, the Huntington defense picked off a 2-point conversion pass by Jones.
"When it mattered, the defense stepped up," Hammer coach Josh Resignalo said in a telephone interview after the game.
The Hammer didn't sack Jones, but held the Sting to a season-low point total. They average 289 yards passing and 299 in total offense, but managed just 124 yards passing and 142 in total offense. Jones did throw six TD passes to bring his season total to 19.
Hammer quarterback Martevious Young accounted for 208 total yards. He threw for 141 and two scores and ran for 57 on 10 carries and scored twice. Dray Mason added 34 on nine carries and scored once. Huntington had no turnovers.
"We're into the wave of putting it all together," Resignalo said.
Huntington's next game is Friday at home against the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Big Sandy Superstore Arena. The Drillers beat the Hammer, 37-26, on Feb. 25 in Pikeville, Ky.
Eastern Kentucky comes in off a 60-33 win over Northern Kentucky on Saturday at home. It's the third-highest point total in the UIFL this season.
March 13, 2011
The Herald-Dispatch
SAGINAW, Mich. -- The Huntington Hammer's defense came up with two interceptions in the fourth period to preserve a 38-37 win over the Saginaw Sting on Sunday in front of 2,022 fans at the Dow Event Center.
The Hammer's win creates a four-way tie for first place in the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Huntington, Eastern Kentucky, Saginaw and Northern Kentucky are each 2-1.
Saginaw entered the game with the league's No. 1 passing attack behind quarterback Tommy Jones. Saginaw had the ball on the Hammer 1-yard line late and went for a touchdown on fourth down since it didn't have a kicker. Jones went to the air, but Huntington's Wilbert Brison picked off the pass in the end zone.
With 10 minutes left in the fourth period, the Huntington defense picked off a 2-point conversion pass by Jones.
"When it mattered, the defense stepped up," Hammer coach Josh Resignalo said in a telephone interview after the game.
The Hammer didn't sack Jones, but held the Sting to a season-low point total. They average 289 yards passing and 299 in total offense, but managed just 124 yards passing and 142 in total offense. Jones did throw six TD passes to bring his season total to 19.
Hammer quarterback Martevious Young accounted for 208 total yards. He threw for 141 and two scores and ran for 57 on 10 carries and scored twice. Dray Mason added 34 on nine carries and scored once. Huntington had no turnovers.
"We're into the wave of putting it all together," Resignalo said.
Huntington's next game is Friday at home against the Eastern Kentucky Drillers. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Big Sandy Superstore Arena. The Drillers beat the Hammer, 37-26, on Feb. 25 in Pikeville, Ky.
Eastern Kentucky comes in off a 60-33 win over Northern Kentucky on Saturday at home. It's the third-highest point total in the UIFL this season.
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Generals notch 1st victory
Shawn Curtis / The Tribune-Democrat
Mar 12, 2011
JOHNSTOWN — Heading into Saturday night’s game against the Canton Cougars, the Johnstown Generals had allowed an average of 60.5 points per game in its inaugural two games.
The Generals defense made the difference for a different reason at Cambria County War Memorial as it pitched a second-half shutout in a 41-19 victory over Canton.
The Generals (1-2) limited the Cougars (0-3) to just 31 second-half yards and yielded just 86 yards after Canton jumped out to a 13-point lead when Chris Archie nabbed a 10-yard pass from Mark Pullin with 10:12 left in the second.
“The defense stepped it up,” Johnstown coach Quenteen Robinson said. “We worked hard. We got a couple new players in there to improve that situation and it showed. We were able to obtain some film, so we were able to see the things that we were doing wrong.”
Schematically, it was simply a matter of breaking down their previous performance and learning from it.
“Being able to break everything down and have a good game plan heading into Canton – we’re familiar with some of their personnel and what they like to do,” Generals defensive coordinator Josh Lipkin said.
“We made a couple changes in the secondary that helped out quite a bit. But it was a full team effort on defense … Phenomenal effort on defense.”
While it was stifling the guest Cougars, Johnstown overcame that 19-6 deficit and scored the final 35 points of the game, starting in the second quarter when quarterback David Dinkins scrambled in from 2 yards away.
From there, Johnstown grabbed a 20-19 lead as Dinkins found Calvin Stephens for an 8-yard touchdown strike with 4:23 left in the half.
Just 4 minutes later, the Generals expanded on the lead as Antoine Bagwell grabbed a 7-yard pass from Dinkins. Kicker Jason Cherry booted the third of five straight point-after kicks to make it 27-19.
An interception midway through the third by Canton’s Antonio Reynolds halted a Generals drive that started the second half and took the ball to the Cougars’ 7. Canton navigated to the Johnstown 11 before turning the ball over on downs when Pullin’s pass for Archie fell incomplete.
A lengthy Johnstown drive, aided by three Canton penalties, ensued with Jeff Slatcoff’s 14-yard pass to Antoine Bagwell running the lead to 34-19.
Canton’s next drive ended in disaster as Seth Burkholder’s 30-yard field goal try was blocked by Mark Tsinger, giving Johnstown possession at the Cougars’ 15.
Two plays into the drive, Slatcoff connected with Bagwell from 2 yards away to set the final. A 13-yard pass to Calvin Stephens set up the Generals’ final tally and ensured the franchise’s first-ever win.
“It was definitely big to get that (first) win at home,” Robinson said. “The community has been great with its support and that’s something that we wanted to reward them with. It wasn’t so much about us. We knew that people were coming out to support us and we wanted to give them something they could go home with.”
With Slatcoff getting next week’s start as the Generals visit Northern Kentucky, Robinson noted that the game plan involved getting him on the field.
“We had a little game plan coming in saying that sometime during the game they were going to find a spot to get me in and get my feet wet a little bit,” Slatcoff said.
“(Robinson) found a pretty good spot. I just wanted to come in and make plays. Dave (Dinkins) is a heck of a quarterback and I learned a lot from him. I just wanted to pick up where he leaves off.”
After fumbling away the opening snap to Johnstown, Canton’s Pullin made up for it on the Cougars’ next drive with a 26-yard scoring pass to Tim Smith. Burkholder’s point-after kick was blocked, leaving the score at 6-0.
The Generals tied it with 2:38 remaining in the first when Stephen Slatcoff slid across the goal line to grab a 19-yard touchdown from Dinkins, who was 15 of 31 for 144 yards and three touchdowns.
He also tossed four interceptions.
Archie gave the Cougars a 12-6 lead as time expired in the first when he caught a Pullin pass along the dasher boards, cut across the field and dove into the end zone. Archie led all receivers with nine catches for 85 yards.
Shawn Curtis / The Tribune-Democrat
Mar 12, 2011
JOHNSTOWN — Heading into Saturday night’s game against the Canton Cougars, the Johnstown Generals had allowed an average of 60.5 points per game in its inaugural two games.
The Generals defense made the difference for a different reason at Cambria County War Memorial as it pitched a second-half shutout in a 41-19 victory over Canton.
The Generals (1-2) limited the Cougars (0-3) to just 31 second-half yards and yielded just 86 yards after Canton jumped out to a 13-point lead when Chris Archie nabbed a 10-yard pass from Mark Pullin with 10:12 left in the second.
“The defense stepped it up,” Johnstown coach Quenteen Robinson said. “We worked hard. We got a couple new players in there to improve that situation and it showed. We were able to obtain some film, so we were able to see the things that we were doing wrong.”
Schematically, it was simply a matter of breaking down their previous performance and learning from it.
“Being able to break everything down and have a good game plan heading into Canton – we’re familiar with some of their personnel and what they like to do,” Generals defensive coordinator Josh Lipkin said.
“We made a couple changes in the secondary that helped out quite a bit. But it was a full team effort on defense … Phenomenal effort on defense.”
While it was stifling the guest Cougars, Johnstown overcame that 19-6 deficit and scored the final 35 points of the game, starting in the second quarter when quarterback David Dinkins scrambled in from 2 yards away.
From there, Johnstown grabbed a 20-19 lead as Dinkins found Calvin Stephens for an 8-yard touchdown strike with 4:23 left in the half.
Just 4 minutes later, the Generals expanded on the lead as Antoine Bagwell grabbed a 7-yard pass from Dinkins. Kicker Jason Cherry booted the third of five straight point-after kicks to make it 27-19.
An interception midway through the third by Canton’s Antonio Reynolds halted a Generals drive that started the second half and took the ball to the Cougars’ 7. Canton navigated to the Johnstown 11 before turning the ball over on downs when Pullin’s pass for Archie fell incomplete.
A lengthy Johnstown drive, aided by three Canton penalties, ensued with Jeff Slatcoff’s 14-yard pass to Antoine Bagwell running the lead to 34-19.
Canton’s next drive ended in disaster as Seth Burkholder’s 30-yard field goal try was blocked by Mark Tsinger, giving Johnstown possession at the Cougars’ 15.
Two plays into the drive, Slatcoff connected with Bagwell from 2 yards away to set the final. A 13-yard pass to Calvin Stephens set up the Generals’ final tally and ensured the franchise’s first-ever win.
“It was definitely big to get that (first) win at home,” Robinson said. “The community has been great with its support and that’s something that we wanted to reward them with. It wasn’t so much about us. We knew that people were coming out to support us and we wanted to give them something they could go home with.”
With Slatcoff getting next week’s start as the Generals visit Northern Kentucky, Robinson noted that the game plan involved getting him on the field.
“We had a little game plan coming in saying that sometime during the game they were going to find a spot to get me in and get my feet wet a little bit,” Slatcoff said.
“(Robinson) found a pretty good spot. I just wanted to come in and make plays. Dave (Dinkins) is a heck of a quarterback and I learned a lot from him. I just wanted to pick up where he leaves off.”
After fumbling away the opening snap to Johnstown, Canton’s Pullin made up for it on the Cougars’ next drive with a 26-yard scoring pass to Tim Smith. Burkholder’s point-after kick was blocked, leaving the score at 6-0.
The Generals tied it with 2:38 remaining in the first when Stephen Slatcoff slid across the goal line to grab a 19-yard touchdown from Dinkins, who was 15 of 31 for 144 yards and three touchdowns.
He also tossed four interceptions.
Archie gave the Cougars a 12-6 lead as time expired in the first when he caught a Pullin pass along the dasher boards, cut across the field and dove into the end zone. Archie led all receivers with nine catches for 85 yards.
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NKY River Monsters lose 60-33
Mar. 12, 2011
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky River Monsters suffered their first loss of the season 60-33 to Eastern Kentucky Saturday at the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center in Ultimate Indoor Football League action.
The River Monsters (2-1) came into the game leading the UIFL with 62.5 points per game, but were stymied by the league’s second leading scoring defense.
Eastern Kentucky scored 21 unanswered points spanning the end of the second and beginning of the thirdtquarter to give itself a huge cushion that the River Monsters were never able to cut into.
After three straight road games to start the season, Northern Kentucky will host Johnstown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Bank of Kentucky Center. The River Monsters won the matchup two weeks ago, 62-49, at the Cambria War Memorial Arena.
Mar. 12, 2011
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky River Monsters suffered their first loss of the season 60-33 to Eastern Kentucky Saturday at the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center in Ultimate Indoor Football League action.
The River Monsters (2-1) came into the game leading the UIFL with 62.5 points per game, but were stymied by the league’s second leading scoring defense.
Eastern Kentucky scored 21 unanswered points spanning the end of the second and beginning of the thirdtquarter to give itself a huge cushion that the River Monsters were never able to cut into.
After three straight road games to start the season, Northern Kentucky will host Johnstown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Bank of Kentucky Center. The River Monsters won the matchup two weeks ago, 62-49, at the Cambria War Memorial Arena.