Week 3 Game Summaries

My apologies to all of you who have been waiting patiently for the news this week.  Well, they say better late then never so here it is.  Hopefully, I can remember what really happened.  And I must  apologize again to The Stallions and Mean Streak who played game 4, this weeks article is based solely on stats for them because I wasn't there to see the game. Thanks to Shawn and Rob Horsman who stayed and did the stats for The Stallion/Mean Streak game so that Jennifer and I could go work at a gymnastics meet.  Anyway, here it goes...

Kicking off week 3 was an exciting game between Rip-N-Tear and The Aztecs.   The game was a defensive battle and the final score followed suit. At half time, the teams were tied at 6.  Rip-N-Tear scored the first 6 on a 1-yard run by Paul Harting which followed a drive featuring receiver, Jeremy Thompson.  But, thanks to The Aztecs excellent defense, that was the only score Rip saw.   Aztecs' captain, Jonathan Villarreal coached his defense perfectly against the Rip-N-Tear offensive threat.  Rip Quarterback, Paul Harting was held to only 7 rushing yards.  Harting, known to tear up teams with his rushing ability, was unable to compensate, finding no success in the air either.  Aztecs Rich Machado, Travis Wade and Pat Rodarte had 4 picks between them.  In addition to his pick, Wade stopped Rip-N-Tear's only conversion effort, grabbed two tackles and recovered a fumble.  His turnovers and tackles earned him defensive player of the week.  Aztecs' new addition, Justin Snow, proved to be a great pick up with 4 tackles and 2 sacks in his debut game.  While the Aztecs' defense was on fire, Rip-N-Tear's was equally hot.  Chad Morrison and Paul Harting each caught an interception. Morrison also grabbed 6 tackles and Harting had 2 deflections and a tackle. Chris Birley continued his rapid climb up the sack-leader list with 3 sacks this week.  But The Aztecs' four turnovers gave them the edge they needed to get their offense on the field enough to pull ahead.  Continuing his Elway-like, fourth-quarter strike for the second week in a row, Jonathan Villarreal scored the touchdown that won the game on a 38-yard pass to former Rip-N-Tear QB, Will Franklin.  Franklin was 2 for 63 yards in the game.  Villarreal threw for a total of 106 yards.   The Aztecs' defense kept Rip-N-Tear from answering and gave the ball back to Villarreal who worked the clock brilliantly, running it down to his team's victory.

The Fury met The Panthers for game two.  The Fury was pumped up coming off of a previous week victory but the league defending champs, The Panthers, were hungry for their first.  Panther quarterback, Lee Robertson went to work scoring early on a 46-yard pass to receiver, Nate Nelson.  Robertson also scored in the first half on a 31 yarder to receiver, Rudy Estrada.  The Fury was unable to score in the half being brutalized by The Panther defense.  The Fury's running attempts were pointless against The champs defensive front line.  Fury runningback, Ben Kallas, who saw success on the ground last week, was stuffed this week running 4 times for minus 3 yards.  Panthers' Rudy Estrada and Joe Eckman worked on containing Kallas and Fury QB, Alan Ross while Panthers' David Harris and Nate Nelson stopped the passing game cold. Harris picked off two balls, had a deflection and snagged two tackles while Nelson also picked off a ball.  Nigel Cockayne and Jason Hensley took care of any balls that were caught by Fury receivers, as the pair had 7 tackles between them and they allowed little advancement.  At the half time mark, The Panthers held a 13-0 lead.  After the half, Fury quarterback, Alan Ross used Kallas differently and the two found a little more success in the air.  Kallas caught three passes for 29 yards.  Ross threw for 74 yards in the game.  Panther runningback, Mikel Williams carried the ball 8 times for 63 total yards.  Robertson found tight end, Claude Walker for a 9-yard touchdown in the second half.  Robertson was 5 for 100 yards and 3 touchdowns in the game.  The game ended with a 19-0 shut out victory for The Panthers.  Panther fans were glad to see the return of #56, Big Daddy, Joe Eckman who had moved to The Confederates last week.  Allthough he will be missed in The Feds' camp, he looked comfortable back home.

In game three, The Confederates played The Spartans.  The first half of the game was all Confederate but The Spartans showed more life in the second half.  Confederate quarterback, Shawn Hudson, in his usual style, racked up yards to receivers Josh Jacobs and Emil Lovec.  Jacobs was the deep threat and caught 5 passes for 153 total yards.  He scored touchdowns on 4 of his 5 receptions and earned an obvious offensive-player-of-the-week award.  Lovec made the short game look good with his 5 receptions for 66 yards and a touchdown.  Receiver, Robert Ryan and tight end, Ed Zinda mixed things up, both catching passes.   The Spartans did little offensively against The Fed defense in the first half.  Feds' defensive end, Ed Zinda kept the pressure on Spartan quarterback, Mike Stewart with 4 sacks.  Dan Martin and Emil Lovec each had picks against Stewart in the first half. Lovec also caught an INT in the second half.   After the half, Stewart was able to jump start his offense.  The QB found #22, Brian Bonnenfant open 4 times for 43 yards.  Stewart was 11 of 26 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown.   Receiver, Jared Jones caught the only Spartan touchdown on a 48-yard pass to avoid the shut out.   Stewart also rushed three times in the game for 33 yards.  Spartan captain, Justin Mize led his team's defense with a deflection and an interception against Hudson.   The Feds went home 3 and 0 with a 39-7 win.

The Stallions and Mean Streak capped off week 3 and claimed the second shut out of the day.  This time, The Stallions were the victors and Mean Streak left with nothing.  Mean Streak, who has been plagued with roster changes since the beginning of the season, introduced the third quarterback for their team.  Marques Kirn took on the roll and was 5 of 15 for 46 yards.  Receiver, Rainbo Tims was the recipient of 39 yards.  The Stallions' defense was strong, deflecting 6 of Kirn's passes.  Stallion, Eric Stevenson caused two turnovers, one with an INT and the other a recovered fumble.  Stevenson also nabbed two tackles.  Eric Videau caused another turnover for The Stallions with an INT reception.  Stallion quarterback, Rudy Hill completed 63% of his passes, going 7 of 11 for 147 yards and 3 TDs.  Receiver, Tim Williams was 2 for 67 yards and caught one of Hill's touchdown passes while team captain and receiver, Ladonte Harper caught a touchdown and was 2 for 30 yards.  Two-time, all-star receiver, Larry Harper caught the other Stallion touchdown on his only reception in the game for 29 yards.  Stallion runningback, Jason Jones rushed 6 times for 45 yards and edged his way closer to the #1 rushing spot.  Defensively their was little Mean Streak could do to stop The Stallions but Jose Iza and Bill Gaiglier did their best to try.  Iza had 3 tackles and 3 sacks and Gaiglier had 4 tackles and 1 sack.   The Stallions went 2 and 0 with a 28 - 0 shut out against the winless Mean Streak.

Week 4 Game Summaries

The Stallions opened up week 4 with what was the first of 3 consecutive shut outs. The Spartans were the first victims to fall scoreless. The Stallions came into the game with a 2-0 record, one of 3 currently undefeated teams. While, The Spartans were desperately trying to get another win after losing two in a row since their opening day win. The Stallions scored early in the game on a 39 yard run by runningback, Jason Jones. Jones, who now leads the league in rushing yards, carried the ball 5 times for 75 yards in the game. Another early Stallions' score came when quarterback, Rudy Hill, found receiver, Brian Peterson, on a 13 yard touchdown pass. Hill scored again in the opening half, this time running it in from 15 yards back. Hill completed 6 passes for 126 yards and 2 TDS in the game. The Stallions' defense kept major pressure on the Spartan offense and disabled their ability to answer any of the 3 opening half scores. Stallion cornerback's, Ladonte Harper and Eric Stevenson each grabbed 5 tackles in the game. Stevenson also had a deflection. Tim Williams and Eric Videau both picked off Spartan quarterback, Mike Stewart. Stewart was under pressure all day and held to very low numbers completing 9 of 22 passes for 102 yards. Stallions', Quincy French and Robert Budd each sacked the pressured QB 2 times and another sack came from Eric Stangeland. After the half with a 20-0 deficit to overcome, The Spartans were able to slow The Stallion offense down a little, but they were unable to fire up their own. Spartan receivers, Eric and Jared Jones both caught 4 passes. Jared had 46 total yards while Eric had 44. Spartan, Mike Grashusis, had the most defining defensive moment for his team when he recovered a fumble and gave his team back possession. Stallions' receiver, Larry Harper, caught the games final touchdown boosting his teams score to 26 points on a 44 yard TD reception. The Stallions went home still undefeated and with a 26-0 shut out win.

The Feds met The Gladiators in game 2 for the day's second shut-out. The victims were The Gladiators this time but the winless team gave the undefeated Fed's a war. The game started off a battle of defenses. Both teams kept major pressure on the quarterbacks all day. Confederate, Ed Zinda won defensive player of the week with 3 sacks, 3 deflections and 4 tackles. Zinda's contribution in stopping the Gladiators from scoring was outstanding but help also came from Rob Horsman and Chuck Tonzi who both turned possession back to the Feds with an INT each. The Gladiators defense was led by Jason Silverhart who posted 4 tackles and 3 sacks in the game. Jack Gonzales had 2 sacks on the Fed's quarterback and Jeff Day caused the only turnover to his teams benefit with an INT. Day also had 4 tackles and a deflection. The Feds defense won the struggle giving possession to their team's offense enough to make the difference. Fed's offense started out looking flat and went into halftime with a 9-0 lead. The nine points came on a touchdown pass from Quarterback, Shawn Hudson to receiver, Robert Ryan. Ryan had 6 catches in the game for 60 yards and 2 touchdowns. League leading receiver, Emil Lovec came alive in the second half after having a case of the drops in the first. Lovec finished the game with 8 receptions for 117 yards and a TD. The Gladiator offense was unable to get anything done through the air but quarterback, Jeff Day found some success on the ground. Day rushed for a total of 89 yards which doubled his passing efforts in the game. But no Gladiator found the endzone and despite the slow start Fed's quarterback, Shawn Hudson finished the game completing 21 of 31 passes for 265 yards and 3 touchdowns. The final score was Feds 21, Gladiators 0.

Game three was the third consecutive shut-out, this time matching Rip-N-Tear up against The Fury. Rip-N-Tear scored 34 points in the game mixing it up in the air and on the ground. Quarterback, Paul Harting completed 13 of 25 passes for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns. Harting also rushed in a touchdown. Runningback, Jason Plaut also scored a rushing touchdown and ran for an awesome 99 yards. Harting's receivers all got in on the action in the game but Gary Noah led the field with 3 receptions for 56 yards and 2 TDS. Jeremy Thompson also scored and was 3 for 30 yards in the game. The Fury's defense was led by cornerback T. J. McPherson. McPherson had 9 tackles in the game and an INT. But McPherson's efforts were not enough to stop Rip's offense from capitalizing. Rip-N-Tear's defense was as brutal as their offense causing 4 INTS in the game, 1 each for James Striplan, Adam Hurley, Chad Morrison, and Jeremy Branham. Although Fury quarterback, Alan Ross, was able to complete 50% of his passes for 86 yards, the 4 turnovers Rip caused killed The Furys hopes of scoring. The final score was Rip-N-Tear 34, Fury 0.

For awhile it looked like game 4 would be another shut-out. The Aztecs faced Mean Streak for the day's final match. The undefeated Aztecs looked sharp scoring early on an 18 yard pass from quarterback, Jonathan Villarreal to receiver, Will Franklin. Franklin caught 6 passes in the game for 68 total yards. The Aztecs were unstoppable offensively. Villarreal had a great game completing 14 of 20 passes for 247 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Aztecs diverse offense found success on the ground too with Travis Wade rushing 8 times for 79 yards and a TD. Franklin also had a 21 yard run. Mean Streak's offense was killed by turnovers. Using the efforts of 3 different quarterbacks didn't help the struggling team. Quarterback, Bill Gaiglier was able to get off a 65 yard touchdown to Martin Ellis. Runningback, Luke Chavez gave his team 6 more points with a 43 yard run but the two scores were all The Streak saw, losing promising drives to 4 picks. Will Franklin, Pat Rodarte and Jerome Christian were the proud recipients of the Interceptions. Franklin and Rodarte each got one while Christian came up with two. Rainbo Tims was Mean Streak's shining defensive star with 4 tackles, 2 deflections an INT and a fumble recovery. But Tims alone couldn't stop the Aztecs. Pat Rodarte won offensive player of the week for his performance. Rodarte scored 3 Aztec touchdowns with 6 receptions for 119 yards. The Aztecs went home still undefeated with a 35-12 victory against the winless Mean Streak.

Sorry no news for week 5

Week 6 Game Summaries 

Week sixes' theme was opposite of week fives.  In week 5, all of the games were pretty one sided but in week 6 they all could of went either way.  The Aztecs and The Gladiators kicked off the week.  Although the final score indicated a different story, The Gladiators saw a glimpse of  a possible first victory.  The Aztecs scored first in the game on a 65 yard pass from Jonathan Villarreal to Rich Machado.   Villarreal only threw the ball 6 times in the game but completed 4 of those passes for 161 yards.  Of the four passes he completed, three were touchdowns.  The other two passing touchdowns went to offensive player of the week, Travis Wade.  Wade caught 2 balls for 69 yards.  Wade, was an equal force on the ground in his runningback role.  He rushed  the ball 11 times for 151 yards and a TD.  The Aztecs put 21 points on the board before The Gladiators scored any.  But nearing the end of the game The Gladiators scored two touchdowns quickly.  Gladiator quarterback, Jeff Day was not affective in his usual role of quarterback.  The Aztecs defense headed by Jake Wilson, held Day to only 2 completions for 46 yards.  Wilson had 2 tackles and two interceptions in the game, one which he returned for a touchdown.  Despite Days' efforts throwing the ball, he was the guy who brought his team back into the game.  Day scored, receiving a 48 yard touchdown pass and he also scored rushing back a kick off late in the game.  The touchdown from the kick return brought The Gladiators into the game with only a 14-21 deficit to overcome.  With two minutes left, and down by only 7 points, The Gladiators had the ball again .  The pressure must have been to much because the two minute drive was all Aztec.  Both of The Gladiators attempts to score in the final two minutes were ended in turnovers that resulted in two more Aztec scores.  The final score was 35-21 Aztecs.

The Confederates found out how fast a team can drop from first to fourth in this league in game two against Rip-N-Tear. As he has done so many times before, Rip-N-Tear quarterback, Paul Harting, tormented the Feds with his rushing abilities.  Harting scored early on a 42 yard run and gave Rip-N-Tear the early lead.  The Confederates answered the call with quarterback, Shawn Hudson finding receiver Josh Jacobs open on a 66 yard touchdown pass.  Rip-N-Tear was able to convert an extra point attempt and The Feds attempt to convert was stopped short.  That point was the deciding factor in the match.  Rip, receiver, Jeff Cloutier scored again in the first half on a 21 yard pass from Harting and brought his teams' score up to 13.  But the Feds went into the half only down by a point as they scored again too, this time Hudson found receiver Emil Lovec.  In the second half Rip-N-Tear scored first with Paul Harting finding Gary Noah on a 20 yard touchdown pass.  Rip, held a 7 point lead until late in the game when after a sustaining drive The Feds scored on a Hudson 1 yard run.  With the score 18-19 in Rip's favor, The Feds decided to go for a two point conversion looking for a win rather than a tie.  The conversion attempt was unsuccessful.  The defenses for both teams were major factors in the game.  Both quarterbacks lost several downs to sacks.  Hudson was sacked 9 times in the game.  Chris Birley had 3 sacks along with Jeremy Litka and Jeremy Branham each posting 2.  Jeff Froschauer and James Striplan each also had a sack.  Harting was sacked 6 times in the game.  Chuck Tonzi and Dan Martin each sacked the QB twice while Eric Peterson and Kyle Woslum each got one.  The final score in the game was 19-18 Rip-N-Tear.

Game three was equally exciting with a final score of 14-12.  Once again missed conversion efforts led to the demise of a team.  The Panthers faced The Stallions in this one.  The Panthers held the lead throughout most of the game but in a very un-Panther like fashion they missed the conversions on both of their scores.  Panther quarterback, Lee Robertson, completed 11 of 20 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown to David Harris.  Panther runningback, Mikel Williams scored the only other Panther score.  Williams rushed for a total of 59 yards in the game.   Both Stallion scores came on the ground with runningback Jason Jones rushing 5 times for 33 yards and the team's first touchdown.  The Panthers held tightly to their 12-7 lead for most of the game.  Stallion quarterback Rudy Hill during his teams final drive took a gutsy move and on fourth down and 5 took off running.  Hill picked up more than just a first down as he ran 45 yards for the touchdown.  The Stallions converted again and for the first time had the lead with a 14-12 score only leaving The Panthers 29 seconds in the game to get the lead back.  On the kick off, the absence of Panther kick returner Nate Nelson who is known to run kick-offs back for touchdowns was felt.  The Stallions defense was able to stop The Panthers from scoring and their two successful point conversions gave them the victory.

In game four The Fury took on Mean Streak in another close one.  The Fury put the first points on the board when Alan Ross, who returned to his quarterback roll completed a 2 yard touchdown pass to William Schwinn.  Schwinn, who tried his hand at QB last week showed why he should stay a receiver as he had 4 catches in the game for 89 yards and 2 TDS. Ross, completed 11 passes for 153 yards and 2 TDS.  At half time the score was 6 - 0 Fury, but Mean Streak Quarterback, Bill Gaiglier found Rainbo Tims open for a 26 yard touchdown and brought the score to a 6-6 tie.  Both team's defenses were playing tight but turnovers gave The Fury the edge.  William Schwinn again made his mark on the field defensively picking off two balls and returning one of them for his third score in the game.  Schwinn made defensive player of the week for his two picks and 4 tackles.  Fury, Alex Buckingham also caused a turnover when he recovered a Mean Streak fumble.  The score remained tied at 6 until late in the second half when Schwinn's touchdown from interception brought the Fury up by one score.   Despite the defensive efforts of Sage and Rainbo Tims along with Bill Gaiglier, Mean Streak was unable to get anything going offensively.  Rainbo had 3 tackles and an interception , Sage had 2 tackles and 2 deflections and Gaiglier had 7 tackles.  The Fury pair of Ross and Schwinn scored their final touchdown and left with an 18-6 victory.

Sorry no news for week 7

Week 8 Game Summaries

Not a broken ankle, rain, slush, ice or snow could keep him down for long; in week 8, Mikel Williams broke out another big one and bolted his way to 1st place rushing again and brought his team back into a game they were trailing 6-0 at half time.  The league defending-champions Panthers met The Gladiators to kick off the weeks action.  The Gladiators, who have yet to see a win this season, saw a glimpse of possible victory with the game in their favor and a defensive attack that stopped the champs' offense for much of the game. Gladiator quarterback, Jeff Day scored the games first touchdown on the ground after an impressive drive down field through the air.  Day was 13 of 19 passes for 96 yards.  The Panthers' offense was off to a slow start with quarterback, Lee Robertson not taking heed of the weather conditions.  Robertson completed only 5 passes in the game for a rare 33 yards.  The Gladiator defense was able to stop a passing attack and force The Panthers to run the football.  Shawn West, Pat Ebersole and Jeff Day were all successful in stopping The Panther offense early in the game.  Ebersole led the pack with 4 tackles and a deflection while West had 3 tackles and Day grabbed 2 and a pick.  But with two-time, league-leader in rushing, Mikel Williams lurking in the back field, forcing The Panthers to run backfired.   Despite the field of snow, Williams looked as smooth as ever weaving his way through the obstacles brilliantly to score his teams first touchdown early in the second half on a 53 yard run.  Following the score, The Panther defense came to life and stopped the Gladiators from capitalizing.  Joe Eckman, who was runner up to team mate Nigel Cockayne for defensive player of the week, wreaked havoc on Day with 3 sacks and 2 tackles.  Rick MacQuarie, also in the running for player of the week, equalled Eckman's pressure with 3 sacks of his own, a tackle and a deflection.  Cockayne won the honor for his 7 tackles, 2 deflections and a turnover.   The Panther defense had 10 total sacks between them. Williams continued his success for the offense with another score, this time from 30 yards out.  He ran 10 times in the game for an awesome 132 yards.  Lee Robertson scored the final Panther touchdown rushing it in from 3 yards back.  The Panthers jumped up to 4 and 3 with a 21-6 victory.   Due to extreme weather conditions, we were denied a repeat of Neal Braunel's Chip-N-Dalesque performance after an outstanding touchdown a few weeks back.  Maybe next time.

Game two brought the 5 and 1 Stallions and the 5 and 1 Rip-N-Tear together for a much anticipated match up. As expected, the game was exciting the lead shifting back and forth throughout. Stallion quarterback, Rudy Hill scored the first touchdown doing what we normally see from Rip's QB, Paul Harting. Hill ran 81 yards for the first score of the game. Harting quickly countered the attack with an assault through the air ending in a touchdown run of his own from one yard back. Both teams failed to score their conversion attempts and the game went to half time tied 6-6. Rip-N-Tear's defense accumulated 4 sacks, Jeremy Branham with two and Jeremy Litka and Chris Birley with one each. Despite Hill's earlier 81 yard run, Rip's defense held the Stallions' normally successful running attack to only 49 more yards. But The Stallions' defense was just as forceful in stopping Rip's equally powerful running game. Though Robert Budd had the only sack, The Stallions accrued 24 tackles. LaDonte Harper, Eric Stevenson and Tim Williams each grabbed 5. Williams and Stevenson also had a deflection each. The touchdown that broke the 6-6 tie came from a Paul Harting to Gary Noah pass. Noah caught 6 passes for 74 yards while Harting was 18 of 27 for 226 yards. Rip-N-Tear runningback, Jason Plaut had an excellent receiving game catching 5 passes for 103 yards. The Rip-N-Tear offense posted great numbers but, as we have seen several times this season between closely matched teams, a second failed conversion attempt led to their demise. The Stallions quickly answered Rip-N-Tear's score with Rudy Hill finding Tim Williams open for an eleven-yard TD. Hill was 6 of 13 for 105 yards in the game. Most of those yards went to tight end, Robert Budd who had a total of 89. The Stallions avoided a tie and took the win after completing the games only conversion point. The final score was Stallions 13, Rip-N-Tear 12.

One conversion point and identical records were common factors between games two and three in week eight. In game three, The 5 and 1 Aztecs met the 5 and 1 Confederates. This match mimicked its predecessor with back and fourth action. The Aztecs found the endzone first with injured QB, Jonathan Villarreal completing a pass to receiver, Will Franklin. The Confederates answered the score instantly with a Shawn Hudson to Josh Jacobs touchdown pass. Both teams converted following the two drives and a 7-7 score was born. The Confederates marked the scoreboard again in the opening half on a Hudson to Emil Lovec pass. The Aztecs went into halftime down by six but quickly brought the score back to a tie following the break. Villarreal found the current league-leading tight end, Rich Machado open for a score. Machado racked up 71 total yards in the game. With the score tied at 13, it wasn't long before the Feds broke the tie. Hudson, Lovec and Jacobs marched the ball down the field again and set up a 2-yard score by Alex Victor. Jacobs led the receiving pair with 108 yards while Lovec racked up 97 of his own. But the Aztecs weren't done yet. Villarreal looked to receiver Pat Rodarte to score the team's third touchdown and this time The Aztecs claimed the lead following a successful conversion. With the score 20-19 Aztecs, The Feds were quick to take the game back. Hudson found league-leading receiver Emil Lovec wide open for a 64-yard touchdown pass. Despite two failed one-point conversion attempts, The Feds chose to go for 2 and were successful. The Feds now lead by seven but the ensuing kick off almost proved fatal for the Feds as Bill Machado ran it all the way into the endzone and brought the Aztecs to a 26-27 dilemma. Opting to go for the lead rather than a tie, The Aztecs missed their two-point conversion attempt and allowed the Feds to keep a one-point lead and run the clock out. An additional coincidence in the game was the quarterback numbers as Hudson and Villarreal both completed 12 of 20 passes. Villarreal had 180 yards and 3 touchdowns and Hudson earned player of the week for his 267 yards and 4 touchdowns. The game saw only one turn over at the hand of Emil Lovec. In addition to his pick, Lovec had 3 tackles and his first sack ever. Rich Machado was instrumental to The Aztec defense with 6 tackles and a deflection.

Capping off the days action was The Spartans and Mean Streak. In yet another coincidence, both teams had identical records. Unfortunatly, this time the records were 1 and 6. Mean Streak showed up with a season-record number of players in attendance having 10 as opposed to their normal turn out of 7. The Spartans losing record appeared to play a role in their declining roster as they only had 5 people show up. Missing from the roster was the Spartans' quarterback but the absence of the crucial position didn't stop Spartan receivers from finding a rhythm with fill-in quarterback Shawn Hudson. Hudson spread the ball out widely amongst the four Spartan receivers. James Meyer caught two passes in the game both for TDS totalling 105 yards. Jared Jones also caught a touchdown and 2 total passes for 45 yards. Eric Jones caught 4 passes for 55 yards. Spartan captain and runningback, Justin Mize didn't rush today but caught four passes for 44 yards. Mean Streak's offense was once again led by receiver Rainbo Tims. Tims caught four passes in the game for 71 yards. Quarterback, Bill Gaiglier rushed in Mean Streak's only score on an eleven-yard run. The Spartan defense made it literally impossible for Mean Streak's offense to succeed stopping seven drives with INTS. Spartan, Brian Bonnenfant had two of the INTS while James Meyer had 1 and Hudson had 3. Also filling in for the Spartans was Gladiator, Jeff Day who scored the other Spartan points on an INT return for TD. The Spartans and friends beat Mean Streak 27-6. Aztec, Toma Emilio also filled in and played a great game for The Spartans. (League note: As indicated in the rule book, The Spartans had the league requirement of 5 players and were not forced to forfeit the game.)

Week 9 game summaries

Kicking things off in week 9 were The Confederates and The Fury.  Starting off the action early was The Confederate offense.   Confederate quarterback, Shawn Hudson set a personal record completing 21 passes for 387 yards and 5 touchdowns.  Hudson mixed things up between all of his receivers in the game but ended the Feds' opening drive with a touchdown pass to Robert Ryan .   On the ensuing drive, The Feds scored again defensively when Fed defensive end, Chuck Tonzi ran back a recovered fumble for a score.  Despite a major rush on the QB by Fury defenders, Hudson managed to drive the ball down field for TDs in all of his teams first half drives.  Fury defensive end, Mark Hain and  linebacker, T.J. McPherson sacked Hudson 5 times between them.  McPherson had 5 tackles and 3 sacks while Hain had 2 sacks and a deflection.  But the 5 sacks and rush were not enough to stop Fed receivers Josh Jacobs, Emil Lovec and Ryan from getting open quick enough for the QB to deliver.  Lovec caught the games third score while Ryan caught the fourth and Jacobs caught a fifth TD reception all before the half.   Jacobs led the receivers in yardage with 6 catches for 175 yards.  Lovec was 8 for 108 yards and Ryan had 6 catches for 74 yards.   Fury receiver, Joe Imelli gave his team their first mark on the scoreboard right before the half catching a 7-yard touchdown pass from QB, Alan Ross.  With the score already 31-6 at half-time, it looked like the score could be outrageous in the end.  But The Fury defense came out tough in the second half and held The Feds to only one more score.  Josh Jacobs mimicked his 64 yard touchdown in the first half with a 66 yard TD to open up the second half.   Fury cornerback, William Schwinn grabbed 6 tackles in the game while safety, Joe Imelli and cornerback, Don Barber each grabbed 5.  The Fury offense scored another TD with Alan Ross finding William Schwinn for a 16 yard score.  Fury runningback, Ben Kallas again found little success on the ground but was able to set up The Schwinn TD in the air, he was 3 for 51 yards receiving.   Ross was 7 of 17 for 92 yards and 2 TDS.   Fed corners Alex Victor and Emil Lovec caused 2 turnovers  in the game, each catching an interception.  The Feds beat The Fury 37-14.

The Spartans met The Panthers for game two and like last week, The Spartans showed up with only 5 players.  But in a rare occurrence The Panthers were without many of their normal cast.  Spartan, fill-in quarterback, Jeff Day found Spartan receiver, Eric Jones for the games first touchdown.  But the lead didn't last long.  Panther back-up quarterback, David Harris, filling in for an absent Lee Robertson, ran in The Panthers first score.  Panther receiver, Nate Nelson rushed 43 yards down field setting up Harris' TD.   With Robertson gone, The Panthers chose to run more than pass and it worked.  League-leading runningback, Mikel Williams rushed 10 times for 97 yards.  The Panthers total rushing attempts were 17 while Harris only threw the ball 13 times.   Harris completed 6 passes for 117 yards and 2 TDs.  Catching The Panthers' second score was receiver, Nigel Cockayne.   Harris rushed in his teams third TD just before the half.   The Panther defense was brutal and didn't allow the Spartans another score until late in the game.  Cornerback, Rudy Estrada had 7 tackles and a pick, while Nigel Cockayne had 6 tackles and a deflection.  Mikel Williams had 2 tackles and 3 sacks.  Nate Nelson had 4 tackles and an interception as well.  After the half time break, Nelson surfaced again offensively and received a 42 yard touchdown pass.  Spartan defenders Eric Jones and Day each had 5 tackles.  Jones also had  a deflection.  Despite the successful opening drive, The Spartans did not find much hope in the air.  Day rushed 7 times for 87 yards and scored the teams second and final touchdown.   The Panthers went home with a 27-14 victory. The Spartans who have been plagued by disappearing players have sparked an interesting debate.  Although it was irrelevant this week because The Panthers won, last week The Spartans got a win over Mean Streak using 4 fill-in players.  As it is currently written in the league's rule book, a team with at least 5 players can pick up fill-in players to bring their roster to 9.  If they win the game and have at least 5 of their regular players on the field at all times, it is a legal win.  The rule specifies that the fill-in players must play the positions of the missing players and they must be registered CCFFL players.  Also, only the amount of players needed to make 9 can be brought in (no subs).   Those are the only stipulations and some feel it's not fair.  Posted below under feedback is a comment we received as well as the league's response.  We are very curious as to your opinions in this matter so please take a second to read it and respond.  Next season the rule is scheduled to be revised and we want to know what you want.

In game three the Gladiators faced Rip-N-Tear.  The Gladiators who, despite their winless record, keep giving even the tougher teams a good thirty-minute battle.  Unfortunatly for them, the fight must last for 60.  The Gladiators' defense started out strong and kept Rip-N-Tear's offense out of the endzone for much of the first half.  Rip-N-Tear runningback, Jason Plaut ran the ball 8 times but Gladiator defenders pushed Plaut backwards and stopped 5 of those attempts in negative yards.  Linebacker, Jason Silverhardt headed up the Gladiators' defense with 5 tackles.  Although the running game proved to be unsuccessful for Rip-N-Tear, quarterback, Paul Harting got the job done.  Harting completed 9 passes for 228 yards and 4 touchdowns.   But the first half of the game was not very successful for either team.  Harting found the endzone only once before the half time break on a 31 yard pass to Brent Clifton.  The score at the half was only 7-0 in Rip's favor but their defense was vicious throughout the game.  Defensive player of the week went to Rip-N-Tear defensive end, Chris Birley.  Birley tortured Gladiator quarterbacks with a league record 7sacks, he also had 3 tackles.  Birley wasn't alone in stopping the Gladiators' offensive efforts.  Jason Plaut caused two turnovers, one by interception and the other with a fumble recovery.  Plaut also had 2 tackles.   The Gladiator defense suffered a huge blow when safety, Jeff Day was ejected from the game.  Day had 3 tackles and a deflection prior to his dismissal.  Rip-N-Tear stopped the Gladiators from passing the ball cold,only allowing the team 4 completed passes for 71 yards.  Gladiator runningback, Josh Rowland found some success rushing, running 8 times for 56 yards.  Rip-N-Tear's offense was unstoppable in the second half of the game with receivers Jeremy Thompson, Gary Noah and Adam Hurley each catching a touchdown.  Thompson caught 3 passes for 48 yards, Noah was 2 for 62 yards and Hurley was 2 for 67 yards.  Rip-N-Tear scored all of their conversion attempts and ended the game with 28 points.  The Gladiators were sent home with still zero wins and zero points as Rip-N-Tear shut them out.

Ending the day was perhaps the most anticipated game of the week with The Stallions facing The Aztecs.  The anticipation stemmed from the rivalry existing between the two teams.  Aztec captain and quarterback, Jonathan Villarreal was facing his former team mates for the first time since his return to the league.   With bragging rights at stake, Villarreal's day ended in disappointment before the opening kick off was even kicked.  The Aztecs only had 5 players show up for the show down and among the missing Aztecs were the teams two guards and wide receiver, Pat Rodarte.  Also nowhere to be found for  The Aztecs were defensive stand outs, Justin Snow and safety/tight end, Rich Machado.  Machado currently leads the league in the tight end position.  Despite the serious blow to the roster, The Aztecs took the field using fill-in players they managed to find still hanging around at the field.   But without their normal team in tact they were unable to stop the powerful Stallion offense or create any offensive success of their own.  The Stallions' defense was brutal causing 3 turnovers and 6 sacks.  Eric Videau had 2 INTS for 80 yards and Aaron McBride had 1 for 64 yards.  Robert Budd had 4 sacks and Quincy French had a sack, a deflection and 5 tackles.  The Stallions were able to put tremendous pressure on by blowing through the line stopping all of The Aztecs' rushing attempts flat.  The Aztecs were 9 for only 13 yards rushing.  Villarreal's blown out knees made it impossible for him to scramble against the powerful rush and his missing  players made it impossible for him to compensate the way he usually does for his injuries.   Villarreal turned to Will Franklin to see if he perhaps could make a difference but Franklin was unable to do any better.  Villarreal completed 5 of 10 passes for 54 yards while Franklin was 5 of 17 for 78 yards.  The Stallions offense like their defense did just about whatever they wanted.  Quarterback, Rudy Hill only threw 8 passes but completed 5 of them for 63 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Tim Williams, Larry Harper and Ladonte Harper each caught one pass for touchdowns.  Hill also rushed in a touchdown and runningback, Vincent Cabada ran 4 times for 71 yards and a touchdown.  Larry Harper scored The Stallions first touchdown following the games kick off with a touchdown return.  The Stallions scored a total of 6 touchdowns and didn't allow The Aztecs any, shutting them out 39-0.  The Aztecs will get a shot at redemption in week eleven as they end the regular season with a rematch.

Feedback

 Gary Noah writes:

Hey Everyone,

Looking back through some archives and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the Spartans (with 5 players) beat Mean Steak's team.  Nothing personal about the teams.  However, I think Mean Streak severely got rooked.  I know it's in the rules and "officially it's ok" but come on.  I don't think a team with five players should be allowed to get the "Quality" of subs that they did.  you took 5 guys and gave them 4 all-star players, to complete their roster.  That's BOGUS.   I'm quite sure that Shawn's Passing (3TDs) as well as his 3 Ints on defense, or Jeff Day's Int returned for a touchdown wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game.  Yeah Right.                        

 Noah, #2 Rip-N-Tear...

 League Response,

 The rule was developed because as history has proven, often teams will show up short handed.  Sometimes it is for a week and sometimes it becomes an ongoing problem.  Most teams who show up and find their opponent is undermanned seem to prefer the opportunity to play rather than take a forfeit win.  Unlike most other leagues, this league offers stats which lead to awards and honors at the end of the season.  Not all, but many players do keep track of and want their stats.  A missed game makes it very difficult to "stay in the race for the top", therefore, we needed to create a situation where each team is guaranteed a game on game day.  If the undermanned team was given the choice of staying and playing for nothing, we found in season 3 they often say the heck with it and leave.  The only people who suffer in that case are the team who showed up with a full roster.  So we made it so they could stay and play for a win to give them incentive to stay.  The 5 man minimum was adapted when the league was 8 man.  It should have been changed to a 6 man minimum when the league went to 9 man but unfortunatly it was overlooked.  The rule will be revised for next season but at this point we will not change the rule book.  We feel that if the majority of players on the field are that teams real players it's okay.  There is no way for us to stipulate which players are acceptable fill ins. That would be rather insulting to some, so we can't really go there.  Just a historical note for information purposes, in this league's history a team who is forced to use fill in players loses 4 out of 5 times no matter who they pick up.

  Robert Ryan writes:

I think that the rule should stay but it definitely needs to be revised.  I think that a team who needs to pick up fill in players should have to get the approval of the other team to use the players they have picked up. This would have to be done within reason because if the team needs two and there are only two to choose from it would create a whole new problem if they aren't acceptable replacements to the other team.  In that case I don't know what should happen.  Also, now that we play 9 on 9 it should be bumped up to at least 6 or even 7 players must be present.

Robert Ryan,  #21Confederates...  

 Justin Mize writes:

We support the voice of the players of this league 100%. After all we enjoy this league because of those of you that have been around, and especially the level that each team we have played has performed. So it is with no disrespect I reply the following: The game against Mean Streak I stood on the sideline five minutes before the start of our game with only five Spartans present, wondering what I was going to do when I was approached by all four of the players that filled in. I did not choose them. And even though I don't think I could have asked for better guys on that particular day, and would be happy to play on a team with them anytime, there weren't four All Stars. According to league records there was only one!   Mean Streak got rooked? The only other option for them would have been to take a forfeit win, and I don't think you have to ask any player who truly plays for the love of the game what he would rather do. Your point is "The Almighty Shawn Hudson?" I don't know where you were that afternoon but I was on defense sweating my ass off as Mean Streak posed a threat on every drive. I thank Mean Streak for the game they did play, and for not bringing up stuff like this while we were all out trying to get in our hour and a half of the game we love. And where did this "UNJUST" win get the Spartans? Nowhere, except that we got to play one more game. And last week we played the Panthers, same thing happened except we lost, and we were just as glad we could go on the field and play. In light of this topic I'm glad the Panthers won or this all would really be out of control. What was at stake for that game? Yeah, I guess Mean Streak and the Spartans both still had a shot at the playoffs and maybe still do, but the question is to do what? And even more of a point is that you are not going to see any team that has it together and is really making a run at the season show up needing four players. We are in that situation because some of our people weren't playing because they love to play above everything else, and most importantly because it takes more than some has-been High School football player to understand what it takes to build a good TEAM, like a lot of you guys out there already know because you've done it!  

As far as the two players comments, If you really feel your going to improve rules and the overall quality of this league, at least think about what you are saying. There are only two options, the current rule, or no fill in players and you play with whatever you got. As for Robert's suggestion of letting the team your playing against pick who you can  have? PLEASE!!!!!! How do you think that will end up? You would think this would go without saying, but I guess not. The whole purpose of changing things or setting rules is to find a happy medium that doesn't end up pissing everyone off so EVERYONE can enjoy the league, your solutions will only make things worse. So if you don't like the rule talk to your captain, because I'll guarantee that this issue comes to a Captains' vote before next season, and it will be taken care of. And get your facts straight too before everyone is complaining about what the Spartan team (five guys) is doing, instead of enjoying playing your game, enjoying your individual season and your teams.  Once again, on behalf of the Spartan team (five guys), thanks to Mean Streak and the Panthers for letting us play!

 Mize, #1 Spartans

  Eric Brown writes:

ARE THERE ANY OTHER OFFICIALS OUT THERE?  THEY DON'T SEEM TO SEE ANYTHING AND WHAT THEY DO SEE IS QUESTIONABLE.   AND, WHAT'S WITH THROWING PEOPLE OUT FOR ARGUING A CALL?   I HAVE SEEN 65 YEAR OLD GRUMPY BASEBALL UMPIRES THAT WILL TAKE MORE CRAP THAN THESE GUYS WILL,  I MEAN ITS ONE THING IF SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT THE REFS' MOM OR YOU KEEP GETTING INTO SCUFFLES.   BUT I HAVE BEEN ON THE FIELD A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN GUYS ON MY TEAM HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE GAME FOR REPEATING WHAT THE OFFICIAL HAD JUST SAID.  THIS IS FOOTBALL FOR GOD'S SAKE.   I KNOW ITS NOT THE NFL BUT WE PAID GOOD MONEY TO BE IN THIS LEAGUE AND PAY THESE GUYS 45 DOLLARS A WEEK AND THEY ARE MORE WRAPPED UP IN THROWING SNOWBALLS THAN ACTUALLY CALLING A GAME.

ERIC BROWN, #25 GLADIATORS

  League Response,

The league has been going for 5 seasons now and with each season and each new crew of referees we always have referee debates.  Unfortunatly, when we interview refs before each season all we have to go off of is what they say.  We have a captains' meeting prior to every season and we discuss the ref situation.  This season the captains voted to hire those that we have now and agreed to their rate of $45.00 per team.  The captains also called for consistency with the refs and letting the refs "call the game". The league promised it would not interfere with a ref's call unless a physical matter was in question, therefore whether we agree or not with an ejection we cannot overrule it.  All I know for certain is that by now all of the players should know what can lead to an ejection.  If they don't want to take that chance they should know what not to do.  As to bad calls, I will never be able to find referees who won't make them.  Even the NFL refs make those and they get a whole lot more than $45.00.

Following are the results of the all-star ballot.  We would like to thank everyone for participating, we had a better turn out of ballots then we expected.    Please note that with the exception of the kicker, 2 guards and center this was a test to determine if a vote would be a viable option in the future for picking the all-star team.  We found that the results were only slightly different than the results when picked by stat.   Following this Saturday's games, the actual all-star team will be posted here.  This list is only a listing of the vote results.  Only the kicker, 2 guards and center have made the all-star team at this time.   If the all-star selection was made today, the players in red writing would be the all-star team by stats.  Please remember this is not the final all-star team, week 11 stats could change the outcome.

Congratulations to Joe, Marques, Neal and Justin who have already secured their spots on the all-star team!!!

Congratulations to the CCFFL's Spring 2001 all-star team.  This season's all-star game will take place on our field here in Carson on June 24th against the BPFFL.   You can view the all-star list on the all-star page by clicking on the link below or go to:  http://members.aol.com/TheCCFFL/allstars.index.html

click here to view the ALL-STAR TEAM

Congratulations to The Stallions for going 9 and 1 and taking first place for the CCFFL's Spring 2001 regular season!!!

The Stallions have also set a league record for least points allowed in a season giving up only 68 points in their ten games.

Notes:  Sorry we will be unable to host a banquet this season.  We are working on an awards ceremony and  possibly a BBQ.  I will let everyone know as soon as possible any information.

Week 11 Game Summaries

Rip-N-Tear met The Panthers for game one in week 11.  Rip-N-Tear went into the game with a 7 and 2 record and a win would clinch them a first or second place bye-week seed for the playoffs.  The Panthers' 6 and 3 record made them just as hungry for a win that would bump them up to third.  As in all Panther - Rip-N-Tear games this one had it's usual share of excitement but Rip-N-Tear opened up the game with a stronger presence.  Scoring early in the game was Rip-N-Tear receiver, Adam Hurley.  Hurley caught a 12 yard touchdown pass which followed a run up the middle from runningback, Jason Plaut.  Plaut was instrumental in several drives rushing 6 times for 110 yards.  Hurley scored again before The Panthers ever saw the scoreboard, this time on a 6 yard pass.  Hurley's second score also came after some impressive running by Plaut.  With Rip-N-Tear leading 13-0 The Panthers decided it was time for them to answer. Panther quarterback, Lee Robertson found receiver, Andy Robertson open for a 68 yard touchdown.   Shortly after the Robertson to Robertson TD, Panther receiver, Nate Nelson gave the Panthers their first lead in the game catching a 32 yard TD pass.  With the score 14-13 in the Panther's favor and half time coming up Quarterback, Paul Harting brought Rip-N-Tear back into the lead rushing 62 yards for the team's third TD.  The score was 20-14 Rip-N-Tear at the half and following the break Harting bumped the lead up more when he found receiver, Gary Noah open for a 60 yard TD pass.  Harting was 8 of 20 passes for 169 yards and 3 TDS.  The Panthers did score again on a Robertson to Nelson pass which brought their score up to 21.  Lee Robertson finished the game completing 17 of 26 passes for 213 yards and 3 touchdowns but it was perhaps the 3 turnovers in the game that made Rip-N-Tear secure the victory.   Rip-N-Tear cornerbacks, Paul Harting, James Striplan and Rodney Mayers each caught an INT during the game.  Rip-N-Tear finished second seed for the season with a 27-21 win over Panthers.  The Panthers ended regular season seeded 4th.

In a game with nothing at stake but pride Mean Streak met The Spartans.  With both teams showing up short several players, the game was played with a mix of CCFFL stand ins for both teams.  Mean Streak's poor record seemed to take a toll on the team as tempers flared leading to several ejections.  The ejections caused Mean Streak to be short of the regulation amount of players and the game ended up in a forfeit win for The Spartans.  Despite the fireworks their were some highlights in the game worthy of writing about.  Mean Streak runningback, Luke Chavez ran for a 65 yard TD. Chavez also had 3 sacks against The Spartan TD.  Mean Streak QB, Sage Tims prior to being ejected was having a great game completing 5 of 7 passes for 74 yards and 2 TDs.  Rainbo Tims who was also ejected had caught one of the TDs and 3 passes for 44 yards.   Faithful Spartans', Eric and Jared Jones caught 5 passes between them.  Jared was 3 for 72 yards while Eric caught 2 balls for 43 yards.  Spartan cornerback, James Meyer had 5 tackles.   The league would again like to thank the 5 remaining Spartans, Justin Mize, Eric Jones, Jared Jones, James Meyer and Brian Bonnenfant for finishing out the season despite the disappearance of the rest of their team.   The Spartans finished the season officially with a 4 and 6 record and as the 6th seed which earned them a playoff position.  However, due to their lack of players, The Spartans have deferred their playoff spot to the also 4 and 6, 7th seed Fury.  Mean Streak finished the season 9th.

The Stallions looked to take the first place seed with a victory against The Aztecs in game 3.  The Aztecs were locked into the fifth seed position no matter what the outcome but desperately wanted a win to redeem themselves after their poor showing against The Stallions in week 9.  This time with all players present, The Aztecs gave The Stallions a run for their money, but The Stallions prevailed with a 14-6 victory.  Aztec quarterback, Jonathan Villarreal found receiver, Will Franklin for the game's first score on a 31 yard touchdown pass.  The Aztecs defense with 6 on the board held The Stallions to no score in the first half.  Will Franklin led The Aztec defense with 2 tackles, a deflection and an interception.  But, despite their 0-6 half time deficit, The Stallions showed everyone why they were the number one seed.  Stallion corners', Brian Peterson and Eric Videau each deflected 3 balls in the game.  Videau also had an INT.   Defensive Ends', Robert Budd, Aaron McBride and Marques Fuller made a running game impossible for The Aztecs holding them to only 23 rushing yards.  Offensively The Stallions started out the game slowly but Larry Harper put an end to the slow start with two touchdowns in the second half.  Harper was 3 for 47 yards.  Stallion quarterback, Rudy Hill only completed 4 passes in the game for 58 yards but that was enough to get the job done.  As always The Stallions had their way on the ground rushing Jason Jones, Vincent Cabada, Nate Owens and Rudy Hill 17 times between them.  Jones rushed for a total of 48 yards, Hill rushed for 47, Owens rushed for 27 and Cabada for 12.  Combined they rushed for 129 yards.  The Stallions finished regular season the #1 seed and have also set a new CCFFL record for least points allowed in a season.  The team has only allowed 68 total points against them, which averages only 1 touchdown per game.  Congratulations to the Stallions on their great season!!!

Regular season ended with The Confederates and The Gladiators.  With The Stallions clinching 1st and Rip-N-Tear locking up second in the earlier games.  The 7 and 2 Feds had secured a third seed finish no matter what the outcome. The Gladiators however had their last chance to see a win.   The Feds started off the action early with quarterback, Shawn Hudson hitting receiver, Emil Lovec on a 59 yard bomb for a TD.  In a rare moment Hudson scored again quickly but this time he did it on the ground rushing 42 yards for the score.  The Fed's defense brutalized Gladiator QB, Jeff Day catching 5 INTS between them.  Cornerback, Thor Pari caught one and Alex Victor and Josh Jacobs each caught 2.  Jacobs and Victor each ran back one of their INTS for TD.  Victor earned defensive player of the week for his 2 tackles, 1 deflection and 2 INTS of which he ran 1 back 96 yards for a touchdown.   Feds' corner, Emil Lovec had 4 deflections in the game which earned him a plaque and a record for most deflections in a season.  Lovec finished the season with a league record 14 deflections.  Lovec also had a great game offensively and earned offensive player of the week.  He caught 7 balls for 157 yards and 2 TDS.  Feds receivers' Lovec and Josh Jacobs each saw the 1000 yard mark in the season during the game.  Jacobs finished the season in first place with 1,022 yards, Lovec finished a close second with 1,014 yards.  Gladiator, Jason Silverhardt led his teams' defense with 3 sacks on Hudson and 1 tackle.  The Gladiator offense could not overcome the 5 turnovers but QB, Jeff Day and tight end, Terry Metcalf avoided a shut out as they met for a 7 yard touchdown pass.  The Feds went home with a 42-6 victory.  They meet The Fury in next week's first round of playoffs.  Although The Gladiators season has ended, congratulations are in order to Jeff Day whose 41 points at cornerback has earned him an all-star position.  

Eric Videau writes:

I think that the idea of all star voting is a good one in addition to stats, but it would be more effective if teams weren't allowed to vote for members of their own teams. That would give a more accurate view of who deserves to be on the team. Most people know who is and isn't deserving, but if everyone just votes for teammates, that makes voting irrelevant. Plus, many of the positions on the ballot are incorrect and people may know numbers but not their names. I for instance have played corner back all season long and have been listed as a linebacker. Are my stats worthy of linebacker selection? I doubt it. At corner I think I have a legitimate chance though. Anyway, just a suggestion.

Thanks,

Eric Videau, #25 Stallions...

  League Response:

At the beginning of the season the captains turn in rosters on which they list each players' position.  We apologize to those who were listed as different positions than they respectively played, however, it was the captains who informed us of these positions.  So in most instances it was not the league who made the error, in the case above it was the league's error and we would  again like to apologize.   The league agrees with the above comments as to the accuracy of the voting.  A vote can be tainted if the voters are going to vote for just their own team mates, also not everybody knows who everybody is. The results and breakdown of this season's votes will be discussed at the Fall leagues' captain's meeting to determine the value the votes should have in the future.  After analyzing the ballots, the league maintains it's position that statistics are the only fair way to choose an all-star team.  Bottom line, either system would leave off some who are without a doubt deserving but you have to narrow it down somehow.

  Joe Imelli writes:

Well this has definitely been a great experience. I would like to thank the league and other teams for such a great showing for the CCFFL. See this is my first year playing flag football. I usually am officiating in Reno, as this if the first time in 7 years that i did not officiate. I can understand all the gripe towards the officiating and the worse that your team does the more impacted an officials call may seem. Despite the fact that the team I play on has only 4 victories and I may be viewed as whining, but the officiating in this league has been the poorest I have seen and I have had some bad officials work for me in Reno. We deserved our loses, but there were a lot of instances when officials would not "sack up" and make a call. These officials are not even in proper positioning. You have 2 officials standing in the middle of the field (yeah that's right we are suppose to have 3) both looking in at the line of scrimmage. Hello? How many missed sideline calls have we had? Officials in a 2 man crew should be one back in the secondary closer to the sideline and the other either on the line of scrimmage watching quarterback action or in the backfield watching quarterback action. These officials might be ok if the knew where to position themself. It would be a start anyways. Just gets really annoying when every week you know the official is gonna blow not just one call, but many many many calls. I understand they all make mistakes, but on the rating system the pull a low D, if that.

While I'm here I might as well talk about the number of players needed. As the league number of players went from 8 to 9 the minimum number should have gone to 6. Mr. Mize is right, people would bitch if they picked up players and people would bitch if they had to get a forfeit. No way to win that. Everyone should be out here to play and have fun and if you win hey great, but 6 players pick up position players from whatever is left is a good idea. But now to my question.....If the Spartans beat Mean Streak this week we will finish with identical records....4-6. Now head to head we have both won one...the difference in combined scores would be....21-18 in our favor....does that mean we go?...what is the tiebreaker?....and if we dont go and the Spartans do....does anybody want to play that team as a 6th seed?....I mean they would have 5 players and then I am sure they could pick up 4 All-Star players. I know that I would play for them if they would let me.

CCCFL great job tallying the All-Star balloting. I know that must have taken a little time.

Thanks all,

#7 Joe Imelli, Fury...

  League Response:

Joe raises in interesting point about the referees this season.  We agree with several of his comments and just hope that in the Fall we may be able to rectify the situation.  Not trying to justify the problem, but we do feel that the lack of proper positioning on the ref's part, as well as the numerous missed calls are effecting every team, so, although it doesn't make it better at least everyone is playing with the same handicap.  Any suggestions or referrals are welcome for the Fall!!!  As to the question about the tie-breaker.  The tie-breaker is total points scored in the season.  Therefore, if The Spartans win this week, they would be the 6th seed.  Many feel the tie-breaker should be the head to head spread, but, we found in the past that coincidentally this often ends in a tie as well, so as currently written it is the team with the most total season points scored.  As to The Spartans lack of player situation and the fairness of allowing them a spot in the playoffs, as discussed in the previous weeks it is arguable whether or not the spot would be deserving, but by The CCFFL's current rule book it would be their spot.  However, The Spartans have deferred their spot to The Fury win or loss this Saturday because they have stated they feel The Fury deserves the spot more under the circumstances.   The league would like to take this opportunity to thank the 5 remaining Spartans who have showed up each week to play football and also commend them on their sportsmanship.  Also the league would like to thank Joe Imelli for his positive comments towards the league.  We don't get to many of those.

 Jeff Day writes:

Please tell me why there is all this whining in this league, I thought I was playing football with a bunch of guys.  The refs are doing the best job they can, if you lose a game, you can't tell me that the outcome of the game came down to a bad call.  Hey Joe Imelli I know your a stand up guy and all,  but you have no ground to say that the refs are screwing up, I know you've made a bad call or two in your prolific referee career.  As far as I'm concerned the refs have made good and bad calls on both sides of the ball.  Hey lets play football.                                      

#19 Jeff Day, Gladiators...

  Justin Mize writes:

Amen Jeff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#1 Justin Mize, Spartans...

Playoffs - Round 1 - Summaries

In the opening round of playoffs, The 8 and 2 Confederates faced the 4 and 6 Fury.  The Fury kicked off to The Confederates but after a drive down to the 5 yard line The Fury defense stopped The Feds from finding the zone.  On the ensuing drive The Confederates forced The Fury to punt and a series of turnovers then followed.  Fed's quarterback, Shawn Hudson on first down tried going deep to receiver, Emil Lovec, but the ball was deflected right into the hands of Fury safety, Joe Imelli.  The Fury took possession and suffered a similar fate as Fury quarterback, Alan Ross had his pass end up in the hands of Fed's cornerback, Alex Victor.  The Feds then took possession and this time found success as Hudson found tight end, Dan Martin wide open in the endzone.  The Feds converted their extra point and had a 7-0 lead.  Fed's safety, Josh Jacobs got the ball back fast for his offense as he picked off The Fury's first down attempt following the kick off.  The Feds capitalized quickly with Shawn Hudson throwing a deep touchdown pass to Emil Lovec bringing their lead up to 13.  Prior to the half time break The Fury suffered a tremendous blow when William Schwinn caught a touchdown pass that was ruled dead as his flag had fallen as he was running his route.  (Note:  because Schwinn's flag had fallen off prior to him catching the ball, he is deemed an ineligible receiver and the ball is brought back to the line of scrimmage.   Had Schwinn's flag fallen off after he caught the ball, the ball then would have been spotted where the flag had fallen off.)  Unfortanatly for The Fury, following Schwinn's almost TD, they were unable to score during their remaining drive and they went into half time down by 13.  After the break, the two teams held each other for much of the second half.  Fed's receiver, Emil Lovec caught the half's first score late in the game.  The Feds were now up by 19 and then Hudson converted a two pointer to tight end, Ed Zinda bringing them to a 21-0 lead.  The Fury then scored late in the game on a pass from Alan Ross to William Schwinn.  Schwinn's TD brought The Fury to a 21-6 score and then Fury cornerback, Nick Pak intercepted a ball giving his offense possession again.  The Fury's possession ended disappointingly with an Alex Victor interception.  Time expired and The Feds advance to round two with a 21-6 victory.  The Feds face the #2 seed Rip-N-Tear who like The Feds ended the season with an 8 and 2 record.

Game two of round one was scheduled to be played by the #4 seed 6 and 4  Panthers and the #5 seed 5 and 5 Aztecs.  The Panthers showed up ready to play but The Aztecs had only two players show which forced them to have to forfeit.  The Panthers officially move on to round two with their victory which reads as a 6-0 score in the books.   The Panthers will face The #1 seed 9 and 1 Stallions in round two.

After much controversy last week with The Aztecs we are forced to revisit the rule book to establish "captain's rights" for the fall.  In the season finale Aztec Vs. Stallion game, The Aztecs' team rallied to fire their captain, Jonathan Villarreal.  Villarreal stated that as captain he should have been able to fire his team and forfeit the playoffs.  The Aztec players stated that they would be their for their game and did not want a forfeit.  The league ruled because their are no rules in the rule book which cover cutting players, that team business was not league business and that if the team showed up to play we would allow them to do so.  We also stated that Villarreal had every right to show up and play with his team.  The lesson we learned was that without a captain their is obviously nobody to keep the team "together", hence the absence of The Aztec team for the playoffs.  We will be looking at this situation closely to adapt a standard for The Fall.

Championship Game Spring 2001

Congratulations to the Spring 2001 CCFFL Championship team, The Stallions.  The Stallions beat The Confederates 20 -14 in an exciting battle for the title.  This season's championship game MVPS are #2 Brian Peterson and #26 Eric Stevenson.  Good job to the Stallions who went 9-1 in regular season capturing 1st place and went on to become this seasons champs.

CCFFL Survivor

Anybody interested in participating in CCFFL Survivor must register by July 10th.  We have many supplies to purchase and permits to obtain.  Please let us know ASAP if you are interested.  For those who have already registered we will return your sign up fees after the July 10th deadline if we do not have the necessary 10 teams.

We will be handing out flyers and posting details here about the upcoming CCFFL Survivor game.   10 two man teams will be accepted to participate.  The top prize is $200 cash and two free registration passes for the fall season.   To register you must be a two man team, both participants must have been CCFFL participants with one exception, we will allow a team to be a husband and wife combo if the husband is a CCFFL participant, however we do not endorse or recommend this as the courses will be designed with men in mind.   The games will take place during a full weekend tentatively scheduled for August 3-5.  You must be able to be gone to an undisclosed location (1 hour in distance from Carson City) from 2:00 pm on Friday, August 3rd through 8:00 pm Sunday, August 5th.  You will spend the weekend performing very intense, gruelling eco-challenges and physical challenges.  Only the strong need apply and you must be in great physical health.  The weekend will be a take off of the television show "Survivor" combined with the television show "Eco-Challenge".  You must be in Survivor camp for the entire weekend, as unlike the Survivor T.V. show no team will be voted off, rather points will be accumulated during the many challenges to determine placement.  More details will be given on the flyers as well as posted here shortly.  You can call Tracey at (775)241-0196 for more information.   The first 10 teams to register will be taken.  The fee is $25.00 per man.  The fee covers our expenses, i.e.  food, water, prizes and supplies.   To register you must contact Tracey, the first 10 teams to have paid registration will go. (no exceptions)  Note: both team members should be capable of climbing, swimming, walking long distances, rowing, basically anything physical!!!!  Before signing up please note this will be a very physically demanding weekend, you will be required to sign a waiver of liability, you will also be filmed and the tape will be available to the press and for sale, therefore, you will also be required to sign a consent form.

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