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WRITE UP
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
ROUND I
ROUND II
CHAMPIONSHIP
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Of all
the games in the opening week of the 2007 the defending
champs, Arsenal, were the only ones to win with a margin
larger then five. If was their tenth CP Premier
League win in a row and their 18 win in a row overall.
Next week the champs will visit what looks like an
improved Antioch team. |
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this, Young Life is leading Mean Machine 18-14 with 60
seconds remaining in the game. It was first and
goal on the half yard line and it looked like Young Life
would start the season better than last year.
The next play was an option to the right side, Young Life QB
Braden Richey pitched the ball to his running back who dropped
the ball which bounced into the hands of the defense who then
ran 95 yards for what would have been a 20-18 Mean Machine lead.
The problem? As the ball hit the ground the head official
blew it dead thinking it was the 7 on 7 CPFFL rules of no
fumbles.
"It was clearly my error," the head official said, "I
called the play dead and blew my whistle when I shouldn't have."
That was the second time a play was blown dead before
the play ended. Earlier in the game, Young Life muffed a
punt and recovered it by touching the ball dead, instead of
securing it properly. "We try to protect our players," one
official said, "clearly we will have to do a better job of
letting the players decide the play on the field."
Controversy has always been a part of the CP Premier
League, controversy that
league vet, Mike Harris has seen plenty of. "Hey,
bottom line we had 52 seconds to score the winning TD"
Harris said, "we didn't get it done. I'm tired of
losing, we'll get it right next week." Harris was
the most sought after Free Agent in the off season.
Entertaining offers from the 7 on 7 summer champion
Replacementz, the Patriots and (believe it or not) the
returning Premier champs, Arsenal. How did Arsenal
do with the talent of Mike Harris? Just fine.
Arsenal started the season off playing a familiar foe,
Eastside Thunder who is now coached by Matthew Boyle of
the famed Eastside Thunder basketball team.
Thunder did show up to play and played closer than
the 25-7 score but couldn't keep up with a well
practiced team.
Arsenal is stacked with an offensive until held together by
last year's Offensive player of the Year, Noah Roehl.
Their defensive is ran by coach and Defensive player of
the year, Brian Anderson, both units are well oiled
machines that are primed for another championship run.
In other games, Canyon Creek came back with a vengeance
(and very pretty uniforms I might add) and upset the
summer 7 on 7 league champion Replacementz 13-12.
The Replacementz, didn't go down without a fight,
scoring once out of a record low two plays in the first
half.
Antioch is now the Antioch Saints, combining with a
Sunday Metro League team, the most storied franchise in
the CP Premier Flag Football League knew a change had to
be made in order to be competitive. With all the
changes made, one change was not - Dan Taylor returned
for another year and mastered a drive in the second half
that took over 12 minutes off the clock and ensured a
victory over the Patriots, 12-7.
Someone must have tipped off Team Mother that they were
playing the high powered Double Shot team that is ranked
#2 because not one, I repeat, not one player from the
team showed up. League officials have been
notified by Team Mother that they still want to play
however need to retool their team with committed
players. |
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