October 21, 2007

Lions Get Past First Round Of Playoffs With 63-0 Win Over Packers

The Lions have completed the first step in the QBFL playoffs with a decisive 63-0 win over the Greenfield Park Packers.  Although they knew that this was going to be a lopsided game, based on the previous encounters that these two teams had this year, the Lions didn't show any lack of motivation for the playoffs and came out fired up and ready to play some serious football.

The offense got off to an early start as they began the scoring in the first series of plays with running back Evan Wiley, who carried the ball 5 times for 91 yards,  getting his first of two TD's in the game.  Sammy Mesidor also got 2 rushing TD's while Andrew Hopkins and Ernst Pierre got one each.  Hopkins also scored on the opening kickoff of the second half.  The passing game also had some success as QB Maxx St. James found receiver Simon Lacroix  in the endzone on a 25 yard strike for 6 points.  Receiver Damian Hirt got a touchdown as he was alert to a fumble that had rolled in the endzone after a pass had been completed.  Lacroix was also successful on all 9 converts. 

On defense, the Lions played a stellar game limiting the Packer offense to only 25 total yards for the entire game.  A total of 10 QB sacks were recorded by Kyle Macgregor, Irving Fosu, Mark Continelli, Dimitri Divolis, Phil Hebert, Alex Grace and Kevin Kilbourne who also led the defense with 8 tackles.  Interceptions were registered by Alex Grace and Greg Lee who also came up with a fumble recovery.

The Lions now await the results of the rest of the playoff games being played to see who their opponents will be in the next round.  Details will be announced once they have been finalized.

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