After 3 weeks off, injuries to some key players, traveling 9 hours, and playing short-handed, we were afraid of how this game may play out.  Also, we did not know if the Limhamn Griffins had made any new additions to the team like they did in the 2nd half of the season last year when they went on to win the championship.  Some players had to step in and play a lot more snaps than they were used to playing, most of which were young guys with little experience.

Our offense took the field first with great field position after a very good kickoff return.  We danced in the endzone 4 plays later on a 25-yard QB keeper around the right side.  Our “D” held them to a 3-and-out and put us back on the field.  Penalties and miscues hurt us on the next drive, but we were able to overcome in 3 third and long situations thanks to some good runs after catches by our running back replacement and wide receivers as we pounded it into the endzone.  The next drive ended in the same result as the 1st two did, just in a different fashion as we pounded away on the ground the entire 7-play drive. Our defense forced an interception and the return brought us to the Griffin’s 30-yardline, however the drive stalled and we settled for a 35-yard field goal.  We found ourselves back on the field with 1:14 left before halftime, and we were able to score quickly as we connected on two straight vertical passes and a 15-yard run by CF Sinclair put 6 more points on the board. 

So we went into halftime up 30-0 and feeling pretty good as we dominated them on both sides of the ball.   The second half was a little different as their offense found the end zone twice and managed to stay on the field a majority of the 2nd half with long penalty flooded drives.  They kept our offense off the field as we only had 3 drives the 2nd half but found points on two of those.  We managed to get out of the game with no more injuries than we went into it with, and some young guys getting some useful game experience.  

It turned out that the long trip down didn’t affect us as we came out both halves with good energy.  It was a good win and hopefully put us on a roll to end up the season strong.  The day also was the day that a fellow NCWC Bishop would join me in Sweden.  Safety Jez Davis arrived to play the remainder of the season with the Crusaders!  His first game will be against our rival, the Stockholm Mean Machine.