Saturday, November 17, 2012

Patriots Fall in Close Contest

The Christ Prep Patriots lost to the Dallas (Texas) HSAA Blue Angels by a score of 34-29 this afternoon in the Division 2 Championship of the National Homeschool Football Championships in Panama City Beach, Florida.

The Blue Angels came out throwing against the Patriots and on their first possession drove the length of the field to take a 7-0 lead. After punting away to Dallas, CPA's Tanner Metzdorf intercepted a Blue Angel pass which set up a Timothy Finley touchdown run. Both teams scored another first half touchdown--Christ Prep on a Finley to Davis White pass play--and the Patriots went into halftime up 15-14.

The Blue Angels capitalized on a couple of Patriot miscues during the second half and mounted a 34-15 lead until CPA cam back with two touchdowns. The first was set up on a Chase Stamatis 89 yard kickoff return. Stamatis was stopped just short of the goal line but senior Grant Layman found paydirt on the next play. After Finley's PAT was good, the Patriots were down 34-22.

Chase Stamatis again delivered on the next defensive series. Dallas, still passing, made the mistake of going Statmatis's way and he intercepted a Blue Angel pass which set up a touchdown pass from Finley to Josiah Thill.

Besides the interceptions by Metzdorf and Stamatis, one was delivered by Josiah Thill. We'll have offensive and defensive stats later this weekend and more photos later tonight.

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