Wed, Nov. 10 - The Hooligans came away with a close victory on Wednesday in front of a raucous crowd of 4 people as they defeated the Ninety-Fives to improve to a 3-2 record on the season. The Ninety-Fives had to start out playing 5-vs-7 in the beginning of the game as they were without a girl and the Hooligans took advantage, moving down the field and scoring a TD from Steve Lestock. After a 1pt conversion the score stood at 7-0, but the short-manned Ninety-Fives quickly got on the board after Paul Neumeyer hauled in a TD pass to bring the score to 7-6. Ryan Noack caught a TD to build the lead to 14-6, but the Ninety-Fives answered again; after the failed 2-pt conversion the score was 14-12. Rachael Quinlan then arrived on the scene which allowed the Ninety-Fives to play 7-vs-7, and the game got much more interesting. The Ninety-Fives would score again after stopping the Hooligans on 4th down to take an 18-14 lead, but Zach Johnston ran in for a score from the QB position on the next possession and the Hooligans recorded a 2pt conversion to lead 22-18 at the half.
The Joseph brothers arrived in the second half and a defensive battle ensued. The Ninety-Fives were able to take the lead on a deep TD strike to Ben Gau to go up 25-22 with about 5-6 minutes left. The Hooligans had an answer, however, as Michelle Baumgardner caught a short pass in the endzone for her first TD of the year and after the 1pt conversion the Hooligans regained the lead by a score of 32-25. The Hooligans took over on downs and seemed to be on the move to the endzone for a game-clinching score, but controversy struck. An inadvertent whistle wiped out a clear TD run by Max Joseph, drawing the ire of the Hooligans' fans. They would fail to score on the series, and with just under 2 minutes left the Ninety-Fives had the chance to tie or take the lead. A 15-yd swearing penalty on the Hooligans would allow the Ninety-Fives 4 downs from mid-field to get in the endzone, but they were unsuccessful and the Hooligans took over with 9 seconds to go. Josh Ulm caught a short dump-off and took it to the endzone to seal the victory in the closing seconds, 38-25. Bernard Joseph made his Hooligans debut and had a key pass breakup to prevent the Ninety-Fives from scoring at the end of the game. Thuy Phan caught a 1pt conversion and also had several key flag grabs. Captain Mike Russell mainly served in a coaching capacity but did have a reception for a short gain. Zach Milner provided a speedy target as usual. For the Ninety-Fives, Ben Gau recorded several TDs on the day and caused the Hooligans defense fits with his spin moves and speed. The Hooligans would like to thank Kaiti Fracalossi, Lindsey Bluhm, Karen Greficz, and Mary Kreutzkamp for braving the cold and cheering on the team today. The Hooligans' next game will be a rivalry game, a rematch with the Pebble Creek Punishers on Sunday at 4pm. The Punishers stand at 6-0 on the season as of the writing of this article. ROLL HOOLIGANS!
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