Season 35 for both leagues the ISFL and the DSFL finished with their respective championship games just a little while ago. Here is a short look thru the seasons of the champions.
In the DSFL the Ultimini game winner and champion are the Norfolk Seawolves. They beat the Kansas City Coyotes in the championship game 23 - 14. The Seawolves had a regular season record of 10 - 4 which was the 2nd best in the DSFL behind the Tijuana Luchadores (11-3). These two teams met in the semifinals and in a close contest the Seawolves beat the Luchadores 23 - 20. In that game the Luchadores based their game plan as always this season on the air attack lead by QB Elessar Jones. He threw for 348 yards but the 3 interceptions were costly especially the two in the 4th quarter. The Seawolves had in that semi final a very solid game plan and the offense POG RB Sconnie McSix helped a lot to win the game. His stat line for the game was: 15 rushes for 86 yards and 4 receptions for 61 yard and a TD. The Ultimini championship game against the Kansas City Coyotes saw the Seawolves as favorites even though the Coyotes surprised everybody in the semi final when they beat the favored Portland Pythons 34-30. In the final game the Seawolves took things in their own hands immediately by scoring the first 10 points of the game. A one yard run from RB William Groves and a 27-yard field goal from Dorfus Jimbo Jr Jr Jr made the score 10-0 at the end of the first quarter. Both teams scored a TD and the score at halftime was 17-7 in favor of the Seawolves. No scoring in quarter number 3 and in the last quarter the Seawolves added another FG to make the score 20-7 but the Coyotes were not ready to give up. A 1-yard TD run from RB Ram 1500 with 6:39 on the clock made the score 20-14. The drive which nailed it down for the Seawolves took 13 plays and 5 minutes and 20 seconds of the clock before they kicked another FG to get to the final score of 23-14.
The ISFL championship game the Ultimus saw the ASF champion Honolulu Hahalua take on the NSF champion Baltimore Hawks. With the regular season records from the Hahalua (13-3) and the Hawks (9-7) the bookmakers had the Honolulu team as a clear favorite entering the championship game. Let's take a look first how the teams got to the championship game. The quarterfinals had for the Hahalua the #4 team San Jose Saber Cats who qualified for the playoffs with an 8-8 record and the Saber Cats did not have even a small chance in that game going down early and the lead for the Hahalua.was 31-0 at halftime. Two more FGs in the 3rd quarter raised the lead to 37-0 before the Saber Cats scored their one and only TD with 3:58 left in the game. Final score was 40-7. The quarter final game for the Baltimore Hawks brought the Berlin Fire Salamanders in to Baltimore and this was a close game thru the first 3 quarters. The Hawks had the lead after quarter one 14-7, Berlin had the lead t halftime 17-14 and after 3 quarters the score was still ver tight with the Hawks leading 21-20. In the 4th quarter Berlin managed only 37 yards in their first three posessions and the Hawks scored during that time teh Hawks scored 17 more points and the final score had the Hawks win 38-20. The semifinals in the ASF saw the two top teams who both fiished the regular season with identical 13-3 records face off against each other. It was the Hahalua against the Arizona Outlaws. Arizona had the early lead when the first punt from the Hahalua was brought back 54 yards all teh way to the Hawks 1-yard line. The very next play saw RB Jay Cue jr run the ball into the endzone for a 7-0 lead. The answer of the Hahalua were a FG and a TD before the end of the first quarter and they took the lead 10-7. Exchanging FGs in the 2nd quarter brought the score to 13-10 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Honolulu team improve their lead to 23-7 before the Outlaws added a FG to their score and at the end of quarter three the scoreboard showed 23-13 Hahalua. Another FG for the Honolulu team with 8:29 on the clock made the score 26-13 and it was to little to late when the last score of the game by the Outlaws with 1:33 on the clock made the score 26-20 Hahalua and the ASF champion was crowned.
The NSF semifinal game saw the Chicago Butchers and the Baltimore Hawks square off. Both teams already met twice during the regular season and each team won their home game. As expected the game was close and with 4:46 in the third quarter after two TDs from the Butchers within 4 minutes the score was tied at 17. Two more FGs from the Hawks saw the game end with the final score 23-17. It was a rough outing for the Chicago QB Kazimir Oles jr who threw 5 interceptions, three of them to the defensive POG FS Pasta the Turtle.
The championship game itself was a very lopsided affair with the Hahalua scoring 3 TDs in the first quarter en route to a 24-13 win and the title for the season. The MVP of the game was Hahaluas RB Cobra Kai with 161 yards rushing and 2 TDs on the ground as well as a receiving TD.
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In the DSFL the Ultimini game winner and champion are the Norfolk Seawolves. They beat the Kansas City Coyotes in the championship game 23 - 14. The Seawolves had a regular season record of 10 - 4 which was the 2nd best in the DSFL behind the Tijuana Luchadores (11-3). These two teams met in the semifinals and in a close contest the Seawolves beat the Luchadores 23 - 20. In that game the Luchadores based their game plan as always this season on the air attack lead by QB Elessar Jones. He threw for 348 yards but the 3 interceptions were costly especially the two in the 4th quarter. The Seawolves had in that semi final a very solid game plan and the offense POG RB Sconnie McSix helped a lot to win the game. His stat line for the game was: 15 rushes for 86 yards and 4 receptions for 61 yard and a TD. The Ultimini championship game against the Kansas City Coyotes saw the Seawolves as favorites even though the Coyotes surprised everybody in the semi final when they beat the favored Portland Pythons 34-30. In the final game the Seawolves took things in their own hands immediately by scoring the first 10 points of the game. A one yard run from RB William Groves and a 27-yard field goal from Dorfus Jimbo Jr Jr Jr made the score 10-0 at the end of the first quarter. Both teams scored a TD and the score at halftime was 17-7 in favor of the Seawolves. No scoring in quarter number 3 and in the last quarter the Seawolves added another FG to make the score 20-7 but the Coyotes were not ready to give up. A 1-yard TD run from RB Ram 1500 with 6:39 on the clock made the score 20-14. The drive which nailed it down for the Seawolves took 13 plays and 5 minutes and 20 seconds of the clock before they kicked another FG to get to the final score of 23-14.
The ISFL championship game the Ultimus saw the ASF champion Honolulu Hahalua take on the NSF champion Baltimore Hawks. With the regular season records from the Hahalua (13-3) and the Hawks (9-7) the bookmakers had the Honolulu team as a clear favorite entering the championship game. Let's take a look first how the teams got to the championship game. The quarterfinals had for the Hahalua the #4 team San Jose Saber Cats who qualified for the playoffs with an 8-8 record and the Saber Cats did not have even a small chance in that game going down early and the lead for the Hahalua.was 31-0 at halftime. Two more FGs in the 3rd quarter raised the lead to 37-0 before the Saber Cats scored their one and only TD with 3:58 left in the game. Final score was 40-7. The quarter final game for the Baltimore Hawks brought the Berlin Fire Salamanders in to Baltimore and this was a close game thru the first 3 quarters. The Hawks had the lead after quarter one 14-7, Berlin had the lead t halftime 17-14 and after 3 quarters the score was still ver tight with the Hawks leading 21-20. In the 4th quarter Berlin managed only 37 yards in their first three posessions and the Hawks scored during that time teh Hawks scored 17 more points and the final score had the Hawks win 38-20. The semifinals in the ASF saw the two top teams who both fiished the regular season with identical 13-3 records face off against each other. It was the Hahalua against the Arizona Outlaws. Arizona had the early lead when the first punt from the Hahalua was brought back 54 yards all teh way to the Hawks 1-yard line. The very next play saw RB Jay Cue jr run the ball into the endzone for a 7-0 lead. The answer of the Hahalua were a FG and a TD before the end of the first quarter and they took the lead 10-7. Exchanging FGs in the 2nd quarter brought the score to 13-10 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Honolulu team improve their lead to 23-7 before the Outlaws added a FG to their score and at the end of quarter three the scoreboard showed 23-13 Hahalua. Another FG for the Honolulu team with 8:29 on the clock made the score 26-13 and it was to little to late when the last score of the game by the Outlaws with 1:33 on the clock made the score 26-20 Hahalua and the ASF champion was crowned.
The NSF semifinal game saw the Chicago Butchers and the Baltimore Hawks square off. Both teams already met twice during the regular season and each team won their home game. As expected the game was close and with 4:46 in the third quarter after two TDs from the Butchers within 4 minutes the score was tied at 17. Two more FGs from the Hawks saw the game end with the final score 23-17. It was a rough outing for the Chicago QB Kazimir Oles jr who threw 5 interceptions, three of them to the defensive POG FS Pasta the Turtle.
The championship game itself was a very lopsided affair with the Hahalua scoring 3 TDs in the first quarter en route to a 24-13 win and the title for the season. The MVP of the game was Hahaluas RB Cobra Kai with 161 yards rushing and 2 TDs on the ground as well as a receiving TD.
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