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Coyotes come up short, 48-41

April 17, 2005 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Central Valley Coyotes News Release


Oklahoma City – Juston Wood threw four touchdowns and recovered another during a 48-41 loss to the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz at Ford Center on Saturday night. Central Valley drops to 1-1 while Oklahoma City improves to 2-1.

“It was a hard fought game that could have gone either way,” head coach Fred Biletnikoff Jr. said. “We just came up just a few plays short.”

Both offenses came alive early despite numerous penalties, each scoring touchdowns on their first two drives. Juston Wood recovered fumbled exchange to Vai Notoa that rolled into the endzone from the two yard line, while Oklahoma City QB Craig Strickland found Al Hunt on a 25-yard pass to make it 7-7. Wood responded with a five-yard touchdown to George Williams but the Yard Dawgz blocked the ensuing extra point. Oklahoma City wide receiver Brandon Daniels caught the first of his three touchdowns, a 43-yard grab, to give the Yard Dawgz a 14-13 lead.

Wood, who was 24-of-37 for 239 yards, added one more score in the second quarter by hitting Ahmad Bhatti for his first touchdown of the season, a 19-yard reception. Chris Toney rumbled in from a one-yard score Oklahoma City to give the Yard Dawgz a 21-20 halftime lead.

Daniels opened up the third quarter with a 20-yard touchdown reception from Strickland but the Oklahoma only held a 27-20 advantage after a Dylan Pohlman missed the extra point.

The Coyotes answered with two scores after a Marvin Brown 14-yard touchdown reception and a Clint Merz fumble recovery in the endzone after an Ahmad Bhatti sack to put the Central Valley up 34-27 with 5:10 left in the third quarter.

Strickland hooked up with Daniels for a third time, this time on a fourth-and-12 from the Coyote 21 yard line to tie the game at 34.That play proved to be the difference as the Yard Dawgz were able to force the Coyotes to attempt a 43-yard field goal that went wide left on the next posession.

Oklahoma City took the lead, 41-34, the following drive on a one-yard Eric Daniels run. The drive was aided by a holding penalty on Joshua Robinson on a third-and-eight from the Coyote nine yard line.

Wood found Arceneaux with 2:14 left to tie the gamefor the fourth time but Oklahoma CityÂ’s Jarrail Jackson took the ensuing kickoff back for a 57-yard touchdown to give the Yard Dawgz the lead for good.

The Coyotes had their final drive stopped with 16 seconds left when DeRonn Finley came up two yards short on a fourth down-and-14 at the Coyotes 18 yard line.

Central Valley heads home to take on the Arkansas Twisters on April 23, at Selland Arena. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

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