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Lightning Burned, 77-14

May 3, 2008 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Stockton Lightning News Release


BOISE, Ida. - George Williams scored six total touchdowns and had 104 yards of total offense to help the Boise Burn send the Stockton Lightning (1-5) to a 77-14 loss in week 6 of arenafootball2 play, before a crowd of 5,172 at Qwest Arena on Saturday night.

The Lightning, who dropped their fifth game in a row and surrendered 59 unanswered points before Kenyatte Morgan ran a kickoff back 55 yards for a third quarter touchdown in his season debut, fell to 1-3 lifetime against Boise.

QB Chad Elliott connected with WR Hannibal Thomas on a nine-yard touchdown strike with 1:40 into the game to put the Lightning on the scoreboard first with a 7-0 advantage. Boise quickly answered with Williams' efforts, who followed a 22-yard kick return with a 34-yard bomb from Boise QB Royal Gill, which knotted the score at 7-7.

Williams, who was named Schutt Offensive Player of the Game, added two separate two-yard touchdown runs to complete the first quarter with Boise leading 20-7.

The Burn, who tallied 252 yards of total offense, engaged in a 25-point second quarter to hike the lead to 45-7 at halftime. Williams and fellow WR Ahmad Harris each scored two separate touchdowns in the quarter, three coming from the arm of Gill and hit Harris with a 30-yard strike with 11:14 to go for the longest score from scrimmage in the quarter.

Williams, the former Lightning receiver, added his final touchdown of the game early in the third quarter on a 20-yard lob from Gill and the Burn followed with a fumble recovery by C.J. Nisulu, who ran the ball four yards for another score with 1:38 left in the third quarter. Morgan, who ended his brief hiatus as the af2's all-time leader in kick return yards, broke the Burn's run with a 55-yard dash with four seconds left in the quarter, cutting the Boise lead to 59-14.

Boise recovered an onside kick to begin the fourth quarter and Harris finished the short drive with a one-yard run with 16 seconds elapsed into the final quarter, bolstering Boise's lead to 65-14. WR Shadrach Okebor hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass from backup QB B.J. Rhode and DE Travis Tofi ran back a 19-yard interception to cap the scoring for the contest.

Gill totaled 191 passing yards, five touchdown passes and a 10-for-17 effort for Boise while Allen led the Boise receivers with five catches and 78 receiving yards. Elliott totaled an 11-for-31 completion effort for the Lightning, along with one touchdown and 89 passing yards before giving way to backup Jonathan Grant in the second half, who followed with a 3-for-14 effort.



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