Predators Exact Revenge On Wild In Home Victory
April 10, 2010 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Seattle Timberwolves News Release
Kent, WA: The memory of the first time Kent and Alaska met this season was clearly still fresh in the minds of many Predators players heading into Friday nights home contest. It was the sour taste in their mouths from that March 8th, 48-39 loss in Anchorage that helped propel the team to pour on the offense at every opportunity they had. In fact, on Friday night, the Predators only turnover in the entire game was a missed field goal opportunity. Despite the offensive outburst however, the outcome of the game came down to the finals seconds of regulation.
The scoring began just a minute and 15 seconds into the contest when Predators Quarterback Charles McCullum was stuffed at the line of scrimmage, managed to break loose of three Wild defenders, and raced 25 yards for a touchdown. It was the beginning of a see-saw battle between the two squads who traded scores back and forth through all of the first half. With his team up 20-19, McCullum went in for another scoring plunge with 2 seconds left in the first half to increase Kent's lead to 26-19.
In the second half, the Wild came roaring back. Down by as many as 14 points, Wild Quarterback Donald Carrie put his team on his shoulders running for two scores and throwing for another giving the Wild a 54-53 lead with just eight seconds left on the clock. That is where the fireworks began. Wild Kicker Sarif Zahir sent his kickoff deep into the Predators endzone, which was fielded by Predators Defensive back and Return man Dre' Mail Hardin. Hardin exploded up the middle of the field behind the stellar blocking of the special teams unit, broke to the outside and simply out ran the defenders for a 54 yard touchdown return that inevitably gave the Predators their first home victory in franchise history by a score of 59-54.
The win propels the Predators up to third place in the Pacific North Division, after being in last place just a few short weeks ago. The steady offensive improvement, added to correction of early season mistakes and penalty issues has the Predators looking to make a splash in the IFL's playoff picture. The team now has it sights on defeating another divisional foe next Sunday when they host the Tri-Cities Fever at the ShoWare Center. In their last meeting, the Predators defeated the Fever by a score of 55-49 for their first win in franchise history. Kickoff for the April 18th contest is scheduled for 3 p.m. Partial-season and Individual tickets are still available by logging on to www.kentpredators.com or by calling the team office at 253-239-3254. Discounted group tickets are available for groups of ten or more.
Game Notes: McCullum completed 12 of 17 passes for 162 and 4 touchdowns while also rushing for 59 yards on 12 attempts and four scores...Predators WR ..Carrie completed 19 of 33 passes for 251 yards and four touchdowns...Wild WR's Henry Hunter and Mike Maciejewski combined for 125 receiving and four touchdowns
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