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Predators Fall In Home Debut

March 13, 2010 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
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Kent, WA: With any new franchise, in any sport there will always be a few kinks to work out early. The Kent Predators, playing in just their third game in team history continue to work out those kinks as they become more familiar with each other on the field. Playing their first game in front of a home crowd, the Predators allowed a sloppy first half to let the Fairbanks Grizzlies jump out to a 38-13 halftime lead, and could not mount enough of a comeback in the end, eventually falling 57-42.

In an effort to get the home crowd at the ShoWare Center involved right away, Coach McCarthy called for an onside kick to begin the game. Unfortunately, the ball ricocheted out of bounds giving the Grizzlies excellent field position. After a Grizzlies missed field goal the Predators got the ball on their own 2 yard line, and on their first play from scrimmage, Quarterback Brandon Peterson fumbled the snap from Center which the Grizzlies recovered in the endzone for the first score of the game.

On their next possession, Pederson had his pass over the middle intercepted at midfield leading to a field goal and a 10-0 Fairbanks lead. Starting Quarterback from the Predators first two games, Charles McCullum, was then inserted at Quarterback and threw a 30 yard touchdown pass to Andre "Piper" Jordan on his second play. That was as close as it would get for the rest of the game however, as Fairbanks scored on a Paul Mosley touchdown run, then intercepted a McCullum pass in the Predators zone and turned that into yet another scoring drive. By halftime, Kent was down 38-13 and had given up three turnovers.

In the second half, the offense got rolling, which allowed the defense to get the rest they weren't able to have in the first 30 minutes of the game. Late in the third Quarter, McCullum found Jordan once again to trim the deficit to 41-34 giving the home crowd hope of a record setting comeback, but Grizzlies Quarterback Matt Bassoener led two drives deep into Kent's zone which they punched in against a tired defensive unit and eventually won the game 57-42.

Coach McCarthy and the rest of the Predators staff will work hard in their coming bye week to correct their penalty and turnover issues as they try to rise up the Pacific North Division standings. The Predators get back to work on Saturday, March 27th against in-state rivals the Tri-Cities Fever on the road. Kickoff for that game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The Predators return home on Friday, April 9th in a rematch against the Alaska Wild. Tickets for that game are 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 threw for five scores and three interceptions...WR Andre "Piper" Jordan has scored six touchdowns in three games...Matt Bassoener threw for five scores for the Grizzlies...2009 IFL Player of the Year Runner-Up Lonnie Sanders hauled in two more scores on the season.

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