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Swashbucklers Smash Crunch In Season Opener

March 21, 2010 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL)
Louisiana Swashbucklers News Release


LAKE CHARLES, LA. (March 20, 2010) - The Louisiana Swashbucklers of the Southern Indoor Football League took it to the North Texas Crunch with an 88-6 thrashing in the Smuggler's Den to open the Shadrick McAfee era Saturday night.

The Bucs are 1-0 to start the 2010 season. The Crunch came in as a replacement for the Houston Lightning. They are the defending champions of the Independent Indoor Football Alliance.

The fireworks started with a five-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Alvin Bartie to Marcus Wilridge with nine minutes left in the first quarter. That was shortly followed by a fumble on the Crunch's one-yard line, which was recovered and punched, into the end zone by Ellis Mead. Immediately afterwards the Bucs scored again on a one-yard run from Lapeacus Celestine. Courtney Brooks scored on another Crunch pick to end the first quarter.

The second quarter started with a 12-yard TD pass from Bartie to wide out Sammy Knight. He would strike again on another TD reception from 12 yards out. The remainder of the first half saw longtime Swashbucklers wide receiver Jermaine Martin catch a 20 yard bomb and Koty Knox intercepted a pass from Crunch QB Jarrad Perryman and brought it back to the 24 yard line.

The second half continued with the dominance of the Swashbucklers over the Crunch leading up to the final score. The injury report at this time has placekicker Tommy Hebert with a sprained ankle and reserve quarterback Jermaine Davis with a hyper extended knee. The Crunch had eight first downs to the Swashbucklers' 14. The Crunch was flagged with 11 penalties for 48 yards while the Bucs had 11 for 85 yards.

The Swashbucklers hit the road next to the Columbus Civic Center on Saturday March 27th against the Columbus Lions at 7:30 pm.

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