Wild Win Thriller
March 31, 2012 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Wichita Wild News Release
WICHITA, KS. - The Wichita Wild of the Indoor Football League (IFL) won a thriller against the New Mexico Stars tonight in a hard fought defensive battle. Wichita walked away with the team's first win on the season; final score Wichita 31, New Mexico 24.
A Defensive battle throughout, the game started off slowly with both teams struggling to find the end zone. Defensive stand after defensive stand saw both teams fail to score in the first quarter. Much of the same continued throughout the second quarter in a game that was quickly becoming dominated by each team's Kicker. The highlight of the first half came via a Wild safety with 14 seconds left in the second. Going into halftime, the Wild led the Stars 11-3.
The third quarter was identical to the first, with both teams failing to put points on the board. It wasn't until the fourth quarter that the game began to open up. Wild Quarterback Marcus Jackson scored early in the fourth off a 5 yard run, followed by another Wichita score off a 31 yard run by Tywon Hubbard, putting Wichita up 24-3. However the Stars responded quickly with a touchdown from Quarterback Arkelon Hall to New Mexico Receiver Roland Bruno putting New Mexico back in the game; 24-9.
The defensive battle continued until with 4:09 left to play in the game, Wild Quarterback Marques Jackson connected with Wide Receiver Kyle Riffle for a touchdown, giving Wichita a bit more breathing room. But New Mexico wasn't finished, and gave Wichita a big scare from back-to-back scoring drives with 1:24 and 49 second left to play, putting the Stars down by only one position. However, New Mexico's last quarter push ended up being too little too late. Wichita recovered the onside kick with 48 seconds left and finished off the game.
The Wild walked away with the win, the first on their season, final score of 31-24.
The Wichita Wild will return to action on April 6th when they take on the Omaha Beef in Nebraska. To keep up with all the latest Wild news, be sure to visit www.wichitawildfootball.com. Follow the team's social media on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla.
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