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News from the Gateshead Senators | |
Senators Youth moved into the Semi Final of the BAFL Youth competition with a hard fought victory over Central Conference runners up Lancashire Wolverines. The under strength Senators missing key players due to injuries and holidays jumped out to an early lead. However the Wolverines showed they were in no mood to go down without a fight putting in a gutsy second half performance.
The 1st quarter started well for the Senators after receiving the opening kick off they put a 60 yard drive together which was finished off by Gavin Barr running home from 25 yards out; the extra points were added by Dan Taggart making it 8-0 to the home side. The Wolverines' next drive was snuffed out by Defensive MVP Sam 'Kinky' Keddy with the first of his two interceptions of the day, giving the Senators the ball on their own 30 yard line.
After some big holes were opened up by the Senators' O line for Running Backs Barr, Dover and Taggart, QB Chris Doyle went to the air and found a wide open Darren Mould from 20 yards out for his 1st TD of the day. The extra points were missed making it 14-0 to the Senators at the end of the 1st quarter.
The second quarter was similar to the first with the Wolverines' offence finding it hard to gain ground on the Senators' D with Linebackers Mould and Guex putting in some big hits. The Senators' 3rd Offensive drive saw them reach the endzone for the 3rd time with Running Back Iain Dover bowling over tacklers on his way to a 6 yard Touchdown; the extra points were added by Darren Mould making it 22-0 to the home side.
The Wolverines' Offense began to find some running room toward the end of the second quarter but on 3rd and long they opted to pass which was again intercepted by Sam Keddy giving the ball back to the Senators Offence with 3 minutes left in the half 6 plays and 60 yards later QB Chris Doyle connected with Gavin Barr for the Senators 4th TD of the day the extra points were missed making it 28-0 to the home side at the half.
The second half saw a fired up Lancs' D start to come to terms with the Senators' Offense causing two fumbles and keeping their Offense on the field. After a 60 yard clock eating drive the Wolverines added the first points of the day running home from 5 yards out, however missing the extra points to make it 28-6 at the end of the 3rd quarter.
The 4th quarter saw both Offences being snuffed out by solid work on D; the Senators added the final score of the day with under a minute left in the game when QB Doyle again found Darren Mould in the endzone for his second score. The extra points were missed making the final score 34-6 to the Senators.
The Senators now face conference rivals Glasgow Tigers on Sunday 7th September at Gateshead Stadium, 2.00 p.m. kick off, to decide who will represent the North in the BAFL Youth Final to be held at the Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday 20th September.
| Game | Iain Dover/Darren Mould |
| Offense | Gavin Barr |
| Defense | Sam Keddy |