The pictures from this game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.
Game 2 Summary
The Novato Stingers continued their National Championship odyssey with a 2 PM game against the Southside Cowboys from Houston at Austin-Tindall Park on a hot, sunny and muggy Tuesday. While the Cowboys won the coin-toss, they deferred to the Stingers who elected to receive the ball first. And the offense did its thing, slowly and methodically driving the ball down the field. Ben Putman was the workhorse, accounting for nine carries in the first drive alone. With fourth-and-goal from just inside the two-yard line the Stingers came up just short and turned it over to the Cowboys.
From there on, it was a defensive struggle for the entire first-half. The Stingers looked like they might score on their second drive, but a strong pass from Tommy Sanz was just out of Robbie Cassée's reach.
The teams went to half-time with a well-earned scoreless tie.
Things look good for the Stingers again as Henry Dalton came up with the opening kick-off and Novato had the first drive of the second-half as well. The first drive came up short as the Stingers fumbled the ball back on a fourth-and-ten+ just inside Cowboy territory.
The Stingers defense held tight throughout the third-quarter too with the two team locked 0-0 going into the final quarter.
The Cowboys broke out with a long run for a touchdown with about nine minutes to play, but the defense stuffed the PAT run to hold the score at 6-0.
Novato looked to score on the ensuing drive, including a clutch pass from Sanz to a diving Paul Kunst on a critical fourth-down play, but came up short at the Cowboy 24.
Again, the defense held tight and had the Cowboys backed up with a fourth-and-long in their own territory and just under two minutes to play. Unfortunately, Southside broke another long run for a touchdown, puting the game away. The defense denied the PAT run again, with Marc Alvarez, Chris Folsom, Cassée and the rest of the defense stuffing the run at the line.
Novato's final drive ran out of time and the Stingers came up short against a very tough team.
Final Score: Novato Stingers 0, Southside Cowboys 12
Next Up: Leyden Bears in the consolation/third-place game on Thursday at 2 PM Eastern Time.
Photos of Game 2 (there are 780 of them!) are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.
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