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Article found at bchssreport.com
BOX SCORE
Summary by Bob Ashby:
The Firebirds got off to a bad start and found themselves in a 14 point hole less than 8 minutes into the game. Josh Laine booted a 33-yard field goal to get West on the scoreboard with only 40 seconds remaining in the first quarter. Both teams combined threw punches and counter punches to produce 9 more scores as the evening progressed but West could never get closer than the final score when Kurt Riesenberg caught a 20-yard pass from Mitch Bolden to set the final score at 35-41 with just 22 seconds remaining in the contest. Bolden was credited with 142 yards passing and Riesenberg hauled in 9 passes for 109 yards to top the century mark. Other noteworthy plays were a pass interception by David Jones who returned the ball 50 yards to score in the second quarter. David Afari tallied 3 TD’s; a 20-yard pass from Bolden, a 42-yard run, and a 13-yard run. Linebacker Issac Kolosik was the Firebirds leading tackler with 8.
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