The GFL kicked off on Saturday with 2,400 spectators
witnessing German bowl finalists, the Schwabisch
Hall Unicorns host new boys, the Frankfurt
Universe. In the first quarter Frankfurt
started badly making various mistakes on offence including two turnovers. The
shaky start allowed the U’s to take a two score lead thanks to passes from Marco Ehrenfried
to Tyler Rutenbeck and Patrick Donahue; both extra points were
good for the 14-0 lead.
The second quarter provided a role reversal
with a host of penalty’s by the Unicorns. Meanwhile Frankfurt’s offence
began to click and was rewarded with a touchdown pass from Marcus McDade to George
Robinson. Rene Moll’s successful PAT
making the score 14-7. Just before the end of the half the Universe were back
on the board thanks to another pass from McDade, this time to Nathaniel Robitaille, however the extra
point was wide making the halftime score 14-13
In the second half Robitaille scored his second for the
Universe, a two point conversion by Moll was successful and put the Universe up
21-14. At this point the U’s offence and defence looked to be breaking until
former youth player, 19 year old Henry Ly, playing his first competitive GFL
game, recovered a fumble in excellent field position. Shortly afterward Patrick Donahue
burst through the line, but with the extra point missed, the quarter ended with
Frankfurt having one point lead.
In the final period it was Henry Ly’s second time to shine with
another recovery. The U’s capitalised with a one yard TD run by Danny Washington. Despite a desperate comeback
time was not on the Universe side and with the U’s regaining possession,
Frankfurt had to watch the U’s run out the clock for the 26-21 win
This weekend sees the opening game
in the north with the Hamburg Huskies
hosting the New Yorker Braunschweig
Lions on Saturday. The action continues Sunday with the Dresden Monarchs hosting the Berlin Rebels in the north, and the Rhein-Necker Bandits traveling to Marburg to face the Mercenaries.
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