Entourage Defeats Crew 24-13
Team finishes season 4-2 and momentum entering playoffs.

Despite it being a game with no real playoff implications, Entourage and the Stove Croft Crew were both looking for a win in Week 6.  If not for the momentum that a win creates going into the playoffs, for Entourage it was a chance to finish their first TAFFL Coed season above .500 and for the Stove Croft Crew, it was a chance not to finish their inaugural season winless.

The Entourage would come out in full force, still missing their Captain Sarah Price, who’s recovering from a knee injury suffered in Week 4, and give the Crew a mouthful of Entourage football.  Seven different receivers would catch passes for Entourage and leading Entourage passer Mikey Nicholson would lead the receiving charger with two catches for a touchdown, to go along with a touchdown pass, a rushing touchdown, two sacks and three tackles.  It would be Nicholson to Mark Kretzschmar that would get things rolling early on and after a successful two-point conversion the team would find themselves up 8-0.  Stove Croft would respond nearly eight minutes later when Andy Flinchum, brother of Co-Captain Laura Briscoe, would find a wide-open Jennifer Borrelli to pull the team to within one, 8-7.  Borrelli would lead all Crew receivers with three catches.

Not to be outdone, Entourage would rush back to increase their lead 16-7 when Josh Berengut would connect with Nicholson for the touchdown.  Beregut would finish also add a reception, a defensive interception, and a tackle in the game.  Neither team would add any points before the half and after the break Nicholson would help to increase the Entourage lead to 17 when he would rush for his fourth rushing touchdown on the season making the score 24-7.

Stove Croft would rally late to add another touchdown (Tim Hall to Tyrone Briscoe) to get within 11, however time would expire before the team could really threaten the Entourage lead.  The unusually ‘happy-hour’ Kieran Campbell would lead all Entourage receivers with three catches, but could not quite ‘stumble’ into the endzone.

Next up for Entourage they will take their #3-seeding into battle against the #2-seeded Hurricanes (5-1) in their Conference East second round matchup.  The Crew will finish the season winless and as the #6 seed will face the #5-seeded Bombers (1-5) for a chance to play the #1-seeded Royal Flush in Round 2. 

Gobblers Finish Season Undefeated 6-0
Rush fail in bid to upset the birds, 18-45

You can read every issue of the Wire since the start of Season I of TAFFL Coed and it would read almost exactly as what you’re about to read now.

Kevin Houston.  Marcus Brown.  Kevin Houston.  Marcus Brown.  Renee Wilkerson.  Kevin Houston.

Against the Rush in Week 6, the Gobblers would prove why their record reflects 6-0 and why they have two potential male MVP candidates, one female MVP candidate, and a host of honorable mentions.  The team would put on a clinic against the Rush offensively and defensively in route to the 27-point victory.  Houston would throw for five touchdowns on the day, rush for another, and take a Tony Buglak pass to the endzone for his fourth Pick-6 of the season and the third straight game in which the starting QB would score on a defensive interception.  Catching two of Houston’s touchdown passes on four catches would be league leading WR Marcus Brown, who would also haul in a defensive interception.  Girl Gobbler Renee Wilkerson would catch four passes for a touchdown in the game.  Similar to what he has done most of the season, Greg Lyons would make his presence felt by recording two sacks of Rush QBs and also a touchdown catch of his own.

The Rush would battle valiantly throughout the game, but would be unable to get the stops needed to keep the score close.  Buglak would finish the day with three passing touchdowns and two interceptions and Amanda Street and Dave Schwab would lead the Rush with three catches and a touchdown each. 

The Gobblers now take their undefeated record and the #1-seed into the Conference West playoffs and will face the winner of the Rush/Mavericks play-in game.

Hurricanes Blank Vice 14-0
Kappler’s magic runs out against League’s stingiest defense

After impressive showings in his last two outings, Jon Kappler and the Carolina Vice were looking to extend their winning streak to three games and despite the game having no playoff implications, the team was at least looking to finish the season above .500.  The Hurricanes on the other hand, had already locked up the second seed in the upcoming Conference East playoffs, however a win and a Royal Flush loss in Week 6 would have propelled the Hurricanes into the number one seed. 

And as they have done all season, the Hurricanes defense was an impenetrable wall that not even Kappler’s arm nor his legs were strong enough to pierce.  Eddy Gidney, who walked away with this year’s sack title, would add two sacks to his league lead, including a League leading fourth safety at the 10:10 mark, to put the Hurricanes on the board first, 2-0.  The safety would come after the Vice defense had made a great stop of the Hurricanes on fourth down and a yard to go.  Neither team would add any points to their totals the remainder of the first half. 

It would take nearly half of the second half before the Hurricanes defense would hold the Vice to a turnover on downs and subsequently QB Sherell Dunn would connect with Cody Massengil to put the Hurricanes up by 8.  Kappler and the Vice could not capitalize on the four interceptions thrown by Dunn, however Vice QBs would throw two interception themselves.  Kappler would haul in two of Dunn’s passes with Ashley Shearin and Sean Bragg each picking off a pass as well.  Kim Dunn and interception leader John Branch of the Hurricanes would be the recipients of the arrant Vice throws.

Branch would also be on the receiving end of a Cody Massengil pass just as time expired to give the Hurricanes the 14-0 victory.  The Royal Flush would win their game against the Bombers and would set the Hurricanes up to play the #3-seeded Entourage in their first game of the Conference East playoffs.  The Vice would finish the season at .500 and as had already been determined a week prior, will face the #2-seeded Dazz in their Conference West playoff matchup.

Mavericks Succumb to Last Minute Loss…Again
Team doesn’t win a game in inaugural season

The Mavericks could have easily been 3-3 in this the first season of the Triangle Area Flag Football League Coed, however three losses all coming within two minutes or less would help to see the team finish 0-6 and thankful that every team makes the playoffs.  Against the Entourage, Vice, and now in Week 6, against the Dazz, the Mavericks would watch themselves take a touchdown lead into the final minutes of the game just to witness the defense not close the deal.

Dazz would finally score the game’s first points twenty-three minutes in, when QB Jamal Seetram would connect with Dave Wood to take the 6-0 lead into halftime.  After the break, it would be all Mavericks, as the team would score 16 unanswered points to take a 16-6 lead.  QB and Captain Devin Harris would hook-up with Charles Jonassaint to give the Mavericks an 8-6 lead.  This was Jonassaint’s first game back after missing the last two after sustaining an injury in their game against the Entourage.  Jonassaint would also add a sack for a safety on Dazz’s next possession to make the score 10-6.  With the momentum totally in their favor, Harris would then lead the Mavericks on another scoring drive when Adam Wetter would catch a pass and tiptoe the sideline to the outrage of the Dazz’s Marvis Brown, who was adamant that Wetter had stepped out.  However, Senior Official Xavier Overton-El stood firm in his stance that Wetter remained inbounds.  This would give the Mavericks a 16-6 lead, but on the extra point attempt Conrad Groves would intercept the Mavericks pass and race to the endzone for two points.

Needing to rebound quickly with time running out, Dazz would score on its next possession when Seetram would use his legs to get the team to within two, 14-16.  Both teams would stall on their next drives, however with one chance remaining and just over a minute to go in the game Seetram would find Dave Wood again for this second touchdown on the day and the eventual win, 22-16. 

Dazz will face the Carolina Vice (3-3) in their first Conference West playoff matchup and the Mavericks find themselves in the play-in game against Rush (1-5) for a chance at the #1-seeded Gobblers.

Royal Flush Win Big Against Bombers 68-26
Team secures #1-Seed entering playoffs

For the Royal Flush it was win and be crowned the TAFFL Coed Season I Conference East regular season Champions, lose and it was second place.  A situation that Captain and QB Marcus Cole had faced so many times in his TAFFL Male career…a situation in which sometimes he won and sometimes he lost.  However, in Week 6 against the Bombers, Cole was determined to walk away a Champion and him and his team would, to the tune of a 42-point, 68-26 victory.

It was Cole’s best passing day of his Rookie Coed Season as the QB tied the record for most passing touchdowns in a game with seven and no interceptions.  Cole was a passing machine completing pass after pass to his Flush teammates.  In all Cole, complete passes to six different Flush receiver, with Errol Hood leading the charge with five.  Hood would finish the day with three touchdowns and a lateral touchdown to go along with two tackles.  Leading Flush female receiver Christine Gregory would haul in three catches and a touchdown, as well as two tackles.  It was also Jonathan Burnette who would turn in a big game for the Flush as he would pull in two catches both for touchdowns and a defensive interception which he return for a touchdown.  It seemed as if the Flush were clicking on all cylinders and look to be a tough foe to meet in the playoffs.

The Bombers on the other hand were not without their bright spots, as the Bombers’ female receivers would do all they could to help the team stay in a game that was quickly getting out of hand.  Emma Ford would be on the receiving end of four of QB Tomocus Alston’s passes, however it was Eureka Swain who would tie Hood for the most receptions in the game, as she would haul in a Bombers’ high five receptions for a touchdown and a tackle.  Jermaine Thomas would also add a touchdown catch.  The speedy Alston would finish the game for the Bombers for with two touchdowns passing, two interceptions, and two rushing touchdowns in the loss.

The Flush await the winner of the Round 1 play-in game between the #6 Stove Croft Crew (0-6) and the #5 Bombers (1-4) to move a step closer to the TAFFL COED CUP.

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PLAYOFF EDITION
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