Photo By Cpl. Khoa Pelczar | Larry Moore, #15, defensive player for 1st Marine Logistics Group football team, the...... read more read more
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Players of 1st Marine Logistics Groups football team can go home and enjoy their Thanksgiving break knowing they’re competing in the championship after defeating the School of Infantry’s Marshals during a semi-final game at the 14 Area football field here, Nov. 23.
Five minutes into the game, the Beasts took advantage of the opposing team’s quarterback’s mistake, who was still adjusting his passes due to inclement weather, by intercepting a pass and returned the ball for a touchdown.
Correcting their earlier mistakes and keeping the championship game in mind, the SOI Marshals didn’t leave any room for the Beasts to breath. The field became a battlefield and neither team wanted to back down. The standoff prolonged all the way through the fourth quarter with both teams unable to break through their opponent’s defense.
It all changed when the Beasts completed a 78-yard-pass for another touchdown and increased their lead to 14-0. The Marshals responded back with their own touchdown pass with just five minutes left on the clock. Although they were unsuccessful on their extra point attempt, the score stood at 14-6.
The SOI Marshals tried everything they could to make a comeback. But the Beasts’ defense was determined to prevent them from crossing into the end zone again by stopping the Marshals on fourth down. The Beasts tried to increase the lead, but the Marshals’ defense stopped them from scoring just a few inches from their end zone with less than a minute left to go in the game. However, by sacking the Marshals’ quarterback inside their own end zone, 1st MLG Beasts scored a safety, ending the game with the final score of 16-6.
“Good job out there today,” said Marvin Hill, head coach for 1st MLG Beasts. “But I want to take a moment to say thank you to the SOI Marshals for coming out here tonight and giving it all they had. It shows that we still have some work to do. The [3rd Track’s Gators], they’re on a hot streak. They’re looking for the championship, which means they have to go through us. They’ll quickly find out that the track is hard to follow once the Beasts are standing guard. This is what we worked for all season long so work hard, train hard and play hard, and you’ll find the end is rewarding.”
| Date Taken: | 11.23.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 11.24.2010 16:08 |
| Story ID: | 60844 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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