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Recap

The showdown for first place did not disappoint. The Gladiators opened the scoring with a 50 yard drive that culminated in 10 yard touchdown pass by Tyler Hooper to Jeff Taylor. Danny Gibson added the convert.

Saint John struck back twice in the second quarter with Richard Naves hitting Jeff Thomas twice on two long touchdown passes to give the Wanderers a 12-7 lead. With time winding down in the first half Gladiator linebacker Danny Gibson picked off a Naves pass at mid field and returned it all the way to the Wanderers 5 yard line. The Saint John defence would come up with a goal line  stand to keep the Gladiators from scoring.

In the third quarter a Gladiator fumble gave the Wanderers the ball on the Capital Area 5 yard line. The Gladiators defence rose to the occasion and kept Saint John out of the end zone, only to have its offence fumble on the first play and give the ball back to the Wanderers. This time Kevin Muise would bang in from the 1 yard line for six points. Richard Naves found Doug McPhee for the two point conversion putting Saint John ahead 20-7.

Gladiator quarterback Allison Brooks was quick to respond hitting Jeff Taylor on a 40 yard touchdown pass on the next series. Gibson added the convert to narrow the score to 20-14 at the end of the third quarter.

Another Gladiator fumble put Saint John in possession deep in Capital Area territory. The Wanderers drove down to the Gladiator 1 yard line but the Capital Area defence came up with its second goal line stand of the game to get the ball back for its offence. On the first play from scrimmage another Gladiator fumble resulted in a safety touch that put the Wanderers up 22-14. On the day Capital Area fumbled the ball six times.

With less than a minute left in the game the Gladiators mounted a desperate drive from deep in their own end. Brooks hit Mark Huys with two long passes and then found Jeff Taylor at the Saint John 1 yard line. On the next play Brooks plunged in for the touchdown to narrow the score to 22-20. A pass attempt for the equalizing 2 point conversion was incomplete.

The Wanderers would recover the Gladiators attempted short kick off and were able to kneel twice to run out the clock and preserve the win.

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
July 1, 2002 4:00 pm MFL 2002 90'

Venue

Oromocto
Oromocto West, Oromocto, Burton Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, E2V 1E0, Canada
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