Xpress Roll over Venom

The Xpress roll over the Plano Venom this past Easter weekend. What many thought would be a very good game started off as just that,until after halftime then the route was on! The Xpress got on the board first with QB Tre Fields hooking up with Wide out John Pope on a 12 yd T.D. pass, the extra point was no good, and the Xpress lead 6-0. On the Venoms next drive the Venom went down field and scored on a T.D. a 30 yard pass to Mike Tuner, the Venom went for a 2 point conversion and the play was successful, and the Venom took an early lead 8-6. Both teams went back and fourth with neither scoring any other points until with less then 3 mins left to go in the half and Fields hooking up with veteran wide out Chris Choice on a 22 yard T.D. pass the extra point was no good and the Xpress went in to halftime leading 12-8. The second half was all Xpress. The team scored the next 23 unanswered points and the route was on. Fields went back to work this time hitting his T.E. David Steele on an 8 yard T.D. pass. The Xpress defense held the Venom in check forcing several Venom turnovers 4 interceptions and 3 fumbles, including 7 sacks. The defense was missing starting MLB Sam Crawford who was sick with the flu, and starting DE Jeremy Rutherford who is nursing a bruise calf. That didn't stop the Xpress defense, who continue to lead the league in forced turnovers. New stars emerged in the game rookie Chris Hicks had 2 int, 5 tackles, 1 pass defensed. CB Kedrick Ford had 2 int, and Damion Collins with his first defensive T.D. of the season. Fields threw his 4th T.D. this time he hooked up with wide out Rashard Manning on a 75 yard T.D. to blow the game wide open. Sherrod Borens got in the scoring race also this time with a 50 yard T.D. run late in the game to put the game totally out of reach. The Venom scored with less then 7 mins to go in the game to make the final score Xpress 42 the Venom 14. The Xpress next home game will be 4/18/09 against the 6-1 West Texas Drillers.