Parting Ways

In a move that was a surprise to coach Vernon and the Xpress staff, was the fact that Quentin Sarpy has decided to leave the team. Sarpy contacted coach Vernon and informed the coach via text message that he had too much on his plate and he has decided to quit the team. Sarpy was coming off a career game where he had a defensive T.D. and 5 tackles against the Killeen Knights. The Xpress family wish him good luck in his future endeavors. In other news 2009 all star wide receiver Rashaad Manning has also quit the team, but for a different reason. Coach Vernon contacted Manning about him being demoted from starting wide out to 3rd receiver. The initial response from Manning was he was ok with the demotion, but on 3/22/10 Manning informed the Xpress head coach via text message that he was leaving the team and he wished the Xpress good luck on the rest of the season.

Knights Dethroned

The Xpress had their second game of season and just like the first game the Xpress came away with a win. The game with the Killeen Knights was a game that had a lot of hard hitting, Turnovers, Rushing T.D., and Passing T.D's. The scoring started fast, the first play of the first series for the Knights ended in a T.D. for for the Xpress. L.B. Quentin Sarpy stripped the ball from the Knights running back and returned it 37 yards for the first Xpress T.D. Nestor Cadenas extra point was good, and just like that the Xpress were up 7-0. The Knights took the second series and marched down the field on an 8 play 62 yard drive for a T.D. and they were down 7-6. The Xpress first offensive series did not mount any positive yards, the Knights took their second series down the field after intercepting a Nelson pass that was intended for Manning. Six plays later the Knights QB hooked up on a 28 yard T.D. pass right over the outreached arms of corner back Wisner Derosier, and at the half the Xpress were down 13-7. But in football their is always a first half and a second half, and the Xpress owned the second half. The Xpress got it together the train started rolling. The Defense turned up the heat and started forcing turnovers to give the Xpress offense extra chances to get the high scoring offense on track. with the Xpress down 13-7 the Xpress defense forced a fumble and 5 plays later FB Mack Harris scored with a 1 yard plunge, the extra point was blocked and that made the score 13-13. The next offensive series for the Knights ended when DB Chris Hicks forced a fumble at the Xpress 22 yard line Nelson hooked up with Manning on a 77 yard completion down to the 1, 3 plays later Harris scored again and the Xpress were up 19-13. The Xpress defense kept the Knights offense off balance and the Xpress offense went back to work this time with rookie QB James Chism leading the way, Chism hooked up with wide out Michael Cotton on a 30 yard completion and the Xpress came away with 3 points and made the Score 22-13. The Knights would not quit the next possession ended with a 9 play 73 yard dive for a T.D. the extra point was no good and with little over 6 mins to go in the game the Xpress were leading 22-19. After the Knights defense forced the Xpress to punt, the Knights took over at their own 42 yard line, 2 plays later the Xpress defense forced another fumble this time Strong side LB Stanley Sterns took the ball 41 yards for the final Xpress T.D. and with the Cadenas kick the final score 29-19. Xpress have win number 2. The Xpress have a bye 3/13/10 and will travel to Port City to face a strong Jaguars team that were the 2008 T.U.F.L. Champion.

Caged

The DFW Xpress started off the season with a bang, by caging the Lone Star Pitbulls. The Xpress started off fast with Nelson hooking up with Manning on a 45 yard completion and taking the ball down to the 7 yard line. 3 plays later Nelson hooked up with Chris Choice on a 4 yard T.D. pass, the extra point was good just like that 3 minutes into the game the Xpress were up 7-0. The defense forced a turnover and 5 plays and 36 yards later Fullback Eerick Brown took it in from the 2 yard line and at the end of the 1st quarter the Xpress were leading 14-0. The beginning of the 2ND quarter was just like the first quarter, an air show and a ground attack! Nelson hooked up with Manning again this time on a 65 yard T.D. that put the Xpress up 21-o, the Pitbulls tried to put a drive together,that was ended with a forced fumble by the Xpress defense that was lead by 2009 All star LB Sam Crawford, 2010 rookie sensation Stanley Sterns and the stingy secondary lead by All star CB Chris Hicks and veteran Wisner Derosier. The Xpress offense went back to work, with it's finesse running game lead by Guy Smith and James Roberts, and right before the half, Smith took it in from 2 yards out and putting the Xpress up 28-0 at the half. The 2ND half was a little different the Pitbulls made some adjustments and sustained a few offensive drives to keep the Xpress offense off the field, but could not get any scoring from those drives. In the 4Th quarter Fullback Mack Harris put the final nail in the coffin by scoring from 3 yards out and putting the cage over the Pitbulls by a final score of 35-0