![]() ![]() ![]() The defense gets tighter, the fouls start coming, and yet Ring still finds themselves trading offensive possessions. Regardless, the game turned into a slugfest of layouts and downfield fouls. Some might say that that was the Ring of Fire plan all along. There’s no doubt that the second half of this game is one of the chippiest in recent memory, marred by frequent and lengthy stoppages. Ironside had the ability to make us think the game was done, but we discounted Ring’s “prove them wrong attitude.” They must have sensed it. ![]() ![]() Ring of Fire’s inability to convert, and George Stubbs’ ability to control the game and make big plays. Again, they played Ring’s emotional game, and they were beating them at it. Clark caught the scoober, ran towards the crowd, and waved his arms in the air. An inside out scoober to Danny Clark was at the time just one more nail in a coffin of total domination. But great players make great plays when it counts, and Josh Markette won’t let even elite level marks stop him. In the 6-4 offensive possession for Ironside, they started to feel the defensive pressure from Ring. Ironside would even spot them one more chance on an ill advised huck, but still the defensive offense of Ring of Fire could not convert despite the best efforts of Allen. But without Josh Mullen or Dan Kantor to control the flow, the D-Line offense couldn’t convert. With handlers on the field, this would have been an almost certain break for Ring. But moments later, he gets another incredible layout D. Allen made an up-line cut, but couldn’t toe the line in bounds for a score. Down 4-3, Justin Allen got a layout D on an under cut, giving Ring of Fire their first chance at a break. In the midst of the George Stubbs show, a turning point for Ring happened. Defensively, he did about a good a job as anyone can do on Ken Porter, limiting his touches for the Ring of Fire offense. Stubbs assisted on all four of Ironside’s first half breaks. Those opportunities were consistently seized by George Stubbs. A few drops from Christian Johnson and bad throws from Jon Nethercutt set up Ironside break opportunities. They were so confident that they could ride it all the way home that they let the momentum push them emotionally and physically.Īnd for the first half it worked. Throughout the first half Ironside looked completely satisfied with making this game all about emotional swings, which is classic Ring. But suddenly you realized that Ironside was playing Ring’s game. Their sideline bull rushed the 20 year old. Stubbs unleashed a big flick huck to his brother John, who dove for the catch and one of the biggest plays of the game. His presence after the turn was crucial for their first break. But after an Ironside hold (2-1), a poor throw from Jon Nethercutt gave the Ironside defensive line a break chance.įor most of this year, George Stubbs has been going to work for Ironside on the defense. Ring’s offense initially looked like they could be just as efficient, scoring on a huck from Micah Hood in their first possession. They would quickly discover that they had more opportunities with the man defense, but not before Ironside struck and gained the 1-0 lead. Ring of Fire would set up a 3-2-2 zone “junk” look, with a transition to man around half field. Saul threw a rolling pull that pinned Ironside on the sideline pushing against the wind. When Noah Saul let his first pull rip, you saw Ring of Fire coach Mike Denardis’ strategy go to work. In what to this point has to be considered the wildest game of the tournament, Boston Ironside edged Ring of Fire in a double game point battle that lasted two and half hours. Octoby Preston Thompson in News, Recap with 16 comments Photo by Christina Schmidt. Ironside blew an 11-6 lead, but managed a thrilling double game point win over Ring. ![]()
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