Rockets Vs Hornets

The Hornets won the toss and had first possession but early on their first drive Darren MacDonald intercepted a poor pass.

On the Rockets’ first possession a long Marc Prasher pass found MacDonald in the endzone for the first score of the game.

The Hornets quickly scored a touchdown on their next possession to make the scores level. Prasher threw a long pass to MacDonald who caught the pass to score again. Donald Stewart converted the extra point.

The Hornets couldn’t create anything on their next offensive drive and Darren MacDonald made another interception to win the ball for the rockets.

Prasher then scored on a short run and Donald Stewart scored the extra point.

Darren MacDonald, who was having an excellent game , made another interception, his second of the game. Stewart then scored again for the Rockets.

MacDonald and Prasher made several good tackles on the Rockets turn on defence however the Hornets still scored and then scored the extra points.

Prasher made some runs on offence then threw the football long to MacDonald who caught the ball in the endzone to score another touchdown.

The Hornets then intercepted the extra point but failed to capitalise. At half time the score was 25 – 13 to the Rockets.

The Rockets started the second half on offence. Prasher made another run to gain some yards. MacDonald caught another Prasher throw in the endzone and increased the rockets lead.

The Hornets then scored Again and it looked as if a comeback could be on the cards
The Rockets next possession saw MacDonald receive a hand off and ran to bring up 1st down.

Blair Wilkie then caught the ball in endzone to score his first touchdown of the game. Abi Watson thought she had scored on her first play of the game, however it was called back as she was adjudged to have false started.

The Hornets forced a turnover on down . The visiting side scored quickly but MacDonald intercepted the conversion .

The Rockets drove upfield well on their next offensive possession but on 4th down Blair Wilkie failed to score and the Hornets regained the ball.

The referee blew for full time and the two teams ended with the traditional handshakes.

The game ended 39 – 25 to the Rockets.

The second of the three games played on Saturday was between the Hornets and the Gladiators. The Gladiators eased to victory with a 61 – 24 win over the Hornets.

This was an excellent result for the Glenurquhart team who are really coming into form at this late stage in the season. The pick of the team was Carl Taggart who ran in 4 touchdowns.