HAWKS OFF AND FLYING Clyde Valley Hawks 26 -0 Bolton Bulldogs
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Clyde Valley Hawks were looking for their first win of the season against the Bolton Bulldogs even although they had a few no shows in players and a few injuries to key players.

The Hawks won the toss and chose to receive the ball. They were stopped on the first drive and this was to set the tone for the 1st half .

However it was the away side that gave the crowd something to cheer about when Josh Baines intercepted a pass. A scampering 45 yard run from Adam Grundy looked like it had opened the scoring but it was called back for a penalty.

After trading possessions Bolton were once more close to scoring following some powerful running from, Adam Grundy, Sam Russell and Jamie Allan, with the ball on the Hawks 9 yard line their defence suddenly came to life.

Hawk's Graeme Duncan and Jamie Weir combined to sack the QB for a huge loss to get the ball back with 20 seconds left in the half to the home side but the clock ran out.

It was the turn of the Bulldogs to receive the ball in the second half .
But the solid defence kept up the pressure at the start of the 2 nd half forcing Bolton to punt the ball.

The Hawks went to the air with the ball to check the Bolton defenceTwo passes  later; a 28 yard grab and run from QB Will Winter to Chris McCrum then a 2 yard pass to Ryan Rogers into the corner of the endzone opened the scoring for the Hawks.

The extra point was unsuccessful. Clyde Valley added to the scoring when QB Will Winter hooking up once more when Chris McCrum slipped past the defence to pull in  a 26 yard TD.

This time the extra point pass was intercepted by Bolton's Josh Baines but was run down by the Hawks .

The Hawks defence now all fired up held the Bulldogs at bay forcing them to punt the ball away.

Hawks decided to ground out some hard yards with new boy Steven Hughes driving up the middle, then Chris McCrum and Darran Sharp brought the Hawks to the 6 yard line.

Will Winter finished the drive with a 2 yard sneak behind a big push from the O'line forthe TD. The extra point kick was blocked by a swarming Bolton side.

Mark Winter performed some acrobatics on Hawks next possession grabbing a 28 yard pass on the home sideline with a diving catch on the sideline from his brother QB William Winter.

This lead to the final TD and the second for Ryan Rogers when he scooped up a fumbled ball and dashed 4 yards to the endzone.

This time as the Bulldogs came through to block the kick the Hawks holder kept the ball and passed into the endzone to his brother for the final score of the day.

Time then became the enemy for Bolton who fought to the final whistle.

Hawks would like to thank everyone who helped out at today's game. Their next game is away to Sheffield Tomahawks on 29th June.

If anyone would like to play then please contact Colin on 07787785262