ANOTHER BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THE PYROS

Paisley Pyros 0 Stirling Clansmen 58

British University American Football League
Borders Conference

Dateline Feb 12th 2012

Stirling Clansmen kept themselves in the hunt for the BUAFL Borders Conference title, returning from their winter break with a resounding  58-0 win on the road against the Paisley Pyros.

Despite the Pyros having home advantage, the Clansmen came into the game as clear favourite, with a much bigger squad and having dropped just one game this season, conceding just over 30 points  in 5 matches.

And it was not long before the visitors stamped their authority in what was their opening drive of the game, when a fake reverse move cleared the way fro quarterback Cam McDonald to sprint through for the opening six points.

The Pyros did not appear to pick up on the early wake up call as they continued to be caught off balance by the same move that resulted in the opening score.

And the move appeared to pay dividends late in the first quarter when McDonald turned on the speed again shrugging off two challenges for his second touchdown.  

And the Clansmen QB followed that up with a successful 2 point dive into the endzone, making it 14-0 in favour of the visitors.

The Pyros made not impression on their opening drive of the second and soon found themselves in trouble again when the Clansmen decided to test the home defense on a fourth down conversion when McDonald lobbed the ball to Grant Fraser for a 27 yard touchdown pass.

The Clansmen QB reverted to the tried and trusted fake hand off move adding another 2 point conversion

With the Pyros having been on the receiving end of a 90-0 hammering earlier in the campaign, this was looking to be another day at the office they would want to forget.   However they continued battle hard, hoping to take the shine out of the Clansmen’s attack.  Which was turning into a near impossible task

The rout continued when Matthew Barrington got his name on the score stats, meeting with little resistance as he ran in another touchdown from 5 yards out, with McDonald once again adding another successful 2 point conversion.

However the punishment continued when the Clansmen’s trigger man  added another rushing touchdown   and then set up receiver Chris Crum for another score with Stuart Bicker nailing the conversion attempt.

Going to the final quarter there was no evidence that Pyros were going to put any points on the board, whereas Stirling  had plenty more in their locker, with back up quarter back Luis Stephenson rushing for another touchdown.

And the Pyros misery was complete when Tony McDowall dived over for the final touchdown of the day , leaving Stephenson to round things off with another successful  2 point conversion PAT