TIGERS ROMP HOME AGAIN

Paisley Pyros 6 Glasgow Tigers 48

Glasgow Tigers moved one step closer to the perfect regular season with another commanding victory over the Paisley Pyros.

Having dominated the proceedings during their last meeting on the Astroturf of Garscube Sports Centre, this was going to9 be a new challenge for the Tigers away from home.

They were against a Pyros side, who despite not being the competitive force that they were last year, but were determined to build on a much welcome first win last week and to end their regular season on a high.

Compared to previous matches covered this game was a unique occasion as we were treated to the rare occasion of having a full refereeing crew in charge of a college game.

And fair play to them, the presence of an official gang of “zebras” meant that there was no repeat of the “melee” that occurred during the opening quarter the last time to the two teams met.

After an uneventful opening drive, the Tigers soon stamped their authority on the game with a great opening drive ending with star rookie running back, Lewis King, supported with some top play from his offensive line, broke through a mass of bodies for the opening touchdown.

As the quarter progressed, the Pyros rear guard tried to close the Glasgow attack down, but quarterback Gregor Beattie held on to the ball and scrambled from 15 yards out for a second score which was followed up with Lewis Begby running in the two point conversion to make it 14 unanswered points at the end of the first period.

Paisley battled hard to get back into the game at the start of the second quarter but the drive ran out of steam deep in the Tigers territory, resulting in a turnover on downs.

The Tigers regained control when King broke through the Pyros rear guard for another converted touchdown.

The game appeared to be running away from the Pyros but the home side dug deep and showed their traditional never say die qualities putting the Tigers on the back foot following a terrific kick-off return from French Running Back, Thibaud Gerin taking the ball deep inside the visitors half.

And inside the two minute warning, quarterback Gary McNey sent a well-executed lob to Ryan McCluskey to open the home sides account.

But the Tigers hit back when King ran in another six points and picked up a shuffle pass and ran in another two point conversion.

Paisley’s troubles continued early in the third quarter when pinned deep in their half, a punt attempt saw a poor snap result in the ball rolling into the endzone for a two point safety.

The Pyros had another chance to bring some respectability to the score when Gerin ran almost ran the full length of the field all the way to the endzone, but his hard work was all for nothing as the score was chalked off due to a penalty.

The Tigers drove the final nail in the Pyros coffin when a screen pass to Rory McAlpine end up as another well worked touchdown.  And the same receiver pulled in an excellent diving catch for another two point conversion.

Then during the final stages of the game, another special team’s breakdown from Paisley saw a Tigers punt attempt saw the ball bounce off the hands of the Paisley returner and was downed by the visitors at the Pyros 30 yard line.

Then Dixon- J Cube (yes I did check) blasted through the gap for the final touchdown, with David Teenan making the catch for a final two point conversion