April 17, 2004
After a long bus ride on Friday, the Pigs took the field Saturday afternoon against a hard hitting Toledo side. The effects of the travel were apparent, as we got off to our usual slow start. Despite a number of mistakes and little offense being generated for the first 20 minutes, our defenese held firm and we kept Toledo from scoring. The scoreless deadlock was finally broken by a Jamarr Johnson try shortly before half time. Jason Naber’s conversion was good, and we took a 7-0 lead into the half.
The Pigs looked promising with some hard running to start the second half, but our finishing cost us, and we couldn’t add to the lead. Toledo then finally got going and broke through for a converted try to tie the score at 7 midway through the second half. Another converted Toledo try soon followed, and things briefly looked grim for the Pigs as we were down 14-7. We rebounded strongly however, and a try by Mike “Muddy” Hankee with Naber converting tied the score at 14. Shortly after that the referee blew the whistle for full time, and with the score tied we were headed for extra time.
It was to be two 10 minute overtime periods, no sudden death. The Pigs started strong off the kickoff and never looked back. Midway through the first overtime period a nice back line move saw the ball out to Bill Bridgeman who broke through the line before passing off to Brett Carter who touched down for the try. Naber’s conversion was again good, and the Pigs took a 21-14 lead. That was all we would need, as Toledo never really came close to scoring in the overtime, and as the final whistle blew we were moving on to play on Sunday.
Man of the Match: Zac Bauer
Lineup:
1. Troy Midboe (Ben Hanson) 2. Matt Sonnek (Danny Kieffer) 3. Luke Utting 4. Ike Muringai 5. Grizzly Malchow 6. Zac Bauer 7. Mike Hankee (Captain) 8. Jason Naber 9. Jason Rombalski 10. Bill Bridgeman 11. JR Burgess 12. Kris McCoy (Brett Carter) 13. Jamarr Johnson 14. Ernest Wayde (Steve King) 15. Grant Dietrich
Scoring:
Tries: Johnson, Hankee, Carter
Conversions: Naber (3/3)