“Crown Of Sand XI: Qualifier V

Going in, we felt like this could be a difficult match due to the legendary halfling catcher, Stella.

In the first half, the Halflings received and stole only 1 RR. Stella proved to be a challenge to stop. We were able to mark Stella (ball carrier) with stand-firm and forced an early TTM TD on a 2+, 2+.

This gave us plenty of time to equalize. Stella stayed on the sidelines which guaranteed saved her availability for a late OTT attempt, but also aleviated alot of pressure on us to pick-up the ball.

We managed a 2 BD claw frenzy hit on the 7 Str tree (frenzy would have given another 2 BD), managed a knock down, no armor break. A foul KOed the tree, and this would be a major turning point in the match.

We were able to stall out the rest of the first half, with another key play coming when the tree blitzed and then broke tackled in to mark the ball-carrier. Our 4 str wolf took a 2 BD hit, push turned into a 1 BD hit (but no longer marking the ball carrier), we rolled skulls RR into pow. This allowed us to setup our cage and complete the stall.

The KOs at halftime were another key turning point. The KOed tree and a hefty stayed KOed, despite a babe, and our super star flesh golem awoke. The 2nd half kick was a bit dangerous, right by the sidelines but we managed to scoop it and easily march our way down. In the first half, we struggled to break halfling armor, but by the second half we had figured that out, causing 4 casualties, en route to a walk-in TD.

The flings had a OTT chance to force OT. We had kept our kicker off the pitch at halftime to guarantee his available for the OTT defense. A quick snap followed by a fling catch of the kick-off meant that Stella would have her chance, but she muffed the 4+ landing in 2 TZs to end the game.

Gg Mattius! Best of luck with the team.”