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METROPOLIS MONARCHS at TYLERVILLE TIGERS

Tigers Stadium, Mid-December
Weather: 33 F, Clear Skies, Strong wind blowing North

SCORING HIGHLIGHTS

Qtr 1, 03:01. 
Tylerville opened with a physical run-heavy drive, highlighted by Dennis Walling’s early burst runs, but settled for points instead of touchdowns. Chet Bagley drilled a 45-yard field goal to make it 3–0.
METROPOLIS 0, TYLERVILLE 3




Qtr 1, 01:13. 
Metropolis coughed it up at midfield, gifting the Tigers another short field. Bagley cashed in again with a 43-yarder, pushing the lead to 6–0.
METROPOLIS 0, TYLERVILLE 6




Qtr 2, 03:46. 
Metropolis finally answered with Adalberto Vanmeter’s 40-yard field goal to cut it to 6–3.
METROPOLIS 3, TYLERVILLE 6




Qtr 2, 01:41. 
Tylerville responded with Bagley’s third make, a 44-yarder, for a 9–3 edge.

METROPOLIS 3, TYLERVILLE 9




Qtr 2, 00:37. 
The Monarchs refused to fade: Al North hit a 32-yard strike to set up Vanmeter’s massive 56-yard field goal just before halftime, trimming it to 9–6.

METROPOLIS 6, TYLERVILLE 9




Qtr 3, 01:46. 
The third quarter got sloppy for Metropolis with two fumbles on the same stretch of possessions, and Tylerville made them pay. Walling ripped off a backbreaking 34-yard touchdown run, and Bagley added the PAT to stretch it to 16–6, the game’s biggest lead.

METROPOLIS 6, TYLERVILLE 16




Qtr 4, 10:00. 
Metropolis chipped away with a Vanmeter 40 yard FG.
METROPOLIS 9, TYLERVILLE 16




Qtr 4, 03:43. 
Metrpolis closed within four with another 38 yard FG by Vanmeter. Then, a late Tigers fumble gave the Monarchs hope, but Tylerville’s defense slammed the door with a pair of sacks on the final drive, then Tigers kneeled out the clock to seal the 16–12 victory.
METROPOLIS 12, TYLERVILLE 16




Final Score: METROPOLIS 12, TYLERVILLE 16


QUICK GAME RECAP ...

In biting 33-degree winds at Tigers Stadium, Pete Turner’s Tylerville Tigers outlasted Graham Sawness’ Metropolis Monarchs 16–12 behind a punishing ground game and timely defense, using a 6–0 first quarter and Dennis Walling’s explosive 13-carry, 124-yard, 1-TD day (9.5 YPC) to build a 16–6 cushion before holding on through a late Monarchs field-goal rally. Metropolis moved the ball (285 total yards) but six sacks and two lost fumbles proved costly, even with kicker Adalberto Vanmeter drilling all four of his field goals (including a long of 56) for all 12 points. The MVP was Tigers right cornerback Tom Bennett, who stuffed the stat sheet with 8 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 fumble recovery, anchoring a defense that protected the lead when it mattered most.




GAME STATS

MVP: (RCB) Tom Bennett (TYLERVILLE)


  
METROPOLIS Head Coach: Graham Sawness
TYLERVILLE Head Coach: Pete Turner

       


METROPOLIS 12 TYLERVILLE 16

Scoring 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL
METROPOLIS 0 6 0 6 0 12
TYLERVILLE 6 3 7 0 0 16


Game Stats METROPOLIS TYLERVILLE
Score 12 16
First Downs (Run/Pass/Pen) 11 (5/6/0) 16 (9/7/0)
Rushes - Yards 26 - 159 29 - 163
Passing Yards 151 133
Sacked - Yards Lost 6 - 25 2 - 8
Total Offense 285 288
Comp-Att-Int 13-18-0 (72.2%) 15-27-0 (55.6%)
Fumbles / Lost 4-2 1-1
Turnovers 2 1
Penalties-Yards 0-0 2-15
Punts / Average 4-44.3 6-42.7
Field Goals Made / Att 4-4 3-3
Third Downs Converted 2-11 (18.2%) 3-13 (23.1%)
Fourth Downs Converted 0-1 (0.0%) 0-0
Time of Possession 20:43 19:17
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METROPOLIS Passing Stats
Player Comp Att Pct Yards Y/A FDs TDs Ints Long Sacks SYds Rating
Al North [QB] 13 18 72.2 151 8.4 6 0 0 32 6 25 97.2
Tom McDoogle [QB] 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

METROPOLIS Rushing Stats
Player Rushes Yards YPC FDs TDs Long Fumbles Fum Lost
James Sears [HB] 14 90 6.4 3 0 26 0 0
Al North [QB] 6 44 7.3 2 0 17 1 0
Troy Young [HB] (R) 4 18 4.5 0 0 9 1 1
Jeramy Feldman [FB] 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 0
Jonas Duval [FB] 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 1 0

METROPOLIS Receiving Stats
Player Catches Yards Y/C FDs TDs Long
Chris Stone [WR] 5 62 12.4 2 0 28
Patrick MacNamara [WR] (R) 3 40 13.3 1 0 32
Bernard Sandford [TE] 1 24 24.0 1 0 24
Timothy Norton [TE] (R) 1 8 8.0 0 0 8
Jonas Duval [FB] 1 6 6.0 1 0 6
Jeramy Feldman [FB] 1 6 6.0 1 0 6
Dick Skelton [WR] 1 5 5.0 0 0 5
James Sears [HB] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Quinn Burr [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Bryan Dodrill [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Eric Savoy [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

METROPOLIS Total Offense
Player Rushing Receiving Total yds FDs (P) FDs (R) FDs (C) TDs
James Sears [HB] 90 0 90 0 3 0 0
Chris Stone [WR] 0 62 62 0 0 2 0
Al North [QB] 44 0 44 6 2 0 0
Patrick MacNamara [WR] (R) 0 40 40 0 0 1 0
Bernard Sandford [TE] 0 24 24 0 0 1 0
Troy Young [HB] (R) 18 0 18 0 0 0 0
Jeramy Feldman [FB] 4 6 10 0 0 1 0
Jonas Duval [FB] 3 6 9 0 0 1 0
Timothy Norton [TE] (R) 0 8 8 0 0 0 0
Dick Skelton [WR] 0 5 5 0 0 0 0

METROPOLIS Defensive Stats
Player Tackles For Loss Safety Sacks Ints FumRec TDs
Johnny Wedgwood [RCB] 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
Buzz Casares [ROLB] 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
Woodley Brown [DLE] 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Stafford [SS] 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernard Nagler [LILB/MLB] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Towler [DLT/NG] 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
Bucko Sanford [LCB] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Smith [DRT] 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Gibron [LOLB] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Douglas Gilbert [FS] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Myhra [RILB] (R) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tracy Southey [DRE] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Street [Nickel] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

METROPOLIS Kicking
Player FGA FGM FG % Lng FG XPA XPM XP % Points
Adalberto Vanmeter 4 4 100.0 56 0 0 0.0 12

METROPOLIS Punting
Player Punts Yards Y/P Lng Blkd In20 TB
Ralph Washington 4 177 44.3 50 0 1 0

METROPOLIS Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs
Shawn Potter 1 29 29.0 29 0
Taylor Vera 2 34 17.0 22 0

METROPOLIS Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs FCs
Cloyce Jung 1 2 2.0 2 0 2
Todd Taylor 1 1 1.0 1 0 0
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TYLERVILLE Passing Stats
Player Comp Att Pct Yards Y/A FDs TDs Ints Long Sacks SYds Rating
Jackie Bell [QB] 9 15 60.0 70 4.7 3 0 0 16 1 4 71.5
Duke Rogers [QB] 6 12 50.0 63 5.3 4 0 0 15 1 4 65.6

TYLERVILLE Rushing Stats
Player Rushes Yards YPC FDs TDs Long Fumbles Fum Lost
Dennis Walling [HB] 13 124 9.5 6 1 34T 0 0
Ricardo Nowak [FB] 8 29 3.6 3 0 12 0 0
Larry O-Carroll [HB] 4 10 2.5 0 0 6 1 1
Jackie Bell [QB] 3 -6 -2.0 0 0 -2 0 0
Duke Rogers [QB] 1 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 0

TYLERVILLE Receiving Stats
Player Catches Yards Y/C FDs TDs Long
Dick Night Train Homes [TE] 5 38 7.6 1 0 14
James Henry [WR] (R) 4 26 6.5 2 0 10
Tony Weber [TE] 3 41 13.7 3 0 15
Marcus Wooden [WR] 2 12 6.0 0 0 6
Larry O-Carroll [HB] 1 16 16.0 1 0 16
Dennis Walling [HB] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Ricardo Nowak [FB] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Darius Harding [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Leonard Preston [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Anton Braun [WR] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Jack Johns [TE] 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

TYLERVILLE Total Offense
Player Rushing Receiving Total yds FDs (P) FDs (R) FDs (C) TDs
Dennis Walling [HB] 124 0 124 0 6 0 1
Tony Weber [TE] 0 41 41 0 0 3 0
Dick Night Train Homes [TE] 0 38 38 0 0 1 0
Ricardo Nowak [FB] 29 0 29 0 3 0 0
Larry O-Carroll [HB] 10 16 26 0 0 1 0
James Henry [WR] (R) 0 26 26 0 0 2 0
Marcus Wooden [WR] 0 12 12 0 0 0 0
Duke Rogers [QB] 6 0 6 4 0 0 0
Jackie Bell [QB] -6 0 -6 3 0 0 0

TYLERVILLE Defensive Stats
Player Tackles For Loss Safety Sacks Ints FumRec TDs
Tom Bennett [RCB] 8 1 0 1 0 1 0
Thomas Konig [LILB/MLB] 7 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Snyder [DLE] (R) 7 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rickey Chesser [SS] 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
Luis Agajanian [DRT] (R) 4 3 0 2 0 0 0
Waylon Guy [FS] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Rechichar [Nickel] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Scott [LCB] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boyd DeVore [RILB] 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gino Schulze [ROLB] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Daly [DLT/NG] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Thomas [LOLB] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Mann [DRE] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

TYLERVILLE Kicking
Player FGA FGM FG % Lng FG XPA XPM XP % Points
Chet Bagley 3 3 100.0 45 1 1 100.0 10

TYLERVILLE Punting
Player Punts Yards Y/P Lng Blkd In20 TB
Jared Burr 6 256 42.7 53 0 4 2

TYLERVILLE Kick Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs
Norm Richardson 2 46 23.0 24 0
Jeffery Hernandez 0 0 0.0 0 0

TYLERVILLE Punt Returns
Player Ret Yards Y/R Lng TDs FCs
Anthony Barney 2 7 3.5 5 0 1
Hal Babcock 0 0 0.0




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