TIGERS
WIN AGAIN!
Saturday Night the Tigers traveled to Jacksonville to play
the Jacksonville Raiders in a win or end game. Winner goes
to the first round of the Mason Dixon Football League
Southern Conference Championships, Loser stays home.
Just 3 weeks ago
the Raiders came to Wilmington and left with a 20 - 14 win
as the Tigers 4th quarter comeback attempt fell 6 points
short. But not this time in fact the teams were grid locked
at 19 points each at the end of regulation play. With
only a few minutes left in overtime the Tigers defense did
their job and gave the offence one more chance. With the
season on the line the Tigers kicker split the uprights with
a 34 yard field goal to take home the win.
Read the
scoring story of the game
Wilmington
Tigers 22 - Jacksonville Raiders 19
The Tigers now have
the opportunity to play against the #1 ranked team in the
Division the Carolina Heat on October 4th in the first round
of the playoffs. The last time the two teams battled this
season the Tigers defense held the Heat's high scoring
offence to only 9 points, but the Tigers fell to the Heat by
a score of 9 - 0.
Tigers Make the
Playoffs... Game one will be Played
October 4th 2008
against the
Carolina Heat
More info to
come!
