League News Update 3-10

Let's take a look at the Yukon game first, since we've been doing that lately. Yukon beat Topeka with a score of 39 to 7. Yukon defenitely got a sell out crowd for this one and I'd say the fans got their money's worth. Torry Mathis led the Yeti with perfect passes and incredible speed and awareness. He finished the game with a passer rating of 90.3, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. He also totaled up 324 passing yards and a completion percentage of 54. Mathis ripped Topeka's defence apart on big third down plays where he ended up rushing for a total of 69 yards on 5 attempts. This combination kept Yukon rolling and it is the reason the Yeti didn't punt once in this game. However, the Oilers defence did show itself as one of the better units in the league as they held Yukon in check when they got near the redzone. Yukon's kicker; Ronnie Johnson kicked 6 fieldgoals including a 51 yarder that hit the goal post support. Rushing wise you've already heard about Torry Mathis, but Ki-Jana Carter was also big after finishing with 105 rushing yards and an average rush of 4.3 yards. He's not Tim Peterson, but the combination of running and deadly passing kept Yukon's offence on a roll and defenitely showed it to be one of the best in the league. T.J. Oliver was by far Mathis' favorite target as he had 8 receptions, 146 yards, and a touchdown catch. Richard Cummings totaled up 63 yards on some big plays and Mack Pleasant had an incredible diving catch straight up the field for 43 yards. Once again Yukon did a great job of spreading the ball around and the defence never knew who the ball was coming to. On the defensive side of the ball Yukon put on an ironic performance considering their last game. They held Larry Taylor (the QB for the Oilers) to 37 passing yards and let him leave the field knowing he completed the game with a whopping passer rating of zero. Taylor threw 2 interceptions (one to Francis, one to Harry) and only completed 6 passes out of 21 attempts. However, the Oiler's running game soared with a total of 96 yards, including a big 76 yard break out run by Tre Evans; the starting HB. Yukon's powerful pass defence and dynamo of an offence really hammered the Oilers and near the end they were able to let loose again and finally start scoring touchdowns. Topeka tried hard, but there's only so much you can do against the Yeti it seems. I now believe that Topeka is actually quite a good team. I reported earlier that they were a one year show, but I now believe this to be incorrect after seeing their recent performance against the Yeti. They excell at the run, but they lack at the pass, and usually their good defence makes up for it, but not today. The Oilers are a good team, but they're still not in the same class as Yukon. In other news, it looks like the once powerful Mexico Bulls are falling back as they lost to Tiburon this week as they move their record to 5 and 4. It also seems like Thomas Logan is helping the Lightning as they beat the powerful Wizards this week, 23 to 20. The Atlantic Tide also suffer another loss under their poor QB as they fall to the Hawks 14 to 19. Meanwhile the Liberty keep rolling in the NFC, right on par with the Yeti. The Captains played the Tribe this week in a big game and they lost 19 to 18. With this loss the Captains fall to 5 and 4 as well as lose their spot as number 2 in the AFC North division. It was a good game with the Captains being in control untill a few mistakes on offence and defence led to a big turnover and a long pass play of 92 yards that led to the Tribe's victory. Next week the Captains take on the Dragons and after that they host the Yukon Yeti. Another week in the books.