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NORWICH DEVILS YOUTH 2008 REGULAR SEASON

GAME 2 - May 20yh, 2008
NORWICH DEVILS YOUTH 20
TAMWORTH PHOENIX YOUTH 12

April 13th, 2008 by Pete Wrigley
Devils Youth		Norwich Devils youth took a depleted squad to Tamworth for a rematch of their opening day fixture and came up against an improved and determined Phoenix team. Tamworth took an early 6-0 lead from a touchdown pass following a fumble recovery deep inside Devils territory. Mistakes and penalties hindered the Devils offense throughout the first half making progress tough, but the Devils defense held firm at the end of the first half stopping Tamworth a yard short of increasing their lead as time expired.
After making some half time adjustments the players responded with a much improved second half performance. Quarterback Sam Webb levelled the scores in the third quarter on a short run, with the extra point attempt was blocked. However it was Tamworth who regained the initiative in the fourth quarter with an impressive touchdown pass to take a 12-6 lead. The Devils had to dig deep and Ash Mullins levelled the scores catching a long touchdown pass from Webb, but again the extra point was blocked. With the scores tied at 12-12 the Devils drove deep inside Phoenix territory aided by the impressive running of rookie running back Aaron Roberts. With little more than a minute to go James Tovell caught a touchdown pass from Webb to make the score 18-12 in the Devils favour. Roberts then ran in the 2 point conversion to increase the lead to 8 points. Although the Phoenix got the ball back, the Devils defense held firm with Sam Webb making an interception to seal a hard fought victory. BACK TO NEWS / MATCH REPORTS