Captain Mort 3D wrote:

Crazy to think just a few years ago Worcester was 9-1 and playing for a championship. Also nice game by the boys in blue & gold. Looks like they finally started to play real football halfway through the season.....classic Gold Stars move.

It's nice to see the Gold Stars playing better to END the season instead of to start the season.

Sevsdast wrote:

Wall, who is in the race for rookie of the year?

Easily RB Dareion Fields (LI) and QB Nathaniel Braddock (BOS) have been the most dominant this season while WR Cedric Peterson (PRO) and DB Jayden Mills (LOU) certainly have made their case for a rookie of the year nomination.

Wallflower wrote:

Dan O'Mac wrote:

Captain Mort 3D wrote:

Crazy to think just a few years ago Worcester was 9-1 and playing for a championship. Also nice game by the boys in blue & gold. Looks like they finally started to play real football halfway through the season.....classic Gold Stars move.

It's nice to see the Gold Stars playing better to END the season instead of to start the season.

Well if O'Rourke's back doesn't break from carrying the franchise, I think they'll have a great shot at a playoff appearance again.

 
O’Rourke is approaching LeBron 2017-18 carrying levels right now. He’s literally a godsend to our franchise and needs to be protected at all cost!

1958 Week 10

TRADE ALERT
The Raiders looked to fix up their secondary depth by adding DB Paul Gregory from the Gold Stars. With Slay Mitchell still out for another week, Gregory, who is himself returning from injury, will slot in to fill the final DB spot for their game against the Tigers. The Gold Stars picked up a 4th round pick in return for the 33-year-old, which replaces their lost 4th rounder from trade with Ottawa in the offseason. 


London Tigers - 10, Long Island Raiders - 20 - Western Fair Stadium - August 30, 1958 - 3 PM ET
1st
0-7 LI - RTD RB Dareion Fields
2nd
0-14 LI - RTD RB Dareion Fields
3-14 LDN - FG K Nathaniel King
3rd
3-17 LI - FG K Henderson Schumacher
10-17 LDN - RTD RB Clifford Russell
4th
10-20 LI - FG K Henderson Schumacher 

The Raiders came out with a strong defensive performance again holding the Tigers to 10 points.
The Tigers had a late push to get back into the game, but unfortunately, the Raiders held strong and prevented the Tigers from getting into the endzone.
DB Clinton Gates pulled in an interception for the Raiders while LB Gene Bensen came away with a forced fumble.
LB Wilson Rockwood-Barnes would come away with a forced fumble for the Tigers. 

Boston Independents - 14, Ottawa Royals - 25 - Richardson Stadium - August 30, 1958 - 7 PM ET
1st
7-0 BOS - RTD RB Kendall Morgan
2nd
14-0 BOS - DTD LB Konrad Aust
14-3 OTT - FG K Maurice Lafayette
3rd
14-9 OTT - PTD QB Jean Matieau -> WR Mackenzie Jones
14-11 OTT - 2PT RB Alexei Volkov
14-18 OTT - RTD RB Alexei Volkov
4th
14-25 OTT - PTD QB Jean Matieau -> WR Chester Bennett 

The Independents came out with a superb first-half keeping the Royals to only 3 points.
LB Konrad Aust would take back a forced fumble for a touchdown to make it 14-0 in the second quarter.
However, the Royals were able to make the adjustments during the break to put up 25 unanswered and become the first team to become 10-0 and have now clinched the East Division. 

Worcester Athletics - 24, Montreal Rouge - 28 - Worcester Stadium - August 31, 1958 - 2 PM ET
1st
7-0 WOR - RTD RB Marcus Devonshire
7-7 MTL - PTD QB Stanislav Ovechkin -> WR Darek Cross
2nd
14-7 WOR - RTD RB Marcus Devonshire
14-14 MTL - PTD QB Stanislav Ovechkin -> TE Eli Grant
3rd
14-21 MTL - RTD RB Scott Mallard-White
21-21 WOR - PTD QB Andrew Glover -> WR Christian Venegas
4th
24-21 WOR - FG K Tevoris Francis
24-28 MTL - PTD QB Stanislav Ovechkin -> RB Scott Mallard-White

Worcester made a switch at QB after dropping 5 straight games, taking out QB Gene Bishop for QB Andrew Glover.
Glover was able to get some offence going with major help from RB Marcus Devonshire, but they would come up short with QB Stanislav Ovechkin having his best game since joining the Rouge.
The Rouge would score on their final drive with Mallard-White breaking through on a short toss underneath.
Ovechkin would toss 3 touchdowns in the win to give Montreal their 3rd win of the season for the first time since 1954 and keep them in the hunt for the playoffs. 

Buffalo Blue Wings - 26, Louisville Thunder - 24 - Buffalo Civic Stadium - September 1, 1958 - 1 PM ET
1st
7-0 BUF - RTD RB Arthur Conner
7-3 LOU - FG K Thomas McFadden
7-6 LOU - FG K Thomas McFadden
2nd
10-6 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
10-12 LOU - RTD RB Lawrence Sharp
3rd
13-12 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
13-18 LOU - PTD QB Leonidas Dumont -> WR Ben Roland
4th
16-18 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer
23-18 BUF - RTD RB Arthur Conner
23-24 LOU - RTD QB Leonidas Dumont
26-24 BUF - FG K Donald Brewer 

A close battle between the Blue Wings and Thunder ended with QB Angelo Medina leading the Blue Wings back to field goal range in the final 40 seconds.
Louisville continues to come up just short as Leonidas Dumont continues to show his improvements as the season has gone on.
DB Jayden Mills was able to bring in a pick for the Thunder while S Frazier Brooks grabbed a pick for the Blue Wings. 

Indiana Victors - 11, Providence Gold Stars - 27 - Victory Stadium - September 1, 1958 - 4 PM ET
1st
2nd
0-7 PRO - PTD QB Connor O’Rourke -> WR Peter Brooks
7-7 IND - RTD RB Rodney Clark
3rd
7-14 PRO - RTD RB Johnnie Stafford
8-14 IND - Single K Albert Carney
8-17 PRO - FG K Ira Foster
4th
8-24 PRO - PTD QB Connor O’Rourke -> WR Sammy Moss
11-24 IND - FG K Albert Carney
11-27 PRO - FG K Ira Foster 

The Gold Stars continue their hot streak with another win on the road to pull within one win of the Independents in the East Division.
Connor O’Rourke continued his hot pace throwing another pair of TDs in the win while Johnnie Stafford also broke into the endzone.
DB Lee Wolfe also came away with a huge pick in the first half to set up their field goal before the end of the 3rd.
Indiana finally showed its cracks in this one as they drop their first since Week 7. 
*Boston and Long Island clinch playoff spots with Indiana’s loss to Providence 

Injury Report
OL Randy McFadden BOS - 1 Week
RB Eddie Thompson BOS - Day-to-Day
WR Toni Radovanoic BUF - Day-to-Day
WR Marty Jay LOU - 2 Weeks
S Johnny Berger LOU - Day-to-Day
TE Paul McDowell LDN - 1 Week
DB Jontray Cox MTL - Day-to-Day
S Jumon Cobb MTL - 1 Week
OL Aaron Spears OTT - 1 Week
OL Bernard Gide PRO - Day-to-Day 

Players of the Week 

OFF: QB Stanislav Ovechkin MTL - 3 Passing Touchdowns, 214 Passing Yards 

DEF: LB Gene Bensen LI - 1 Forced Fumble, 8 Tackles, 1 Play Defended

Standings
WEST
Long Island 7-3 -x
London 5-4-1
Buffalo 5-5
Indiana 4-6
Louisville 1-8-1 

EAST
Ottawa 10-0 -y
Boston 6-4 -x
Providence 5-5
Montreal 3-7
Worcester 3-7 

Power Rankings
1 - Ottawa -
2 - Long Island -
3 - London -
4 - Providence +2
5 - Boston -1
6 - Buffalo -1
7 - Indiana -
8 - Montreal +1
9 - Worcester -1
10 - Louisville -

Week 11 Games
LDN (5-4-1) @ OTT (10-0) - SEP. 5 - 7 PM ET - Friday Night Football
*LDN clinches a playoff spot with a Win or IND Loss
BOS (6-4) @ LI (7-3) - SEP. 6 - 1 PM ET
*BOS clinches home playoff game with Win + PRO Loss
*LI clinches East Division with Win or LDN loss
MTL (3-7) @ PRO (5-5) - SEP. 6 - 4 PM ET
*PRO clinches playoff spot with Win
IND (4-6) @ BUF (5-5) - SEP. 7 - 1 PM ET
*BUF clinches playoff spot with Win
WOR (3-7) @ LOU (1-8-1) - SEP. 7 - 4 PM ET

Last edited by Wallflower (11/18/2020 1:48 pm)

Scotty Boy got his first Player of the Week!