The_Philster
01-22-2003, 04:00 PM
Buffalo Slays Dragons In Scrimmage
(UNIONDALE, NY) – The Buffalo Destroyers picked up a 48-42 victory over the New York Dragons Wednesday morning at the Nassau Coliseum. The scrimmage was played as live game action and NBC Sports used the scrimmage as a practice for their first season of AFL coverage.
“We got a lot accomplished today,” said Destroyers head coach Ron Selesky. “We got to see everyone at every position and I can see we have a lot of athletic talent on this team.”
Buffalo fell 14 points down early in the first quarter after Steve Papin returned the opening kickoff 56 yards for a touchdown and Mike Furrey caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Garcia. Buffalo went four plays and out on its first drive. The Destroyers only points of the first quarter came on an Anthony Hicks three-yard run. Buffalo was down 21-7 after the first quarter.....more (http://www.buffalodestroyers.com/press_release.html#scrimwin)
That's just the warmup. April 6 and May 11 are when we handle the Dragons for real. :biggrin:
(UNIONDALE, NY) – The Buffalo Destroyers picked up a 48-42 victory over the New York Dragons Wednesday morning at the Nassau Coliseum. The scrimmage was played as live game action and NBC Sports used the scrimmage as a practice for their first season of AFL coverage.
“We got a lot accomplished today,” said Destroyers head coach Ron Selesky. “We got to see everyone at every position and I can see we have a lot of athletic talent on this team.”
Buffalo fell 14 points down early in the first quarter after Steve Papin returned the opening kickoff 56 yards for a touchdown and Mike Furrey caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Garcia. Buffalo went four plays and out on its first drive. The Destroyers only points of the first quarter came on an Anthony Hicks three-yard run. Buffalo was down 21-7 after the first quarter.....more (http://www.buffalodestroyers.com/press_release.html#scrimwin)
That's just the warmup. April 6 and May 11 are when we handle the Dragons for real. :biggrin: