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Maybe the Jacksonville Sharks aren't going 18-0. But if they play with the heart and intensity they played the second half with against the Orlando Predators on Saturday night, they still might ultimately be the ArenaBowl champions.
Maurice Purify's 8-yard TD reception from QB Nick Davila proved to be the difference in a wild, record-setting game on Saturday night. The Arizona Rattlers are on their way to ArenaBowl XXV to face the Philadelphia Soul after beating the Utah Blaze 75-69 on Saturday night in what proved to be a record-setting National Conference Championship Game.
The last two games for the Arizona Rattlers have been two of the greatest in league history. Arizona scored 70 points and held a double-digit lead early in the fourth quarter in each contest. Both were decided on the final play of the game with Arizona losing each time.
63, ORLANDO 48 · The Sharks never trailed and forced three turnovers, two of which resulted in touchdowns and the third ended the game. · Jacksonville swept Orlando in the regular season and has won 13 straight games against American Conference opponents since losing to the Predators in the playoffs last season. · The win is the first in the franchise's two-year AFL history (lost in first round to Orlando last year). · For the second straight game, Sharks WR/KR Jeff Hughley took the opening kickoff 57 yards for a touchdown. He added another 57-yard scoring scamper to become just the fifth player in league history to post two kick returns for scores in the same game.
Mike Delrio The Georgia Force battled back from a 48-35 third quarter deficit in Jacksonville to take a 56-55 fourth quarter lead over the Sharks in the opening round of the Arena Football League postseason, only to fall 58-56 when Marco Capozzoli was good on a 51-yard field goal attempt as time ran out. The loss ends Georgia’s season while the reigning AFL champion Sharks move on to the American Conference championship to face the New Orleans VooDoo 66-53 in the other conference semifinal game. The winner will advance to ArenaBowl XXV in New Orleans on August 10 th.
Capozzoli’s three-pointer is now the longest in Sharks franchise playoff history, topping the 36-yarder he kicked to lock up last season’s conference championship, also against Georgia. It is also the longest field goal in overall team history.
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