RIO RANCHO – Scoring goals on their very first 4 belongings Sunday afternoon in the Rio Rancho Events Center, the checking out Arizona Rattlers never ever recalled, handing the host Duke City Gladiators a 57-34 obstacle, their 3rd loss in a row.
The Gladiators (4-8) routed 27-14 at halftime and after that 31-22 heading into the last quarter.
Starting quarterback Charles McCullum was eliminated after tossing an interception and after that fumbling the ball away the next time the Gladiators had it in the 3rd duration.
Demry Croft, who quickly changed McCullum and scored Duke City’s 2nd goal of the video game, changed McCullum once again in the 3rd quarter. He finished a long hand down his very first play to get the Gladiators inside the 5, then took the ball into completion zone on a keeper for the 3rd TD for the hosts. His run for a 2-point conversion was stopped.
By video game’s end, McCullum had actually finished 5 of 14 passes for 61 lawns, with a TD and an interception. Croft was 3 of 9 for 54 lawns, with one TD pass and 2 hurrying TDs.
The Ratters (8-4) controlled in the crucial statistics: 19 very first downs to 7 for the Gladiators; 91 lawns hurrying for Arizona to 33 for Duke City; 192 passing lawns for the Rattlers to 90 for Duke City; and the Rattlers were 3 of 6 on 3rd down, while Duke City was simply 1 of 9.
Duke City has 3 video games left, all in the Rio Rancho Events Center: Saturday at 6:05 p.m. to deal with the Vegas Knight Hawks; after a bye week, Duke City is home July 8, likewise at 6:05, to satisfy the Tucson Sugar Skulls; and Sunday, July 16, at 3:05 to deal with the Bay Area Panthers.
The Gladiators beat Bay Area however lost to Vegas and Tucson in earlier conferences.
