Vegas Knight Hawks continues perfect start with win over San Diego
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Vegas Knight Hawks defeated the San Diego Strike Force at Lee’s Family Forum on Friday night, 68-64. Vegas is now 7-0 on the year.
lead the offensive explosion with four touchdowns.The game started fast as
found
streaking to the endzone for a one-handed grab, 7-0 Knight Hawks. San Diego’s first drive ended on the goal line when
caught his league leading fifth interception of the season. On the subsequent drive,
walked into the endzone giving the Knight Hawks a two-score lead. San Diego’s Chance Bell put the Strike Force on the board with a rushing touchdown, but the Vegas special team’s unit came up big by blocking the PAT.Vegas began the second quarter with Johnson throwing to a leaping
in the back of the endzone, regaining the two-score lead. San Diego answered right back on their first play of the quarter when Nate Davis found Isaah Crocker in the corner of the endzone. After pin-balling off all eight Strike Force defenders, Wimbush bowled his way in for his second rushing TD of the night. The two-score lead did not last long as San Diego’s Elijah Lilly returned the kickoff for a touchdown. The PAT was fumbled on the snap leaning the score as 27-20 Vegas. Vegas’ next offensive position ended in disaster when Johnson threw a pick-six. San Diego missed the PAT and the Knight Hawks held onto a one-point lead. In the waning second of the first half, Johnson extended a play with his legs before tossing the ball to Wimbush in the endzone. San Diego missed a last-second field goal attempt and both teams headed into the locker rooms with the score reading 34-26.Both offenses opened the half by trading blows, each scoring a touchdown. The back-and-forth action continued as San Diego drove down and made it a one-point game, 41-40. The trend of receivers running the ball in to score continued when
recorded his first touchdown of the game. Davis notched another passing touchdown, this time to Jordan Kress.
ended the third quarter by intercepting the two-point attempt.With fifteen minutes left to play, Vegas held a narrow one-point lead, 47-46. Johnson extended the lead with his legs giving the Knight Hawks an eight-point lead. The following kickoff saw San Diego take it to the house, but the failed two-point attempt left the score 54-52. With neither team relenting, both teams traded touchdowns making the score 61-58. Both teams went back-and-forth as the clock wound down, the Vegas offense took the field with a 68-64 lead with 45 seconds left on the clock. With the help of an untimely Strike Force penalty, Vegas ran out the remaining seconds and secured the victory. The Vegas Knight Hawks are the only undefeated team in the IFL with a 7-0 record.Vegas will take the field at Lee’s Family Forum again on Saturday, June 1 at 6 p.m. PT.
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