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GAME REPORT FROM PRESTON CONSULTING
TEAM STARS & STRIPES
TRIUMPH 34-0 OVER MUNICH
COWBOYS JUNIORS IN
GLOBAL BOWL GERMANY
High School seniors and coaches from Arizona, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Win in
Bavaria
MUNICH, GERMANY - Saturday, April 16, 2011 - Team Stars & Stripes
shut out the Munich Cowboys Juniors to record a 34-0 victory in the Global
Germany Bowl in Bavaria on Saturday.
Led
by former Arizona state championship-winning head coach Jeff Scurran, the
group of 30 high school seniors from seven states led 28-0 at halftime and
then added six second half points.
"In the end our
speed and experience dominated," said Scurran. "The post-game photos and
dinner with both teams was a wonderful chance to share email addresses and
stories. I am sure they will return home with special memories and new
friends."
The Americans took
an early lead through a one-yard touchdown run by Terry Smith (Notre Dame
Cathedral Latin, OH) to cap a steady scoring drive after quarterback Jordan
Mills (Cienega, AZ) had tossed a 20-yard pass to Joseph Rava (Malvern
Prep, PA). Team Stars & Stripes had started with good field position after
Khalid Jones (Episcopal Academy, PA) returned the opening kickoff to
midfield.
Rava then lined up
on defense and immediately came up with an interception, setting up John
Hendrick (Sickles, FL), who reeled off a 21-yard dash to the end zone to
give Team Stars & Stripes a commanding 14-point lead at the end of the first
quarter.
In the 60-degree
weather with a slight breeze and mostly sunny skies, Team Stars & Stripes
increased their lead to 28-0 by halftime. Hendrick added a 54-yard punt
return for a touchdown to his earlier rushing score and Dylan Furrier (Salpointe
Catholic, AZ) raced 40 yards up the middle for a touchdown. A 15-yard
touchdown run by Zachary Bubolz (Cambria-Friesland, WI) put the final points
on the board.
"This was the
culmination of an amazing week," said Global Football President Patrick
Steenberge. "The young men who formed Team Stars & Stripes played hard,
smart football in a historic stadium against a well-coached Munich Cowboys
squad."
The
game capped a week of practices and cultural sightseeing in Rothenburg,
Munich and the Bavarian Region. They visited the Rothenburg ob der Tauber,
a well-preserved medieval old town; Nightwatchman Tour in Rothenburg;
Linderhof and Neuschwanstein Castles; and traveled to Munich via the
Romantic Road. Players were selected not only for football ability, but
also as all-round student-athletes.
The Munich Cowboys
are one of the oldest club teams in Germany having been formed in 1979 and
the junior set up has won three national titles, known as the German Junior
Bowl (1986, 1987, 1996). Juniors head coach Florian Berrenberg won a World
Bowl ring as the defensive backs coach of the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe
in 1995 and also coached the Cowboys senior team for two seasons (2004,
2005).
The
win was Scurran's second successive success in charge of Team Stars &
Stripes having coached in the Global Challenge Bowl in Japan in 2008 and
2009 and last year enjoyed victory in the 2010 Global Bowl France, defeating
the Brussels All-Stars 83-0 in Amiens, France.
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We spent the first 3 days of our trip in
Rothenburg Or Der Tauber, a medieval, walled city in the Bavaria region in
southern Germany. We haven't had too much free time because we are doing
double practices on the soccer field at the local school. The school kids
come out, watch, cheer and ask for autographs. All of the Philly players are
doing very well and contributing to the team.
