SIRENS "BLOW OUT" SCORCHERS IN GAME 2 by The Sacramento Sirens October 1, 2002 The Sacramento Sirens continue their drive to the Championship with an impressive 62-0 win over the Santa Rosa Scorchers in the teams' first match-up of the season. The Sirens "Sack Pack" Defense has not allowed a single point in regular season play. The Sirens' Defense was on its game again racking up impressive tackling totals across the board. The "Sack Pack" took down the Scorcher's QB #9 Leslie Bagley 9 times and intercepted the Santa Rosa passing game three times. Veteran Defensive Lineman #71 Gina McCann topped that total with three sacks followed by two sacks for Veteran Linebacker #6 Tina "Taco" Rogers. The Defense was instrumental in keeping the offense on the field. The Sirens' Offense blasted out from their very first touch of the ball giving the Sirens a chance to really test their 2002 offensive strategy in this match up with the Scorchers. In their last game against the SF StingRayz, the Sirens offense spent only 14 minutes on the field, running a total of 31 plays and scoring 6 times, hardly enough time to get a good look. Not so this game where the Sirens offense took control of the ball and kept it for twelve drives and nine TD's. On the first punt return of the game, the Sirens' #22 Julie "Wicked" Wicher exhibited both her awesome speed and her amazing moves as she returned the ball 75 yards for a Sacramento TD early in the first. #21, Hilary McLaughlin kicked the point after. Following Santa Rosa's second drive, the Sirens took possession of the ball and ran 3 plays before Wicher broke away with a 28-yd. run for a second score. McLaughlin obliged with another PAT. After a 1-2-3 and out drive for the Scorchers of only 1 minute and 7 seconds, Wicher took another punt return and blasted 73 yards for her third score in the 1st Quarter. McLaughlin's 3rd PAT attempt was successful. The Sirens also attempted a Field Goal in the end of the 1st but Santa Rosa stepped up to block the kick and regain possession of the ball. The score after one quarter of play was Sirens 21- Scorchers 0. Mixing things up a little in the 2nd, #11 Veteran QB Leilani Limary broke open the Sirens new passing game and threw for two touchdowns. The first was 27-yard toss to rookie Tight End #83 Courtney Brazil. McLaughlin missed her kick on this PAT attempt. The second passing TD throw was 8-yards to Rookie Wide Receiver #88 Laurie Webb. Making up for lost points, the Sirens ran the ball in for a 2-pt conversion bumping the score at the half to Sirens 35 - Scorchers 0. Coming back in the second half, QB Limary and the Sirens offense brought out the tried and true running game making four drives for the end zone and scoring each time. After running a beautiful 7-play series that moved the ball 60 yards up the field, Limary scored on a 9-yard QB option followed by another McLaughlin extra point. The next drive was concluded when #36 veteran fullback Dana "D-train" McIntyre punched it over the line. Score at the end of the 3rd was Sirens 48 - Scorchers 0. Taking possession at the beginning of the 4th, the Sirens executed a quick 5-play drive that resulted in McLaughlin running 17-yards for another TD. McLaughlin followed that up with another successful kick for a PAT. And finally, handing off to Game #1's MVP #23 Michelle Kahler, the Sirens scored the last TD of the game on a 15 yard run. McLaughlin rounded out the score with a last kick. Final score: Sirens 62 - Scorchers 0 Julie "Wicked" Wicher was named MVP for the game.     Back