[RavennaAl]

Killer Bees 35 - Flaming Fairies 28

Norman Nest picked off his league leading 8th interception of the year and Dave Drone added two more as Kalamazoo held off a frantic Fairies team to move closer to a playoff berth with a 35-28 victory. Tommy Cruise threw for 370 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead San Francisco.

Peter Pollen got the Bees off to a fast start when he rocketed 76 yards to put Kalamazoo up, 7-0. Drones first interception of the year closed out the first quarte,r ending a long drive by San Francisco.

Jason Stinger caught a Kerry Kingbee pass to push the lead to 14-0. Johnny Holmes took a short pass from Cruise and turned it into a score from 64 yards out to trim the lead to 14-7. Stinger then scored again on a long 70 yard bomb to make it 21-7 at halftime.

The Fairies got the ball to start the second half and Cruise wasted no time in finding Gene Simmons open for the only score of the third quarter and bringing the Fairies back to within 7, 21-14.

Stinger caught his 3rd TD pass of the day to start the 4th. Once again Cruise found an open Simmons to make it 28-21 Kalamazoo. The Fairies tried an onsides kick, but the Bees recovered, giving them great field position. Steve Swarm made the most of it by running it in for a 35-21 lead. San Francisco wasn’t through yet, as Simmons also scored his 3rd TD of the day giving the Fairies hope when they recovered the next onsides kick. Their rally came up short, however; when Drone intercepted the ball on the last play of the game.

Simmons caught 5 passes for 172 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Fairies while Pollen ran for 102 yards and a score to lead Kalamazoo. Elliott Gould had 5 ½ tackles for the Bees while Ron Simmons led the Fairies with 5.



Gene Simmons, #30 is wide open on this pass from Cruise, #6