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February 4th     3:00pm     Westside Monsoon vs Phoenix Outlaws

Photo by Melissa Vasquez-Varela

The Phoenix Outlaws evened there record at 2-2 after a tough game against the Westside Monsoon. On the day the Outlaws totaled 342 yards, 168 on the ground and another 174 through the air. The only scoring in the first half was a 17 yard pass from Mike Ochoa to Ruben Gammage.  In the second half Ochoa threw his second touchdown from 26 yards out to Mike Cvelbar. In all five different receivers made catches. The ground game was established by the balance of Tirrell Thompson and Laz Avila. C. J. Venezia also added 73 yards on the ground. The Outlaw defense swarmed all over the Monsoon forcing 5 fumbles (recovering 2), two sacks, and 2 interceptions, one by Jimmy Fuentes and another by Wayne McGriff who returned it 61 yards for a touchdown. Reno Blomquist led the team in tackles with 8, followed by Kyle Hitchcock with 5. The team is coming together trying to find our identity, and with the undefeated and defending league champion South Mountain Rams coming up this week at 3:00 pm, the squad looks to keep building.

Photo by Melissa Vasquez-Varela

                            1    2    3    4     F  
Westside Monsoon     0    0    0    7  -   7
Phoenix Outlaws        0    7    6    7  - 20

Outlaws-  Gammage 17 yard pass from Ochoa  (Insalaco kick)
Outlaws-  Cvelbar 26 yard pass from Ochoa (kick blocked)
Outlaws-  McGriff 61 yard interception return  (Insalaco kick)
Monsoon-  Deed 46 yard pass from Bauman  (Adams kick) 


PASSING:  Ochoa 13-23-174-2-1
RUSHING:  Venezia 2-73-0, Thompson 12-55-0, Avila 9-34-0, Ochoa 1-3-0, Barnes 3-3-0
RECEIVING:  Gammage 3-59-1, Cvelbar 3-48-1, Venezia 4-41-0, Thompson 1-13-0, D. Sanders 2-13-0

DEFENSE:  Blomquest 8-7-1, Hitchcock 5-2-3, Frazier 4-3-1, C. Sanders 4-3-1, Davis 3-1-2, McGriff 3-2-1, Peoples 2-2-0, Fuentes 2-2-0, Aguilera 1-1-0, Elzy 1-1-0, Mathis 1-1-0, Gammage 1-0-0

SACKS:  Frazier 1-8 yards, Aguilera 1-6 yards
INTERCEPTIONS:  McGriff 1-61 yards TD, Fuentes 1-13 yards 



Outlaws "Player Of The Week":  #68 OT - Seth Giallard
Outlaws "Hits Of The Week":      #71 OG - Mike Garcia
                                               #32 RB - Laz Avila
                                               #1  RB  - Tirrell Thompson 

January 28th    3:00pm     Phoenix Outlaws vs Scottsdale Sharks

Photo by Melissa Vasquez-Varela

Once again the Outlaws found themselfs in a hole and one again they battled back. For the teams and fans the roller coaster was on! The high flying Sharks jumped to a 20-0 half time lead before the Outlaws would close the scoring gap on a 38 yard halfback pass from Eric James to Ruben Gammage. That made the game 20-6 to end the third quarter. After quarterback Mike Ochoa received a stinger in his shoulder, Travis Frison directed the team down the field and threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to Mike Cvelbar to close the gap to 20-13. The score would stay that way untill the Sharks, running out the cloch, threw one last one up and completed it for the decisive touchdown. The final was 27-13. Rben Gammage lead the Outlaw receivers with 116 yards and DeAndre Barnes lead the team in rushing with 29 yards. The defense had a great game putting pressure on the quarterback all day including getting three sacks by Otis Frazier, Reno Blomquest, and Eric Smith. Aaron O'Neal added an interception at the goalline to keep the team in the game as well. Blomquist and Ed Gant lead the team in tackles with seven each. Next up is the Westside Monsoon who took the Glendale Bulldogs to overtime last week. The Outlaws will have to be on their game to get that second win. Gametime once again is at 3pm Moon Valley High.