Post by Free Agent Fan on Feb 21, 2007 17:11:12 GMT -5
Express Rallies to Win Opener
Carmelo Ocasio scores four touchdowns and Reading scores 11 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat the Pittsburgh RiverRats in its AIFA opener.
From readingeagle.com
Carmelo Ocasio caught four touchdown passes from Tom Stetzer Sunday night to rally the Reading Express past the Pittsburgh RiverRats 35-28 in its American Indoor Football Association season opener in Pittsburgh.
The Express trailed the expansion RiverRats (0-2) 28-24 entering the fourth quarter. Erik Rockhold, who missed three extra points, kicked a 25-yard field goal with 11:17 left to pull the Express within a point.
After a defensive stop, Reading went ahead to stay with 5:40 left on a 2-yard TD run by Isaiah Grier, a defensive back who shared time at running back with Terrel Watkins. Stetzer passed to Ocasio for the two-point conversion.
Ocasio, a Reading High grad, had 14 receptions for 88 yards, including touchdowns catches of 1, 10, 1 and 7 yards.
Pittsburgh quarterback David Dinkins, who spoiled the Express' inaugural game last season as the quarterback for the Erie Freeze, completed just 9-of-22 passes for 136 yards and three touchdowns.
The Express will play its home opener Sunday at 3 p.m. against the Erie Freeze.
Carmelo Ocasio scores four touchdowns and Reading scores 11 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat the Pittsburgh RiverRats in its AIFA opener.
From readingeagle.com
Carmelo Ocasio caught four touchdown passes from Tom Stetzer Sunday night to rally the Reading Express past the Pittsburgh RiverRats 35-28 in its American Indoor Football Association season opener in Pittsburgh.
The Express trailed the expansion RiverRats (0-2) 28-24 entering the fourth quarter. Erik Rockhold, who missed three extra points, kicked a 25-yard field goal with 11:17 left to pull the Express within a point.
After a defensive stop, Reading went ahead to stay with 5:40 left on a 2-yard TD run by Isaiah Grier, a defensive back who shared time at running back with Terrel Watkins. Stetzer passed to Ocasio for the two-point conversion.
Ocasio, a Reading High grad, had 14 receptions for 88 yards, including touchdowns catches of 1, 10, 1 and 7 yards.
Pittsburgh quarterback David Dinkins, who spoiled the Express' inaugural game last season as the quarterback for the Erie Freeze, completed just 9-of-22 passes for 136 yards and three touchdowns.
The Express will play its home opener Sunday at 3 p.m. against the Erie Freeze.