Saturday, May 17, 2008

Vena Leads Pioneers Over Conquest

Geisinger MVP Ryan Vena tied his own Pioneers record with ten touchdown passes as Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton blew out the Albany Conquest 69-27 in front of 4,733 at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre.

The two teams traded scores early with the Pioneers scoring on a six yard touchdown pass to Rich Musinski who finished with five catches for 52 yards and two touchdowns.

The Pioneers started the second quarter with a 19 yard touchdown pass to JLS Ironman of the game Larry Kendrick, followed by touchdown passes to Schutt Offensive player of the game Prince Prempeh and to Kendrick again. That point after a touchdown had David Davis taking over as the all-time record holder for most extra points made in a career as he now has 384 one-point points after touchdown.

Chris Bocage then returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, but the Pioneers quickly answer with Ryan Vena's third touchdown pass to Larry Kendrick as the two teams score three times in the last thirty seconds of the first half, with the Pioneers taking a 42-14 lead into the locker room.

The second half continued to be a Pioneers defensive assault with ADT defensive player of the game Troy Blackwell and af2 sack leader Isaac Hilton providing sacks. Ryan Vena continued just tossing touchdown passes to Prempeh, Musinski and JJ Outlaw who finished as the Pioneers leading receiver with nine catches for 81 yards and one touchdown.

Vena would finish the scoring for the Pioneers with his third touchdown toss to Prempeh and allowing him to finish 26-32 for 300 yards and 10 touchdowns. Matt Schabert would once again take the final snaps of a Pioneers blowout 69-27. The Pioneers take a 7-1 record into their bye week next week.

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