Mid-Season Recap | PAFL
Makati City-Philippine American Football League (PAFL) kicked off their 2017 season last September 20, 2017 with thrilling, action packed matches. As the season progress, we see how different teams are stepping up and establishing their team names with their respective standings.
After 4 weeks since PAFL 2017 started with 2 matches every Sunday, PAFL only proves their mission as a progressive premiere American Football League in the Philippines and continues to grow popularity and presence gaining different attentions nationwide.
Wolves continues to dominate as they lead the rankings of participants in this season with 3 straight wins despite the sanction received in their first match making their roster for the last 2 matches down to 34. Another contending leader in the league is the Datu whereas the team came in later than everybody else in the league and surprised everyone with a 2-1 standing since they set foot in the pitch. Cavemen is still running with a 1-1 standing as they gained their first loss with Wolves for their second match last September 17, 2017. Warriors has yet to prove their position in the league after their sweep match with the Juggernauts gaining them a 1-3 standing. Since the game kicked off, it has become evident that Juggernauts has yet to gain their first win, let alone their first score in a dire need for a comeback from their third consecutive loss.
Week 1 kicked off with the Cavemen and Warriors having the Warriors earn their first win with the score 24-0; while the Wolves and Juggernauts on the second round ending up with 81-0 in favor for the Wolves. Things took into a quick stir as other participating teams present at the opening complained about the number of suited players from the Wolves causing the PAFL Board to make a quick deciding vote to sanction them into deducting the number of players they dressed over the legal limit for the team’s next 2 matches.
Week 2 continues as Wolves and Cavemen kicked off the day’s match with 15-8 record making Wolves a dominating team to beat. Second round of match is between Datu and Warriors with a 27-12 as Datu amped up their game towards the second half of the match having them to gain their first match in their first win. Things took into an interesting turn as 3 players from different teams got suspended due to Unsportsmanlike conduct as they engage in throwing closed fists and elbows towards an opposing player.
Week 3 went on as the matches are between Cavemen and Datu and the then winless teams, Juggernauts and Warriors. The first match is a close fight as Cavemen gained their first score and took the lead in the majority of the first half but not until when Datu took their game into another level and was able to tie the game to 14-14 in the 2nd half. Cavemen won the game at the last minute after the team’s effort and persistency giving Datu their first loss. Warriors dominated the second match against Juggernauts with a whopping 40-0 with their solid offense and defense strategies giving them their first win.
Week 4 kicked off with the hopes that Juggernauts will earn their first win, let alone their first score for the season. However, with Datu’s superior defense and Offence and their relentless play over 4 quarters, Datu handed the Juggernauts their 3rd loss in this season with a 58-0 mark. The second fight showed an intense hunger as the Wolves and Warriors battled down the pitch wherein the Warriors tried leading up the game with big stops. However, Wolves didn’t stop them in making a big lead and proved that they are undefeated with a 64-12 score.
Week 5 is coming up this coming October 15, 2017 as Cavemen faces Juggernauts at 10am and the Wolves will be facing Datu at 1pm.
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