FINAL | Spokane Arena | Attendance 10,750
The Tampa Bay Storm (8-10) fell to the Shock (10-8) by a score of 63-53 late Saturday evening in front of 8,973 fans at Spokane Arena. The loss, in conjunction with wins by Cleveland (8-10) and Georgia (9-9) eliminated the Storm from the playoffs for only the fourth time in 25 seasons.
Tampa Bay was led by local high school product (Palmetto H.S.) Joe Hills who made his return to face his former team. Hills had a big night catching eight passes for 215 yards with three touchdowns, his receiving yards are the fourth highest total in the AFL this season and second highest behind injured wide receiver Amarri Jackson’s 220-yard effort earlier this season against Orlando. Fellow wide out Prechae Rodriguez led all receivers with 11 receptions to give him 125 on the season tying the franchise single-season record despite missing two game earlier this season.
Storm Quarterback Stephen Wasil completed 23-of-37 passes for a career-high 391 yards and four touchdowns. Wasil added three touchdowns on the ground to finish the season with 19, two shy of the single-season record set by Torrance Marshall in 2008.
Shock defensive back Patrick Stoudamire made the play of the game when he recovered a kickoff off that caromed off of the net and returned it for touchdown early in the second quarter. The touchdown changed the momentum of the game as Tampa Bay had to play catch up from that point forward. Spokane’s defense came up with two big fumble recoveries in the third quarter to help sustain the lead. Shock recover Adron Tennell finished with a four touchdowns on 10 catches for 140 yards while quarterback Kyle Rowley was efficient completing 24-of-33 passes for 245 yards and six touchdowns, he added another score on the ground.
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
Total
|
| Shock |
7
|
28
|
7
|
21
|
63
|
| Storm |
13
|
17
|
0
|
23
|
53
|
SCORING SUMMARY
| Time | Scoring Play | SP0 - TBY |
| 09:15 | TBY - WASIL, Stephen 2 yd run (BONGARRA, Juan kick failed) | 0-6 |
| 05:45 | SPO - TENNELL, Adron 36 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 7-6 |
| 04:40 | TBY - HILLS, Joe 35 yd pass from WASIL, Stephen (BONGARRA, Juan kick) | 7-13 |
| Time | Scoring Play | SPO - TBY |
| 14:53 | SPO - ROWLEY, Kyle 1 yd run (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 14-13 |
| 14:39 | SPO - STOUDAMIRE, Pat 4 yd net recovery (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 21-13 |
| 08:01 | TBY - BONGARRA, Juan 35 yd field goal | 21-16 |
| 06:34 | SPO - TENNELL, Adron 32 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 28-16 |
| 05:24 | TBY - HILLS, Joe 45 yd pass from WASIL, Stephen (BONGARRA, Juan kick) | 28-23 |
| 03:02 | SPO - TENNELL, Adron 8 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 35-23 |
| 00:08 | TBY - WASIL, Stephen 1 yd run (BONGARRA, Juan kick) | 35-30 |
| Time | Scoring Play | SPO - TBY |
| 06:23 | SPO - NIERMAN, Andrew 1 yd run (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 42-30 |
| Time | Scoring Play | SPO - TBY |
| 14:30 | SPO - BLACK, Steven 5 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 49-30 |
| 13:23 | TBY - HILLS, Joe 33 yd pass from WASIL, Stephen (BONGARRA, Juan kick) | 49-37 |
| 12:28 | SPO - BLACK, Steven 13 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 56-37 |
| 07:49 | TBY - SINGLETON, Carl 14 yd pass from WASIL, Stephen (WASIL, Stephen rush) | 56-45 |
| 06:22 | SPO - TENNELL, Adron 7 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (SPENCER, Kenny kick) | 63-45 |
| 01:53 | TBY - WASIL, Stephen 1 yd run (SINGLETON, Carl pass from WASIL, Stephen) | 63-53 |
STATS: TEAM LEADERS
| Storm | Shock | |||||||||
| Passing | CP/AT | Yds | TD | INT | Passing | CP/AT | Yds | TD | INT | |
| Stephen Wasil | 23/37 | 391 | 4 | 0 | Kyle Rowley | 24/33 | 245 | 6 | 0 | |
| Rushing | ATT | Yds | TD | LG | Rushing | ATT | Yds | TD | LG | |
| Stephen Wasil | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | Kyle Rowley | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Terrence Crosby | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Andrew Nierman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Receiving | REC | Yds | TD | LG | Receiving | REC | Yds | TD | LG | |
| Prechae Rodriguez | 11 | 134 | 0 | 37 | Adron Tennell | 10 | 140 | 4 | 36 | |
| Joe Hills | 8 | 215 | 3 | 45 | Rod Harper | 8 | 53 | 0 | 12 | |
| Carl Singleton | 4 | 42 | 1 | 18 | Steven Black | 5 | 45 | 2 | 15 | |
| Micah King | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Kick Returns | No. | Avg. | TD | LG | Kick Returns | No. | Avg. | TD | LG | |
| Jonathan Lowe | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | Terran Sanders | 4 | 17 | 0 | 27 | |
STATS: TEAM COMPARISON
|
Storm
|
Category
|
Shock
|
|
25
|
First Downs
|
23
|
|
3
|
Rushing
|
2
|
|
17
|
Passing
|
16
|
|
5
|
Penalties
|
5
|
|
13
|
Net Yards Rushing
|
6
|
|
11
|
Attempts
|
6
|
|
18
|
Yards Gained
|
6
|
|
5
|
Yards Lost
|
0
|
|
391
|
Net Yards Passing
|
245
|
|
37
|
Attempted
|
33
|
|
23
|
Completed
|
24
|
|
0
|
Intercepted
|
0
|
|
48
|
Total Offensive Plays
|
39
|
|
404
|
Total Net Yards
|
251
|
|
8.4
|
Average Gain Per Play
|
6.4
|
|
3-3
|
Fumbles: No./ Lost
|
1-1
|
|
12-96
|
Penalties: Number/Lost
|
10-86
|
|
0-0
|
MFG Returns No. /Yards
|
0-0
|
|
2-38
|
Kickoff Returns No. / Yards
|
4-68
|
|
0-0
|
Interceptions: No./Yards
|
0-0
|
|
0-0
|
Fumble Returns: No./Yards
|
1-4
|
|
2
|
Miscellaneous Yards
|
-4
|
|
33:39
|
Possession Time
|
41:21
|
|
2-5
|
3rd Down Conversions
|
3-4
|
|
1-1
|
4th Down Conversions
|
0-1
|
|
0-0
|
Sacks By: No. /Yards
|
0-0
|
GAME NOTES
PRE-GAME COVERAGE
LAST TIME OUT
In the home finale of the 2012 regular season, Stephen Wasil threw for 358 yards and seven touchdowns, completing 24 of his 39 passes on the night, as the Tampa Bay Storm defeated the New Orleans VooDoo 78-77 in a thriller on Saturday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
The victory helped the Storm improve to 8-9 on the season, while New Orleans also moved to 8-9, creating a three-way tie for second place with the VooDoo and Georgia Force behind division-leader Jacksonville heading into next week’s regular season finale. Tampa Bay will now head on the road to Spokane with destiny in its own hands to get into the playoffs.
Post-Game Notes • Tampa Bay Storm at Spokane Shock
Saturday, July 21, 2012 • Spokane Arena
• Tampa Bay Storm quarterback Stephen Wasil threw for a career-high 391 yards.
• Wasil rushed for three touchdown, giving him 19 on the season, the second most in a single-season surpassing Torrance Marshall’s 17 in 2007.
• WR Joe Hills caught eight passes for 215 yards. That is the second highest total this season by a Storm receiver and the fourth highest total in the League this season. …He now has three consecutive games with more than 100 yards receiving and three or more touchdowns.
• WR Prechae Rodriguez caught 11 passes to give him 125 on the season, tying the Storm single-season (and rookie) record set by Amarri Jackson last season. …Rodriguez also had 134 yards to give him 1,653 on the season to surpass Amarri Jackson’s rookie record (1,619) set in 2011.
• With three rushing touchdowns versus Spokane the Storm finished with 37 this season, the most rushing TDs in franchise history surpassing the former record of 32.
• Each team had penalties erase a big play in the first half: a roughing the quarterback penalty wiped out an interception for the Storm defense and a holding penalty wiped out a kickoff return for a touchdown for Spokane.
• The Storm offense lost two fumbles in the third quarter as the offense failed to put any points on the board.