Spitfire Lose Rematch

By: Deb Wallace 

May 27, 2006 - CINCINNATI, OH – The Toledo Spitfire faced off against the Cincinnati Sizzle for the second of two times this season. When the Sizzle played in Toledo, they won 46-22. This time in Cincinnati, the Spitfire played a better game and lost by a score of 27-14.

Offensively for the Spitfire, Jessie Torda-Holmes rushed the ball for 108 yards on 18 carries. Olivia Griswold completed one pass to Erin Crabtree for 26 yards and had an 8 yard carry for the first Spitfire touchdown. Cindy Hasselbring did see some action late in the game and was successful in moving the ball down the field. On the defensive side of the ball, Sarah Dowd had a fantastic night getting in on many tackles and in some cases making hard enough hits to stun the Cincinnati players. Denise Thompson, Amanda Thames and Sandra Bowen also did well defensively. Special teams had another great game with 89 yards from kick off returns and allowing only 13 return yards total. Kentrah Smith had the most yards with 67.

The Spitfire are home against the Milwaukee Momentum on June 3^rd at 7pm at Rossford High School. More information on the team can be found at www.toledospitfire.com.