FORT BENNING, Ga., (Dec. 18, 2013) -- The 14th Combat Support Hospital flag football team picked up right where they left off after winning the post flag football championship by winning a battalion-level championship Wednesday.
14th CSH defeated the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 40-20 in the three-day, double-elimination tournament for their second flag football championship in two months.
2-69 scored first on the fourth play from scrimmage with a 50-yard touchdown pass to lead 6-0.
The teams exchanged possessions without scoring, but 14th CSH took the lead midway through the first half on a 10-yard Gerald Mosley pass to Kelvin Smith for a 7-6 lead and on their next possession, Mosley took it in himself on a 3-yard touchdown run to put 14th CSH up 13-6.
After holding 2-69 on fourth-and-20, Mosley hit Demitress McDougald on a 36-yard touchdown pass as time wound down in the first half.
Following the halftime break, Mosley took one play to extend the 14th CSH lead by hitting Smith on a 65-yard touchdown pass and with the two-point conversion, led 26-6.
2-69 got their first score since the opening drive, scoring on a 5-yard pass to cut the lead to 26-13.
Mosley brought 14th CSH back in two plays, tossing a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brian O'Berry and with the one-point conversion, led 33-13.
2-69 came roaring back with an eight-play drive, scoring on a 3-yard pass and with the one-point conversion, cut the 14th CSH lead to 33-20.
14th CSH added one more touchdown on a Mosley to Eric Terrell 65-yard touchdown pass and with the one-point conversion, closed out the scoring with 14th CSH winning the championship 40-20.
Mosley, coach for 14th CSH, said he was not only proud of his players in the championship, but for the entire tournament.
"We played very well and kept goose eggs on the board," Mosley said. "We didn't give up any points until the championship game. We blanked our first two opponents, and ended up playing one of them again (in the championship)."
Mosley said the format for the tournament played to his team's strengths.
"We played seven-on-seven instead of nine-on-nine," he said. "We had a lot more space and were able to run the plays we regularly run."
At times, 14th CSH scored at will, but Mosley said it was by design.
"What we do … is everybody has a route and depending on who the defense leaves open, that is where I throw the ball to," he said. "They did change their defense (from the first game) so I started hitting the underneath guys and when they came out of that, I just starting going over the top."
One advantage 14th CSH had was playing with the same players they had in the post championship, Mosley said, even with no additional practice time.
"The plays never changed and the players never changed and they were really excited about playing in this championship," he said. "This was kind of our bowl game."
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