436th AMXS remains unbeaten

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Chuck Walker
  • 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  Nine days after playing to a tie, the 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron met again in a National League flag-football game.

This time 436th AMXS, which is in first place in the standings, held on for a 26-20 victory Oct. 20 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

The 436th AMXS coach Cedric Clinton, whose team remained unbeaten (9-0-1) with the victory, had nothing but respect for 436th CES A.

"They are a tough team," Clinton said. "They are by far the toughest team we've played this year. It was a hard-fought victory."

Early on it looked as though the game would come down to the last possession and the game lived up to that description.

The 436th AMXS got the scoring started with a three-play drive on its first possession to take a 7-0 lead. The 436th CES A was penalized with an illegal block on its point after touchdown to cut the lead to 7-6. The maintainers followed with a two-play drive to push its lead to 14-6. On its next possession, the civil engineers (4-4-1) scored on a 25-yard bomb on 4th down and five, to cut the lead to 14-12.

The 436th AMXS closed the first half scoring, taking a 20-12 lead in at halftime.

Both defenses woke up in the second half, each team limiting the scoring of the other. Albert Lewis from the 436th AMXS intercepted 436th CES A on the first play of the second half. But Chris Parks from the 436th CES A was able to get back-to-back sacks to end the maintainers' scoring opportunity.

With seven minutes left in the game, Whalen McDew scored to give the 436th AMXS what seemed to be an insurmountable lead at 26-12. On its next possession, 436th CES A was able to score and added a two-point conversion to cut the lead to 26-20.

After forcing the maintainers to punt, 436th CES A got the ball back with a little over 40 seconds left in the game. However, the 436th CES A could get no closer than the 18-yard line, as the 436th AMXS prevented the potential tying score.

The 436th CES A coach-quarterback Steven Peaper said he was proud of his team's effort.

"They are a good team," Peaper said. "We had a few mistakes by myself, but other than that, we were right there. Our offensive line did a good job of containing their rushers."