The Skeletons participated in the flag football tournament in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria on Sunday, marking their first matches.
The tournament was divided into two stages, a group stage in which the Skeletons were involved with the guests of: Hidden Lemons and Sofia Witches (who were teams formed by the host Sofia Knights), as well as against a team of Hoes that contained players from Sofia Bulldozers. The second phase consisted of the beginning and the final.
In the first term, our group was free, and earlier in the second part it was waiting for Hidden Lemon, who are known for the first match “The Witches”.
The defense wanted to be the first on the field and the coin toss they received did that for them, so Kosturite was represented on the field for the first time by the defense in the lineup: Damjan Efrem and Aleksandar Atskovski in the front line together with Bojan Efremovski in the blitzer position, with Lazar Denkovski and Nenad Radulović in the back line of defense. They started completely with turnover on downs, so I can say that after the morning the day was known in the first two games that decided the nick in the group, they allowed exactly zero to win against themselves, on the other hand they added 6 points to the account of the players with the cut Denkovski’s ball returned to the opponent’s end zone.
Many are waiting for the task of the attack orchestrated by quarterback Ivan Jakimovski, and Radulović in the position of wide receiver who also played in defense, on the field were the two receivers Marin Mackinovski and Bojan Stojanović, as well as Pavel Jakimovski in the position of center. The first attack ended with a Jakimovski-Mackinovski touchdown. By the end of the group stage, the offense had completed its task at a very high level, scored 8 touchdowns (all by passing) and lost the ball only twice.
Results:
Hidden Lemons 0-21 Cuman Skeletons
Hoes 0-20 Kumanovo skeletons
Sofia Witches 13-14 Kumanovo Skeletons (Stojanovic with the winning touchdown with 20 seconds left).
After a 3-0 record and first place in the group, Coste found themselves facing Sofia Old Dogs in the match of the tournament in Bulgaria, while in the other place they held on to Hidden Lemons and 6 and a half men.
The semi-final was a continuation of the championship game in the group stage, not many words should be wasted on that game. The superior defense from Dan kept the opponent to zero death until the last 4 minutes in that period of the attack through Mackinovski and Pavel Jakimovski came to the attack of 13-0.
The defense until the end the initial 12 scores, but the attack with a new TD of Mackinovski was unattainable 20 points on the account and with a knee down situation Skeletons entered the world of their tournament.
There they were met by a team of 6 and a half men, a team with also 4 victories. The weather worsened, the defense conceded a TD for the first time on the first drive. But Stojanovic immediately caught a 55-yard ball and carried it into the end zone, bringing the Skeletons back into the game. The defense didn’t allow anything until the time, and the good management of the game and improvisation led to Yamki from 12-6 and opportunities to increase the same to 2 or even 3 possession difference, different Skeleto had the first attack in the second part.
But the rain and the throwing of the Skeletons in “79 mode” led to only 12-6 at seven, which remained after the first drive in the second half.
On the other side, the defense made several mistakes, but they did not allow a 1-point conversion after the opponent’s two touchdowns, so with 90 minutes left, Skeletons found themselves behind 18-12.
Then the offense returned to the field and with a calm hand of Jakimovski and his receivers marched for 50 yards, spent all the time outs of the opponent and Efremovski with his second TD on a performance with 30 seconds left. On the 1-point conversion, Radulovic was 1-on-1 and a blitz was called, so the QB made an easy read and punished him with a fade route to his X receiver to make it 19-18.
The defense played superbly, the opponent was screened 15 yards with 1.4 minutes left, but then a miscommunication occurred and the opposing quarterback ran into the end zone, giving the Kumanovo Skeletons their first loss.