ST. LOUIS @ PARK HILL
Atoms - 28 Cyclones - 17
Temp 60 Wind 0-5 Clear Sky
Line: Even

MVP: Terrell Owens
           5 receptions and 1 dropped pass for 110 yards and 2 TD’s with a long of 43 yards.
           4 receptions went for first downs and 2 receptions of 25 plus yards.

Park Hill Pavilion – The Park Hill Atoms earn their first win since returning to their birthplace, outdistancing the St. Louis Cyclones 28 – 17.

Both teams came into the contest at 0 – 2 on the season. After struggling mightily against the Fighting Squirrels of Saginaw, the Atoms showed some life last week while going down to defeat against the Reese Restrictors, playing an inspired first half before succumbing to the former 2000 UFL Champions.

The Cyclones had traveled a somewhat similar path, losing to the newly relocated Arizona Scorpions, and then giving the 2003 UFL Champion Eisenhower Hell Cats all they wanted in the first half before eventually falling to defeat.

Both Antone Adams and Ken Leiser had different concerns for their respective teams. For Park Hill, there hadn’t been any sightings of defense being played. On the St. Louis side, offensive points have been at a premium, as the Cyclones had only crossed the goal line once in two games.

To that end, St. Louis scored more points against Park Hill than they had all season. Even more importantly, it was only half of what the Atoms defense had been allowing, which is by and large why Park Hill was able to post its first victory of the season.

The Atoms were able to jump out to a 14 – 0 lead, as both teams attempted to take control via the ground game, but game MVP Terrell Owens made the most of the Atoms limited passing game, scoring the games’ first points on a 12 yard strike from Drew Bledsoe.

Later on in the 2nd, he hauled in a long offering from Michael Vick good for 43 yards to move the Atoms from their own 22 to the Cyclone 35. From there, Julius Jones was able to punch it in from the 2. The Atoms scored evenly, putting up a touchdown in each quarter of the contest.

St. Louis closed to 7 points down on a Chester Taylor 9 yard pitch, but was never able to get any closer than 11 points the rest of the way. Both teams amassed 20 first downs, but the Atoms won the third down battle, going 8 for 11, as opposed to 2 of 7 for St. Louis.