Spokane Shock vs. Tampa Bay Storm
The last game of the regular Arena Football League season was anticlimactic for the Spokane Shock, who will miss the postseason. But they had a chance to sabotage Tampa Bay's postseason hopes Saturday night at the Spokane Arena.
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Spokane Shock’s return specialist Terrance Sanders, above, shows his blazing speed as he eludes Tampa Bay Storm defensive back Martel Moody, below, to take it all the way to the end zone on a kick return Saturday at the Spokane Arena. The run was brought back on a penalty, but Sanders made several impressive runs against the Storm.
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Spokane Shock’s Adron Tennell dives for a low pass in the end zone, scooping it up after outpacing the Tampa Bay Storm’s defender Deonte Bolden for a first half score Saturday, July 21, 2012 at the Spokane Arena. Tampa challenged it, alleging that the ball hit the ground, but camera angles failed to reveal the ball hitting the ground, so the call stood.
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Spokane Shock’s Adron Tennell one-hands a sideline pass just as the Tampa Bay Storm’s Deonte Bolden brutally shoves him over the wall in the first half Saturday at the Spokane Arena. But Tennell held on as he fell into the front row.
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Spokane Shock’s quarterback Kyle Rowley is sandwiched between his linemen Shannon Tevaga (71) and Ryan Cave and Tampa Bay Storm’s defender Pernell Phillips (92) on the quarterback keeper which he carried in for a first half score.
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Tampa Bay Storm quarterback Stephen Wasil, right, rifles a pass past the outstretched arm of the Shock’s Micah King.
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Spokane Shock Jeffrey Solomon (7) gets horse-collared and his helment removed by Tampa Bay’s Martel Moody, right, who got the yellow flag for the brutal stop on a routine reception.
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Spokane Shock’s Brandon Rankin, center, and Terence Moore, right, put the immediate stop on the Tampa Bay Storm’s Terence Crosby, left, after a rare run attempt in the first half.
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Spokane Shock’s Terence Moore, top, and Patrick Stoudamire, center, pile up Tampa Bay Storm’s receiver Prechae Rodriquez on the boards after a quick pass play.
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Spokane Shock’s Josh Ferguson (2) tries in vain to stop the Tampa Bay Storm’s Joe Hills from catching the ball on a long pass Saturday, July 21, 2012 at the Spokane Arena. It led to a score, the first of the game, on the next play.
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Spokane Shock QB Kyle Rowley, left, is the target of Tampa Bay Storm’s Pernell Phillips, right, who is held off by the Shock’s Chris Pino.
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