Results 2003 Season

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4

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Next Game: 22^nd June 2003 against the Berwick Miners after a week off.

Round 4

18 - 6 victory over the Geelong Wildcats.

Round 3

Crusaders 14 vs. Rangers 26 

The Crusader offence came up against the number 1 defence in the league on Sunday, with the Crusaders going straight into a four WR set to try and disrupt the Ranger D,  the first drive was good with the Offence moving the chains in the first 2 minutes but a couple of wayward passes meant that they had to punt.  On the next drive it took 2 plays to score a 60-yard TD strike to WR Steve Curwood who once had the ball could not be caught by the Ranger secondary, this was the only scoring done by the Crusaders as they stuck with their 4 WR set till halftime.

Coming out of the half 26-6 down the Crusader Offence went back to the ground attack,  with solid runs from Nol Arabit and Charles Lavea-Williams, with great blocking from the left side of the line.  Once again led by LG
Louise Lavea-Williams and rookie LT Anthony Caminti.  With the run game in full effect the Rangers were unable to stop either the speed or power of the Crusader backfield with great blocking from full back Peter Steve to open up both RB's on significant gains.  A QB keep to Glenn Parke for a 1-yard TD and the ensuing 2 point conversion from Charles Lavea-Williams brought the Crusaders back to 26-14.

There were both negatives and positives from this game and hopefully the offence will take the negatives and turn them around next time these two teams meet.  A fantastic game of both skill speed and power from both teams on both sides of the ball.

Special mention goes to Steve Curwood,  Charles Lavea-Williams and Glenn Parke who have scored 1 TD in all 3 games so far this season.  Also mentions to Nol Arabit,  Anthony Caminti, Louise Lavea-Williams and Peter Steve for an outstanding game once again.
 

Round 2

Crusaders 20 vs. Warriors 7 

The Crusader Offence has again showed it's potential to score points early when on the first drive of the game the offence drove the ball 70 yards in a time consuming ball controlled effort that lead to a great run of 20yards by Charles Lavea-Williams to give the Crusaders a 6-0 lead after five minutes into the game. With an outstanding game once again from the defence we were able to get the ball back with a 50 yard punt return from Peter Steve to set up Glenn Parke hitting Steve Curwood in the corner of the endzone for a 12-0 lead going into halftime. The Crusaders then came out and once again after a tedious start to the second half were able to score once again with Charles Lavea-Williams scoring a 3 yard TD to blow the score out to 20-6.

The League leading Crusader Defence once again came out to play. The D-line made countless plays behind the Line of Scrimmage, lead by Louise and Pat who where continuously double teamed. Their drive and effort constantly destroyed the Warrior Pass pocket putting enormous pressure on their QB. D-Ends, Brett and Tony, contained the QB in the Pass pocket not allowing him to escape the bull rush of League's premier D-Tackle.

The pressure generated by the whole d-line helped produce 3 int's for the Crusader secondary, with a spectacular across the field return by Nol, this was taken back due to a block in the back (a soft one at that!)

The Warriors were not able to generate any sustained pressure on the defence there inability to string 2 successful plays together is a testament to the sustained pressure and aggression of the Crusader Defence.

The Crusader Defence was rarely challenged on the Day

Best players for the Crusaders on offence were Steve Curwood, Glenn Parke, Peter Steve, Nol Arabit and Charles Lavea-Williams with his power runs once again setting up a good win for the Crusaders and taking them to 2-0
for the season.

Round 1

Berwick Miners 7 Vs. Western Crusaders 34 

Offensively, the game plan went accordingly, the Miners had no answer for both our power running game as well as our passing attack. With several good catches made by Steve Curwood (17) and also great running from our backfield. Charles Lavea-Williams had a great game as did Nol Arabit, who also ran with both power and speed.
Peter Steve had a good game playing FB, both in running the ball and blocking for the running back's.

Our Offensive Line had an excellent game, particularly from our Rookie Left Tackle, Anthony Caminti. We were able to run left with both him and Louise Lavea-Williams blocking well. Penalties hurt us early but we were
able to get it together and score. QB Glenn Parke had a solid game in both play calling and passing, as well as a few run plays where he was able to pick up valuable yards when needed.

Defensively we play a sound game allowing the miners to gain only 3 first downs for the game. We dominated their running attack with our front 8 being too strong for there opponents. Louise Lavea-Williams constantly defeated a double team and l driving forward producing a sack and several tackles in the back field. He is a dominating force on the defence allowing his team mates to wreck the play before it started. The defence was able to string the sweep out with good disciplined pursuit.

Other stand-outs were -

John Wilson played a very good game showing his class as LB - A special mention to Brent for a good game at DE considering it was his first game - Well Done. Tony Harris 1 intercept and 1 punt return for TD - a real suprise at
safety - Steve Curwood a top hit on his opponent to produce a fumble and recovery by the Crusaders. A good game from the defence - rarely challenged.

All in all it was a solid performance by the Offence, every player played their position, from this we can only get better.

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