It received late very early through the season opening soccer recreation for a state champ in Arizona. In truth, it obtained so late that the sport spanned two days.
Arizona champ Ironwood Ridge’s title defense started with a 5 hour, 32 minute marathon — USA Today
As reported by the Arizona Republic and a variety of other information shops, the season-opening matchup between Tuscon (Az.) Ironwood Ridge and Peoria (Az.) Liberty finished as a 42-forty Ironwood victory on Saturday, August 24. The trick was that the game began on the evening of August 23.
There have been no main climate delays, though there were a two pretty transient (relatively speaking, forty five minutes and an hour) stoppages for lightning strikes. There have been no different unanticipated stoppages of play.
Rather, the marathon face-off was mainly a reflection of a seesaw game that including 42 points and a large second half rally from annual state title contender Ironwood Ridge, which misplaced 21 of its starters from 2012′s title-winning squad. Liberty lead 17-7 at halftime before Ironwood Ridge’s running recreation sparked the Nighthawks’ rally.
You can see highlights from the season opener right here, courtesy of Tuscon CBS and Fox associates KOLD and KMSB.
The game lastly wrapped up at 12:32 a.m. on Saturday following it’s 7 p.m. kickoff on Friday, a total time of 5:32, counting the two delays. Extremely, it may have gone even longer, too; Ironwood Ridge stopped a two-point conversion following a Liberty touchdown in the fourth quarter that will have tied the sport and compelled time beyond regulation.
“It’s a rebuilding yr,” Ironwood Ridge soccer coach Matt Johnson advised the Republic. “But we have now athletes.”
Those athletes began the season with extra endurance than most, that is for sure.
Marathon season-opening game in Arizona starts Friday, finishes Saturday … without OT
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