Calanda Broncos Week

My apologies for missing last week's post. We had a bye week and I did some traveling around, and in the hustle and bustle of seeing different parts of Europe that I had not been to yet, I forgot to write. Last Sunday (May 15th), we played a home game against the Basel Gladiators, a team we played in Week 2 and defeated 34-18 at that time. We focused our team during practice before the game, and it showed on the field, as we came away with a 58-0 victory (leading 44-0 at halftime). Their team had some injuries, as did ours, but we were simply the better team that day. We ran only 18 offensive plays for the whole game, and only 1 in the second half! We scored 7 offensive touchdowns, and one on defense to account for the scoring. It was like nothing I had ever seen as we were clicking on all cylinders.

This past week we had a bye, and Mike and I did some traveling with one of our Finnish teammates, Arto. It was great to bounce around and see some parts of Europe that we had not yet explored. Sorry I'm not giving more details, but I'm a little bit rushed before I head off to practice tonight.

This weekend we play the 5th ranked team in Europe, the Calanda Broncos. With several high-profile import players and lots of good domestic players, they will be a tough task. A couple of weeks ago we played them to a 37-36 loss in the last two minutes of the game. I'm sure this game will be a tough one also, but we are looking forward to the challenge.

After the Broncos game, I will be returning to the States for a 5 day mini-vacation. One of Mike and I's best friends is getting married, and we are heading back for the wedding as we will have another bye week. This is something that we are both sincerely looking forward to, as it will be nice to head back to America for a few days and recharge the batteries a little bit.

Thank you everyone for reading, and I'll be back early next week with a report on how the game versus the Calanda Broncos went.

Go Blue Devils/Boys!
Mitch Niekamp