Blood, Bath & Beyond

First Place

Needlebowl 2012

This weekend, Blood, Bath & Beyond created a blood bath of flag football teams at Memorial Stadium. They ran through the weekend undefeated, as their combination of stingy defense and high-powered offense led to a championship.

They almost lost their undefeated record in just the first game as Thunder Gun Express gave them a stiff test. In the end though, Thunder Gun wasn't able to pick up that last touchdown and two-pointer to pick up the tie.

In bracketed play on Sunday, they started out with a low-scoring game where their defense was the difference, holding a West Canaan team that had put up 54 points in a game the day before to only one touchdown.

That was followed by a close game against CZ Fitness. The Blood Bath defense had an early stop in the 2nd half that turned into a two score lead. CZ had a chance to come back and make it a one score game mid-way through the second half, but Blood Bath came through with a huge two-point conversion stop to keep the game at a distance.

The Championship game came down to them and Haywire, who had won on a late two-point conversion stop themselves in the semi-final. The last three times these two teams had met up, Haywire had picked up the wins all in league play over the past year. This included a playoff victory last January. So, Blood Bath was out for more blood. They would get their revenge in picking up the 32-18 win for the championship.