ASU Flag Football Teams Win Regionals
November 21, 2012
ASU’s Wolfpac won the Men’s Division by defeating a University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) team, 41-14, in the final. Meanwhile, ASU’s IM Legends defeated a team from New Mexico State University, 53-9, in the championship game of the Co-Recreational Division, and ASU’s Vixen won the Women’s Division with a 14-7 overtime win in the final over a team from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon.
The three division winners will now travel to the NIRSA-NCCS National Flag Football Tournament in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 4-6.
Also competing in the tournament from ASU were DTP and New Era in the Men’s Division. DTP reached the semifinals before losing to UTSA, 18-13. New Era also fell to UTSA, 37-34, in the quarterfinals.
Three ASU players were selected MVP of their respective divisions and six other ASU players were awarded all-tournament honors. In the Men’s Division, Scott Fankhauser of Wolfpac was named MVP while teammate Lane Hutchins and DTP’s Justin Rainey were picked for the all-tournament team. In the Co-Rec Division, Reid Jackson of IM Legends was named MVP and teammates Danielle Walts and Brianne Wilburn were named all-tournament. In the Women’s Division, Walts was named MVP and teammates Noel Johnson and Kris Crockett were all-tournament selections.
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