Orange County Bombers chase title
Contributed by: Troy Thompson Sunday, October 14 2012 @ 04:31 am ACDT
The Orange County Bombers emerged as National Championship contenders today in Mason Ohio as they defeated former champions New York and Denver. Should they defeat the winless Nashville tomorrow morning they will play off for their first Division I title at the end of the day. In the other pool in Division I Dallas and cross border raiders Calgary will meet at midday to battle for their place in the final. Calgary had the biggest Division I win for the day keeping the Golden Gate Roos scoreless and winning by 74 points.
Minnesota, LA Dragons and Boston all fared well in Divison II, with Boston escaping with a one point win over the San Diego Lions. In Division III Chicago, Columbus and Atlanta were all undefeated with the winner looking to come from those three. In Division IV Houston, Des Moines and Milwaukee are all undefeated going into Day 2.
In the Women's Division Denver were the stand out team and are favourites to take out the title again this year.
Scores from Day 1 matches below.
| Date[*1] | Division | Event | Field | Home[*2] | Score | Away[*3] | Score |
|---|
| Sat 09:00 | Division I | New York vs Nashville[*4] | Cooper's | NYM | 29 | NSH | 1 |
| Sat 09:00 | Division II | Minnesota vs Austin[*5] | Field 2 | MNF | 34 | AUS | 9 |
| Sat 09:00 | Division III | Columbus vs Kansas City[*6] | Field 3 | COL | 36 | KCP | 10 |
| Sat 09:00 | Women's | Denver vs San Francisco/Sacramento[*7] | Women's | DEN | 43 | SFI | 1 |
| Sat 10:00 | Division I | Denver vs Orange County[*8] | Cooper's | DEN | 15 | OCB | 38 |
| Sat 10:00 | Division II | Boston vs San Diego[*9] | Field 2 | BOS | 22 | SDL | 21 |
| Sat 10:00 | Division III | Florida vs Sacramento[*10] | Field 3 | FLR | 47 | SAC | 14 |
| Sat 10:00 | Women's | New York vs Calgary[*11] | Women's | NYW | 0 | CKO | 29 |
| Sat 10:00 | Division IV | Houston vs Baltimore-Washington[*12] | Field 4 | HOU | 66 | BWE | 2 |
| Sat 11:00 | Division IV | Milwaukee/Ohio Valley vs Minnesota/Dallas[*13] | Field 4 | MIL | 76 | MNF | 1 |
| Sat 11:00 | Division I | Calgary vs Seattle[*14] | Cooper's | CAK | 45 | SEA | 13 |
| Sat 11:00 | Division II | Baltimore-Washington vs Portland[*15] | Field 2 | BWE | 34 | POR | 10 |
| Sat 11:00 | Division III | Chicago vs New York[*16] | Field 3 | CHI | 48 | NYM | 1 |
| Sat 12:00 | Division I | Dallas vs Golden Gate[*17] | Cooper's | DAL | 47 | GGR | 27 |
| Sat 12:00 | Division II | Los Angeles vs Philadelphia[*18] | Field 2 | LAD | 54 | PHI | 14 |
| Sat 12:00 | Division III | Atlanta vs North Carolina[*19] | Field 3 | ATL | 70 | NCT | 24 |
| Sat 12:00 | Division IV | Ft. Lauderdale/Boston vs Nashville/Columbus[*20] | Field 4 | FLS | 58 | NSH | 14 |
| Sat 13:00 | Women's | Boston/Baltimore-Washington vs San Francisco/Sacramento[*21] | Women's | BWE | 10 | SFI | 8 |
| Sat 14:00 | Division I | Denver vs Nashville[*22] | Cooper's | DEN | 35 | NSH | 1 |
| Sat 14:00 | Division II | Boston vs Austin[*23] | Field 2 | BOS | 13 | AUS | 59 |
| Sat 14:00 | Division III | Florida vs New York[*24] | Field 3 | FLR | 22 | NYM | 43 |
| Sat 14:00 | Division IV | Milwaukee/Ohio Valley vs Baltimore-Washington[*25] | Field 4 | MIL | 68 | BWE | 0 |
| Sat 14:00 | Women's | Minnesota vs Calgary[*26] | Women's | MNF | 19 | CKO | 22 |
| Sat 15:00 | Division I | New York vs Orange County[*27] | Cooper's | NYM | 11 | OCB | 16 |
| Sat 15:00 | Division II | Baltimore-Washington vs Philadelphia[*28] | Field 2 | BWE | 47 | PHI | 20 |
| Sat 15:00 | Division III | Chicago vs Sacramento[*29] | Field 3 | CHI | 40 | SAC | 19 |
| Sat 15:00 | Division IV | Houston vs Minnesota/Dallas[*30] | Field 4 | HOU | 108 | MNF | 6 |
| Sat 16:00 | Division I | Calgary vs Golden Gate[*31] | Cooper's | CAK | 74 | GGR | 0 |
| Sat 16:00 | Division II | Minnesota vs San Diego[*32] | Field 2 | MNF | 65 | SDL | 0 |
| Sat 16:00 | Division III | Columbus vs North Carolina[*33] | Field 3 | COL | 85 | NCT | 0 |
| Sat 16:00 | Division IV | Ft. Lauderdale/Boston vs Des Moines[*34] | Field 4 | FLS | 9 | DMR | 36 |
| Sat 16:00 | Women's | Denver vs Boston/Baltimore-Washington[*35] | Women's | DEN | 48 | BWE | 0 |
| Sat 17:00 | Division I | Dallas vs Seattle[*36] | Cooper's | DAL | 41 | SEA | 27 |
| Sat 17:00 | Division II | Los Angeles vs Portland[*37] | Field 2 | LAD | 61 | POR | 18 |
| Sat 17:00 | Division III | Atlanta vs Kansas City[*38] | Field 3 | ATL | 35 | KCP | 21 |
| Sat 17:00 | Women's | New York vs Minnesota[*39] | Women's | NYW | 8 | MNF | 16 |
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