{"id":38834,"date":"2014-05-04T15:33:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T22:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=38834"},"modified":"2014-05-05T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T17:31:45","slug":"la-kiss-vs-spokane-shock-kick-off-400-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=38834","title":{"rendered":"KISS Shocked, 70-21!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AJ Cruz was one of the loan bright spots for the Kiss (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Anaheim) – The LA KISS fell behind 28-0, committed\u00a0five turnovers overall and never recovered as they were routed\u00a070-21\u00a0by\u00a0the Spokane Shock Sunday night before 10, 552 at the Honda Center. “I’m embarrassed as I sit here. I’m embarrassed for the team, the fans and the owners,” said KISS head coach Bob McMillen. “Our GM is on the phone already looking to make personell moves.”<\/p>\n

KISS quarterback J.J. Raterink was intercepted three times, and the KISS also failed to field two kick offs that caromed off the goal posts that set up Spokane for easy touchdowns. The offense also continued to struggle,\u00a0a common theme the last few weeks, scoring only three touchdowns and being held scoreless until there was 2:44 left in the first half. Add it all up and it equals a 70 bomb and and the humilitation that McMillen talked about after the game.<\/p>\n

Shock quarterback Erik Meyer scored on a four-yard run to cap the first\u00a0drive for Spokane.\u00a0The Kiss turned it over on downs on their\u00a0first series \u00a0and the Shock took\u00a0advantage on a nine-yard TD pass from Meyer to Adron Tennell for a two score lead in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Raterink was\u00a0picked off the first time by Bryant Nnubuife on the\u00a0next possession and the Shock cashed in\u00a0as\u00a0Meyer hit Tennell on an eight-yard touchdown strike for a 21-0 lead as the second quarter got underway.<\/p>\n

The KISS failed to recover the\u00a0ensuing kick off and the Shock recovered. Meyer plunged in from the one and just like that it was 28-0.<\/p>\n

On the first four KISS possessions, they were stopped three times and intercepted the other.<\/p>\n

The Shock was\u00a0stopped on their next series and\u00a0the\u00a0KISS finally got on the board when\u00a0Raterink found\u00a0Samie Parker in the left corner of the end zone and he walked in from four yards out.<\/p>\n

AJ Cruz provided\u00a0a spark for the KISS which\u00a0seemingly could have turned the game around. He\u00a0caught\u00a0a\u00a0missed Shock field goal in his own end zone, broke a couple of tackles\u00a0and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown to slice the lead to 28-14. H0wever Spokane immediately answered as Rashaad Carter, who\u00a0replaced\u00a0the injured Meyer, hit a streaking Brandon Thompkins\u00a0for a 45-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

The KISS had another golden opportunity get away on the next possession\u00a0when\u00a0Parker got\u00a0behind the Spokane secondary\u00a0and was wide open. But he dropped Raterink’s toss and a sure touchdown\u00a0was instead another costly miscue. Nobody was\u00a0within ten yards of him. On the next play\u00a0Terrance Sanders stepped in front of an errant Raterink pass for the pick and the Shock took over.<\/p>\n

Spokane jumped on the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0as Carter connected with\u00a0Tennell again\u00a0for a 13-yard TD pass and the Shock lead was back\u00a0to\u00a028 at the break.<\/p>\n

The KISS scored on the first possession of the third quarter on a Raterink to Donovan Morgan 15-yard touchdown pass\u00a0to cut the lead to 42-21 but then the wheels came completely off.<\/p>\n

The Shock scored on\u00a0three consecutive\u00a0touchdowns – all on Carter runs. The receiver turned quarterback\u00a0scored on TD runs of 15, 15 and one yard.\u00a0The one yard touchdown was set up\u00a0when the KISS again fumbled away a kick off that took a bad hop\u00a0deep in their own territory.<\/p>\n

Before you could say “Shout it out Loud”\u00a0Spokane had broken it wide open at 63-21 at the end of three.<\/p>\n

Shock poured a little salt in the KISS wounds in the fourth\u00a0when\u00a0Raterink was intercepted in the end zone and\u00a0it was returned all the way back to the one. It was Carter again (who else?)\u00a0that scored on a one yard run as Spokane\u00a0struck seventy.<\/p>\n

“How do you think the mood is in the locker room?” said KISS linebacker Beau Bell\u00a0when asked how the\u00a0team was feeling. “We just got embarrassed on national TV. How would you feel?”<\/p>\n

Raterink completed nine of 30 passes for 1o1 yards and two touchdowns for the KISS but he was hurt by the three picks. He was replaced in the fourth quarter by Tyler Hansen who completed three of seven.\u00a0Morgan had five receptions for\u00a056 yards and a score and Cruz\u00a0had\u00a0157 total yards.<\/p>\n

For the Shock, Carter accounted for six touchdowns – four rushing and two passing – and Tennell had six catches for\u00a061 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n

The KISS dropped to 2-5 with the\u00a0defeat and has lost four straight.\u00a0Spokane improved to 5-2.\u00a0The KISS will now hit the road for the next two weeks\u00a0starting with Cleveland next Saturday night. The KISS fell to Cleveland 40-30 three weeks ago at the Honda Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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