{"id":47686,"date":"2015-04-25T18:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T01:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47686"},"modified":"2015-04-26T01:19:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T08:19:30","slug":"la-kiss-vs-arizona-rattlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47686","title":{"rendered":"KISS Rattled in Fifth Straight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The L.A. Kiss defense had a hard time holding on to the Rattlers. (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

(Anaheim) – Arizona jumped out to a 27-7 first half lead and never looked back in a\u00a068-30 rout of\u00a0the LA KISS Saturday\u00a0night at Honda Center.<\/p>\n

The KISS turned the ball over six times compared to once for the\u00a0Rattlers.\u00a0The game was essentially over by halftime when Arizona was up 41-14. The KISS fell to 0-5\u00a0with the loss while the Rattlers\u00a0improved to 4-1.<\/p>\n

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The lone bright spot for the Kiss? Donovan Morgan of course! (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/p><\/div>\n

“It’s embarrassing. It’s frustrating. We made way too many mistakes\u00a0and you can’t do that against the\u00a0world champs,”\u00a0said KISS head coach Bob McMillen.\u00a0“We know we have a better team than we have showed. This team has showed a lot of character and heart\u00a0and we know we have the talent to win but we haven’t been doing it.”<\/p>\n

Nick Davila threw seven touchdown passes for Arizona\u00a0including\u00a0six in the first half. He had 232 yards passing overall. He left the game in the fourth quarter with an injury but it didn’t seem to matter as BJ Coleman\u00a0came on and\u00a0threw a TD pass to put the Rattlers up\u00a055-30.<\/p>\n

Brian Zbydniewski, playing for the injured Adrian McPherson, had four touchdowns passing for the KISS\u00a0but\u00a0was hurt by two picks.\u00a0Donovan “Captain” Morgan caught three of those TD strikes and racked up\u00a0171 total yards on 11 receptions. Tom Gilson caught the other\u00a0touchdown pass which came late in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been in this league for awhile so there’s no excuses. I put it on my shoulders,” Zbydniewski said. “I had two picks. On one the receiver went high and I should have cut him low towards\u00a0the wall.”<\/p>\n

After the\u00a0Arizona scored on its first possession,\u00a0the KISS got even on five-yard touchdown pass from\u00a0Zbydniewski to Morgan.\u00a0But the Rattlers scored the next 20 straight points and the\u00a0KISS\u00a0was forced to play catch up the rest of the night.\u00a0Davila hit Rod Windsor and Markee White\u00a0for scores and\u00a0offensive lineman Joe Gibbs also\u00a0grabbed a pass and rumbled 18 yards for a score.<\/p>\n

Morgan hauled in another TD pass – this one from 43 yards out to cut the lead to 27-14. The\u00a0ball looked like it would be intercepted by the Arizona defender but\u00a0Morgan made a terrific play to reel it in and then out run the secondary to the end zone.<\/p>\n

The KISS couldn’t match Arizona’s touchdowns\u00a0however and the Rattlers scored the next two\u00a0to take a 27 point lead at the half. Davila connected with Kenny Reed for scores\u00a0of\u00a017 and four yards to close out the half.<\/p>\n

The KISS showed some signs\u00a0of life\u00a0in the third quarter when they scored 16 straight points to cut the lead\u00a0to 48-30 as Morgan and Gilson scored but again Arizona\u00a0halted\u00a0the KISS rally and ripped off 20 straight to end it.<\/p>\n

Reed finished with nine receptions for 74 yards and three touchdowns for Arizona.<\/p>\n

Despite Morgan’s\u00a0big night he wasn’t satisfied.\u00a0“I haven’t won a game since last year\u00a0and who knows when that was?” he said. “We really felt we had an opportunity to win this game. We prepared all week but we made too many\u00a0mental mistakes. We keep saying the same things every week. I’m tired of hearing that. Something needs to change.”<\/p>\n

A.J Cruz, formerly of the KISS,\u00a0returned four kicks for the Rattlers for 75 yards.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t get any easier for the KISS. They\u00a0hit the road for the next three weeks before returning home\u00a0May 31 against Jacksonville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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