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The Invaders defeated the Fairmont Heights Falcons 14-13 in the 2006 Clinton Metro Cup Championship. The Falcons led the majority of the closely played contest, until the Invaders took the lead with a 2-point conversion kick by George Wyatt. The Invaders scored on the opening possession of the game. QB Michael Hawkins completed the scoring drive with a 4-yard pass to TE Danny Gay. The 2-point conversion kick was unsuccessful. The Falcons responded with a scoring drive ending in a 20 yard touchdown pass on a crossing route. The 1-point conversion pass to Stevie was successful to give the Falcons a 7-6 lead. After both teams came up with defensive stops, the Falcons were able to score again. This time on a 25 post pattern to take a 13-6 lead. The 1-point conversion pass was unsuccessful. Hawkins responded with a awesome 4 play scoring drive, that was capped with a 10 yard touchdown strike to Center George Wyatt. The 2-point conversion kick by Wyatt was successful to give the Invaders a 14-13 lead. The Invaders' defense, led by outstanding rushers William Foster, Greg Kelley, Ricardo Williams and Donnell Newman, stiffened and forced the Falcons to turn the ball over on downs. The Invaders' offense, which was led the entire tournament by the bruising blocking crew of Aaron Kinchen, Marty Jones and Arthur Anderson, expired the clock and secured the victory with a couple of running plays. Invaders' Scoring Summary - 14 ------------------------------- 6 - Gay 4 yard pass from Hawkins 6 - Wyatt 10 yard pass from Hawkins 2 - Conversion kick by Wyatt

The Invaders defeated the Fairmont Heights Falcons 16-6 to advance to the Championship game in the 2006 Clinton Metro Cup. The Invaders stopped the Falcons on their first possession, when DB Derrick Williams (D-Nice) made an outstanding flag pull on the Invaders' 2-yard line. QB Michael Hawkins proceeded to lead the Invaders on a 98-yard scoring drive, completing passes to TE Danny Gay, BB Aaron Kinchen, BB Art Anderson WR Taurus McGhee, WR Joe Chaney, WR Matthew Anderson and TE Tim Black. Hawkins capped the drive with 5-yard touchdown run. George Wyatt kicked the 2-point conversion to give the Invaders an 8-0 lead. The Invaders received the ball to begin the second half and Hawkins led them on another scoring drive. Again, Hawkins completed passes to several players, before capping the drive with 40 yard touchdown pass to McGhee on a post pattern. The 2-point conversion kick by Wyatt was successfull to make the score 16-0. On the Falcons' next possession, their drive was stopped when Invaders' LB Ed Green intercepted a pass inside the Invaders' 10-yard line. The Falcons' narrowly escaped being shutout, when slotback Stephon took a screen pass 50 yards on the last play of the game to make the final score 16-6. Invaders' Scoring Summary - 16 ------------------------------ 6 - Hawkins 5 yard run 2 - Conversion kick by Wyatt 6 - McGhee 40 yard pass from Hawkins 2 - Conversion kick by Wyatt Interceptions - 1 ------------------------------ 1 - Edward Green

The Invaders defeated WeRone 14-8 in overtime to advance to the next round of the 2006 Clinton Metro Cup. The Invaders first score came on a 35 yard pass from QB Michael Hawkins to Wide Receiver Taurus McGhee. George Wyatt converted the 2-point conversion kick. TE Joseph Chaney, Jr., caught the winning touchdown on a 15 yard pass from Hawkins. Invaders' Scoring Summary - 14 ------------------------------- 6 - McGhee 35 yard pass from Hawkins 2 - Wyatt conversion kick 6 - Chaney 15 yard pass from Hawkins

The Invaders defeated Phat Butter 14-0 in the first round of the 2006 Clinton Metro Cup. Along with advancing to the second round of the tournament, the Invaders avenged a loss to Phat Butter the weekend before when the Invaders were short-handed.

Phat Butter overcame a 12-0 deficit to defeat the shorthanded Invaders 22-18 in the first round of the SMFFL playoffs. Phat Butter scored the winning touchdown when they intercepted an errant pitch and ran it in for a touchdown. The Invaders plan on being fully loaded for the upcoming Metro Cup.