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�� THE DARKSUN DRAGONS ENTERED THE 2006 SEASON KNOWING IT WAS A |
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REBUILDING YEAR BUT NEVER EXPECTED TO FINISH THE WAY THEY DID. WITH A |
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2-12 RECORD THEY FINISHED WITH THE WORST RECORD IN THE LEAGUE AND IN |
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FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE TEAM NEVER SEEMED TO WIN ANY CLOSE GAMES AND� |
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LEFT GM BILL SMITH WONDERING ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF |
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�� THE DARKWORLD WOLVERINES CAME IN TO 2006 A HEAVY FAVORITE TO� |
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REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS. AFTER AN EARLY SEASON OVERTIME SCARE THEY |
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ONCE AGAIN FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED AND DOMINATED� |
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STATISTICALLY FINISHING FIRST IN MOST OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE |
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CATEGORIES. AFTER EASILY WINNING THEIR FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME |
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THEY RAN INTO A HUNGRIER PHILADELPHIA EAGLE TEAM AND WERE EDGED |
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IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. A DISAPOINTING END TO A WIN STREAK THAT |
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HAD REACHED 31 GAMES |
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�� THE DETROIT DOPE RUNNERS, HAVING MADE TO MAJOR TRADES BEFORE |
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THE SEASON STARTED, CAME INTO THE SEASON AS THE BIG MYSTERY OF |
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THE LEAGUE. A GOOD ALL-AROUND TEAM, THE DOPE RUNNERS HUNG IN |
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PLAYOFF CONTENTION UNTIL THE FINAL WEEKS OF THE SEASON. FINISHING� |
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WITH A 5-9 RECORD WAS A BIT OF A DISAPOINTMENT BUT THIS TEAM WAS |
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PLAGUED BY LATE GAME TURNOVERS IN CLOSE GAMES. |
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�� HARRISBURGH GM SAM SCHALL MADE SOME DEALS EARLY IN THE SEASON |
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TO MAKE A PLAYOFF PUSH FOR 2006. AN OUTSIDE SHOT AT MAKING THE� |
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PLAYOFFS QUICKLIY DISSOLVED AS THEY FELL TO 2-7 AND NEEDED TO WIN |
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OUT FOR ANY PRAYER OF THE POST-SEASON. FINISHING THE SEASON |
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5-9 WAS A MILD DISAPOINTMENT FOR THIS CLUB IN A SEASON IN |
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WHICH THEY TOOK DARKWORLD TO OVERTIME AND BEAT PLAYOFF TEAMS |
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MIAMI AND MANHIEM ONCE EACH |
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� THE MANHIEM BARONS ENTERED 2006 WITH A HIGH POWERED OFFENSE AND� |
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PLAYOFFS IN THEIR SIGHTS. AT TIMES LOOKING UNSTOPPABLE, THE BARONS |
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COACH BEBOP LIKED TO PUSH HIS TEAM LIKE NO OTHER COACH. WITH A GAME |
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�IN HAND AGAINST HARRISBURGH, BEBOP ELECTED TO RUN A SWEEP ON THE GAMES |
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FINAL PLAY INSTEAD OF KICKING A ONE YARD FIELD GOAL, FOREVER PUTTING |
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THE GAME IN LEAGUE FOLK LORE. MANHIEM ENDED THE SEASON 7-7 AND LOST |
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IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. ALL IN ALL, A RESPECTABLE YEAR. |
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�� THE MIAMI MENACE HAD ANOTHER QUALITY SEASON AS THEY HAVE BECOME |
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A CONSISTENT PLAYOFF TEAM, MAKING THE PLAYOFFS IN THREE OF THE LEAGUE'S |
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FIRST FOUR SEASONS. FINISHING WITH A 7-7 RECORD, THEY ONCE AGAIN HAD� |
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HEARTBREAK IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST PHILADELPHIA. WITH THE GAME TIED |
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10-10 ENTERING THE FOURTH, PHILADELPHIA MANAGED 2 FOURTH QUARTER� |
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FIELD GOALS WHILE THEY MANAGED JUST 1. A 16-13 LOSS IN THE� |
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PLAYOFFS ENDED ANOTHER RESPECTABLE SEASON FOR MIAMI. |
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�� OLYMPIC GARDEN ENTERED 2006 IN REBUILD MODE BUT WITH GREAT COACHING |
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AND INTIMIDATION MANAGED TO SQUEEZE 6 WINS OUT OF HIS TEAM. FINISHING |
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ONE GAME OUT OF A PLAYOFF SPOT, COACH BILLY BELL SHOULD BE PROUD |
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OF THE EFFORT OF HIS TEAM. WITH WINS OVER MANHIEM AND HARRISBURGH |
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AND CLOSE GAMES AGAINST EVENTUAL LEAGUE CHAMPION PHILADELPHIA, |
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THE TEAM FOUGHT HARD. |
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�� THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ENTERED 2006 AS A MAJOR CONTENDER AND DID |
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NOT DISSAPOINT. FINISHING THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A HARD EARNED 10-4 |
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RECORD, THE EAGLES WERE RIGHT WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE� |
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ENTERING THE PLAYOFFS. AFTER NARROWLY DEFEATING MIAMI IN THE FIRST |
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ROUND, THE EAGLES PULLED OFF A BIG UPSET IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME |
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WITH A 21-13 VICTORY OVER THE UNDEFEATED DARKWORLD WOLVERINES.� |
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GM/COACH PAUL ABRAMS HAS BUILT A HIGHLY SUCCESFUL FRANCHISE AND� |
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SHOULD BE IN TITLE CONTENTION FOR YEARS TO COME. |
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