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Following the franchise’s first loss since April of 2019 two weeks ago, Boston Renegades head coach John Johnson wasn’t changing his tone or the approach.
After all, five straight championships allow you to stay true to the process.
It was the right move, as Boston put on quite a show back home in Revere on Saturday night, putting up a ridiculous 90 points in a 90-7 win. The Renegades are now 3-1.
“They did the little things right,” Johnson said postgame. “It’s been our focus point for two weeks. We didn’t do the little things right in St. Louis and that was really the crux of our problem. We were really focused on that these last two weeks, cleaning up the little things and our actions, what we didn’t do correctly. We were very inconsistent our first few games and we wanted to clean that up.”
In a display of pure dominance, Boston out-gained the New York Wolves 657-63. The Renegades had 353 passing yards and 304 rushing yards to go along with 30 first downs to New York’s four.
Megan McFadden had 270 passing yards and four TD passes. Latoya Saulters had two TD’s on the ground and 113 yards rushing while Ruth Matta, Maggie Barden, Stephanie Pascual and Katie Falkowski all had rushing TD’s as well. Barden also kicked 12 extra points. Jackie Lane threw three touchdown passes. Pascual had 96 yards receiving on five grabs with a receiving TD too. Matta, Paige Myatt, Adrienne Smith, Kylee O’Connor Harrel and Kyshani Dummott all caught touchdown passes.
Defensively, the Renegades recovered three fumbles. Solina Pascual, Deanna Walsh and Darcy Leslie all had one with 18 players making at least one tackle.
“We were working hard the last two weeks coming off a loss,” said linebacker Donny Fournier, who blocked a punt during the game. “Now, we’re ready to get prepared for the next game. Excited to play Pittsburgh and get on the road.”
Boston had two games left in the regular season, Pittsburgh on Saturday and Washington on the 15th before the WFA playoffs begin.
With the loss last week, the matchup with Pittsburgh may determine home field advantage for the postseason, something Boston has owned for years now.
“No disrespect to Pittsburgh because they’re a great team and they’re putting up phenomenal numbers offensively, they’re doing a great job defensively, they’re solid and coached well. They’ve got a great organization from the top down. They’re one of the best in our league, so it’s always a challenge playing them. But, it really starts with us,” added Johnson.
“I said it back in January and I’m saying it each and every week now during the course of the season. We need to work on the things we need to work on to be the best version of ourselves each and every week. That’s what we’re looking to do. Pittsburgh poses some unique challenges, but we’re going to do our best to try and limit what they do and be able to execute the things we need to in order to have success.”