{"id":80317,"date":"2018-07-29T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=80317"},"modified":"2018-07-29T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T20:03:32","slug":"martial-artists-acrobats-tianjin-amaze-audience-2-3-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=80317","title":{"rendered":"STEELHAWKS FALL TO COBRAS BITE 28-78 &#8211; Review &#038; Photographs by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Review &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischma<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Lehigh Valley Steelhawks fans gathered at the PPL Center Saturday night for this season\u2019s home game finale against the North Carolina Cobras.\u00a0 Hope ran high within the stands for the Steelhawks to break the 0-12 losing streak, but it just didn\u2019t happen.\u00a0 The Cobras crushed The Steelhawks with a final score of 28-78.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\"><div id=\"su_carousel_69fc644467260\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2679r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2679r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2679r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2737r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2921r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2921r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2921r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2929r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2929r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2929r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2945r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2945r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2945r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2951r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2951r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2951r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2983r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_2983r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2983r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_3003r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_3003r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3003r\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The Cobras received the opening kick-off and within the first two minutes, the Steelhawks intercepted the ball.\u00a0 Then, within the next five minutes it was the Cobras who landed on the score board first.\u00a0 During the first quarter, the Steelhawks grabbed every opportunity available to get on the scoreboard as they rustled up a few field goals.\u00a0 But at the end of the first quarter, The Cobras established the lead with a score of\u00a0 6-16.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">As the second quarter began, The Steelhawks broke through the Cobras\u2019 tight defensive line and scored their first touchdown. The Cobras aggressively scored three touchdowns before the Steelhawks intercepted the ball and scored one touchdown for the quarter with 16 seconds left in the first half of the game.\u00a0 The quarter closed with a score of 19-38.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The Steelhawks scored early in the third quarter, with a deuce and a touch down and refueled the hope as the score closed in at 27-38.\u00a0 But the Steelhawks couldn\u2019t keep the Cobras out of their territory as they scored two more touchdowns which brought\u00a0 the score to 28-53.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">By the last quarter, it became obvious that the energy level ran out for The Steelhawks, as the Cobras frequently intercepted and scored four touchdowns that left the Steelhawks in the dust at 28-78.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The Steelhawks have one more away game left in their season as they take on the Massachusetts Pirates next Saturday.\u00a0 While they didn\u2019t have the best season this year, with the strong support of Steelhawks fans they are destined for a better season next year.\u00a0 Go Steelhawks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,2290,69,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-diane-fleischman","category-in-the-valley","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}