Posse Lassos 30th ZFL Crown, Wins Holiday Bowl XVII!

(St. George, Utah)_Underneath the cold and sunny skies of Fisherville the largest ZFL tournament ever held in the 33 year history of the Zion Football League took place at Beau & O's festive home on December 14th. A total of eighteen ZFL teams battled for the Holiday Bowl XVII championship in a classic armchair football tourney that served up classic ZFL games, excellent food, and good times.
Mike's Posse held off Doug's high-scoring Parowan Rams 34-24 in the title contest in a game that featured two spectacular Posse TD returns. The Holiday Bowl Crown is Mike's 30th ZFL Championship, second best in ZFL history. The Posse fought through a loud and partyin' field and survived a heart-thumping 35-34 win over Shawn's Assassins in the semi-finals. Doug's Parowan team shot down Beau's Cowboys 45-7, then steamrolled through the Holiday Bowl field with a high rolling offense that erupted like a volcano in a 84-49 nuking of Justin's Kaibab Mountain Cows in the semi-finals.

ZFL Notes_John Denney's Nighthawks broke their eight ZFL tournament-game losing streak with a 34-24 victory over Shawndoggle in the opening round...Leading by the score of 34-28, Shawn's Assassins fumbled on their own 15 yard line with two plays remaining in their semi-final contest against the Posse...the Posse made them pay, launching a 15 yard TD pass to stun the Assassins 35-34...Nathan's Lost Boyz made the most of their first ever ZFL appearance, shocking Jim's Gold Miners 24-10 in the opening round...Helen's Mynx threw five TD passes to exorcize Barb's Ghostriders by the score of 35-22 in first round action...Katie's Gutter Sluts kicked a 28 yard field goal on the last play of her opening game to cap a wild fourth quarter and blow past the Blue Devils 37-36...Preston's Blue Devils missed on two 2 point conversions attempts in that loss...Dustin's Big Daddys overcame four interceptions with five touchdown passes in his 35-14 upset over Kathy's Madame K...Parowan's 65 yard TD punt return late in the third quarter sealed the deal over Beau's Cowboys enroute to a 45-7 Parowan win...

Holiday Bowl XVII @ St. George, Utah

12-14-08

ZFL celebrates another successful year with Holiday Bowl XVII at Beau & O's!

(St. George, Utah)_The Zion Football League is proud to announce that Holiday Bowl XVII will be held at Beau and Candy's beautiful home on Sunday, December 14. Activities and pre-game parties kick off at 10 am.
Beau and O will provide a holiday turkey and ham platter. Doug and Kathy will kick in a vegetable tray and traditional dressing. ZFL fans are asked to bring rolls, cranberry sauces, deserts, and other holiday treats of fine cuisine. Last year's Holiday Bowl celebration at Beau and Candy's place was the first ever seventeen team ZFL tournament in the 33 year history of the Zion Football League.

ZFL Notes...Jim Cantrell's Gold Miners won last year's Holiday Bowl with a 52-31 corraling of Justin's Kaibab Mountain Cows...Barb's Ghostriders spooked Mike's Posse 21-14 in the 2007 Holiday Bowl Third Place game... The first Holiday Bowl tournament was held in Ivins, Utah on December 12th, 1987...Tony's Stoners stunned Mike's Posse 28-24 in 2004's Holiday Bowl XIII championship game...Shawn's Assassins missed a extra point in the third overtime, losing a heartbreaking, and historic, title game loss to the Stoners in 2005's Holiday Bowl XIV... Kirk Gifford's Ravens soared to a ZFL Crown in his last tournament appearance, 1994's Holiday Bowl VII...The first nine Holiday Bowl tournaments were played at the home of Brent and Arlene Jensen who lived in Ivins...Since the Jensen divorce and relocation, the Holiday Bowl has spread holiday cheer in Springdale, Hurricane, and in recent years, St. George...