COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The 14th Operations Support Squadron flag football team defeated the 14th Student Squadron team Dec. 14 here by a score of 20-7 to clench the season title.
During the 14th STUS’s first drive, Airman 1st Class Nico Buonsanto, of the 14th OSS, intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Those would be the only points of the first half, as both teams swapped possession several times, unable to find the end zone again.
During the second half 14th OSS Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bahr, scored on a 40-yard reception, and after converting the extra point, 14th OSS took a 13-0 lead.
“I told our quarterback I was going to run deep and that was that,” Bahr said.
The 14th STUS tried to answer, but they came up short as Bahr intercepted a pass and returned the ball to 14th STUS’s 30-yard line.
However on their next drive, 2nd Lt. Daniel Brown, 14th STUS, helped the 14th STUS down the field with two big runs, earning a first down on each one. That set up 2nd Lt. Matthew Robbins, 14th STUS, to score their first and only touchdown of the game.
But the 14th OSS halted any momentum the 14th STUS built after Staff Sgt. Kyle Carpenter, 14th OSS, scored on a direct snap play.
“It was a legal play and we decided to go for it and hoped to trip up the other team,” Bahr said.
A few possessions later, 14th OSS was able to run out the clock and clinch a 20-7 victory.