The Green Bay Blizzard needed a response. After dropping a gut punch of a game to Quad City the week before on a last second score, Green Bay came home for Backyard Night and delivered. The Blizzard took down the Jacksonville Sharks 54-45 Friday night, improving to 10-2 and reclaiming the top seed in the Eastern Conference above Jacksonville who drops to 9-2.

 

Liam Thompson was absolutely cooking. The Blizzard quarterback finished with three touchdown passes and two rushing scores while connecting with Trevon Alexander all night long. Thompson now leads the entire IFL in passing touchdowns with 41 and sits fourth among all players in rushing categories as a QB. 

 

Alexander hauled in six catches for 77 yards and two scores, Kairee Robinson did his thing out of the backfield with a touchdown on the ground and another through the air, and Green Bay put up 33 points in the second quarter alone. Andrew Mevis was electric at times, inconsistent at others, but somehow drilled the left post on a kickoff that Green Bay recovered and turned into points.

 

Defensively, Najei Snyder led the team with nine tackles and Marcus Hillman came up with the play of the game, intercepting a Sharks pass in the fourth quarter just as Jacksonville was threatening to make it a one score game. Every time the Sharks got close, Green Bay had an answer.

 

The Blizzard head into a bye week at 10-2 with the best record in the IFL. They return June 27th for Military Night against the Fishers Freight at 4pm, streamable on Yahoo Sports.