Adrian Fedkiw
Revenge is sweet, especially when it comes during a championship game.
Dan Raudabaugh tossed a go-ahead, six-yard touchdown pass to Darius Reynolds with four seconds left and the Philadelphia Soul advanced to their fourth ArenaBowl with a 55-50 victory over the Jacksonville Sharks Sunday night in the American Conference Championship Game.
Here’s the ridiculous one-handed snag by Reynolds for the go-ahead score.
The Soul are going to the ArenaBowl! They will play the Arizona Rattlers. What a great catch to win it!! pic.twitter.com/w3Dm9HfqFh
— Philly Influencer (@PHL_Influencer) August 15, 2016
Raudabaugh, who backed up Ben Roethlisberger when he was at Miami of Ohio, was 26-of-38 for 317 yards and six touchdowns for the Soul, who suffered a 61-56 loss to the Sharks in last year’s conference title game. Shaun Kauleinamoku hauled in 10 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, while Reynolds added nine catches for 124 yards and two scores.
Philadelphia will clash with the Arizona Rattlers in Glendale on August 26th in ArenaBowl XXIX. The Soul beat San Jose for their lone Arena Football League title in 2008 and lost to the Rattlers in the ArenaBowl in 2012 and 2013. Arizona thrashed Cleveland 82-41 Saturday night in the National Conference Championship Game in Glendale.
The Soul played their playoff games at the PPL Center in Allentown with the Wells Fargo Center being shut down due to the Democratic National Convention. They beat the Tampa Bay Storm 63-41 last weekend in their playoff opener.