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ELSINORE,CA- Well you could mark down another Madden Bowl Title For Ryan Lyons Elsinore Colts.

Facing Donovan Brookins top seeded Cottage Hill Steelers (20-3) in Madden Bowl XII Monday Night, Lyons and his Colts shutdown the Cottage Hill offense, 28-7, en route to his fifth Madden Bowl Title in the last nine seasons.

Lyons has now won nine of his last ten National Tournament contest dating back to his 2010 Madden Bowl X loss to the Branford Patriots.

"It never gets dull when you play in a League of this magnitude with so many good players Lyons said. "Every August I still get pumped up to play in this league and always feel I have something to prove."

Elsinore opened the game with four straight rushes to move the ball into Cottage Hill territory before quarterback Peyton Manning connected on his first passing attempt of the game, a 12-yard reception by Dallas Clarke.

"I wanted to come in tonight and establish the running game because I think he expected me to come out throwing," Lyons added. "When I started running he couldn't stop it in a Nickel."

The Cottage Hill red zone defense kept Elsinore in check and after sacking Manning, took over on downs on their own 35.

Elsinore kept Cottage Hill pinned down, sacking the quarterback twice to force a punt.

Elsinore again moved deep into Cottage Hill territory but came up short again as Manning's throw was picked off at the 9-yard line.

The Elsinore defense again answered the call, preventing Cottage Hill from moving the ball past the 50-yard line and forcing a punt.

Elsinore put their first points of the game on the board with 4:04 left in the half.

Starting on their 39 yard line, Manning hit Joseph Addai with a swing pass and he carried the ball 61-yards along the left sideline for the touchdown.

Elsinore stretched its lead to 14-0 after completing 4 of 7 passes in a 65-yard drive that finished with a 3-yard touchdown pass  in the closing seconds of the second quarter. The PAT  put Elsinore up 14-0 at the half.

Cottage Hill opened the second half on their 30 yard line and were driving when a Holding Call called back a 35 yard gain. Two plays later Cottage Hill was flushed out of the pocket and brought down for the sack, forcing the Steelers to punt the ball away.

Elsinore would however put the ball back in the Cottage Hill Steelers hands, picking off a long pass attempt at the 8-yard line.

Helped by a rear pass interference call, the Cottage HIll offense moved into Elsinore territory and got to the 22 yard line before the Elsinore dropped Cottage Hill for a 10-yard loss. After two incomplete passes, the Elsinore Colts took over on downs on their 31.

Elsinore would then put together back-to-back runs of 15 and 36 yards to give Lyon's Colts a first down on the Cottage Hill 10-yard line.

Faced with a fourth-and-three, Lyons opted to go for the score instead of kicking a short field goal. The gamble paid off as Manning hit Garcon on the right side of the end zone for the touchdown which put Elsinore up 21-0 with 1:17 left in the third quarter.

The Cottage Hill defense accounted for their lone score of the game with 5:55 left in the game.

With Elsinore driving, a fumble in the backfield led to Cottage Hill rumbling 45 yards for the touchdown which cut the Elsinore lead to 21-7.

Later in the game the Elsinore defense again came up with the big play when they picked off Cottage Hill and carried the ball back 54 yards to the Steelers 5-yard line. After being dropped for a 1-yard loss, Elsinore ran the ball in from 6-yards out and kicked the extra point to close out the 28-7 victory and complete another successful season with a 20-4 record.

"Defense made the plays when I needed them tonight," Lyons said. "They have been stepping up for me all year and I needed them to play big tonight and they did. It all came together tonight against a fantastic player. Offense, defense, special teams,it was all there!"