By Kahlil Najar

SAN JOSE – San Jose Quarterback Nathan Stanley completed 24 of 41 passes for 291 yards and 5 touchdowns to give the SaberCats their 12th win of the year 52-43 over the 8-8 Tampa Bay Storm in their final home game of the year.

Stanley was able to find six receivers through out the night including star Wide Receiver Dominique Curry who hauled in three touchdowns on 49 yards receiving. However Curry didn’t stop there as he had a pair of rushing touchdowns to give him five total touchdowns on the night. Reggie Gray and Rod Harper were the other receivers to get a touchdown through the air.

Both teams battled it out in the first half of the game as they traded  scores back and forth and went into the locker room tied at 28 a piece. Curry had one on the ground and one in the air while Gray and Harper provided the other scores for San Jose.

Curry continued his dominance in the third quarter as he scored two times in a row until the Storms Randy Hippeard found T.T. Olliver got a nice 22 yard score to bring the San Jose lead to only one touchdown. Pertuit was able to make it a 10 point lead with a little over nine minutes left in the game.

It looked like the Cats were going to put it away when Curry scored again to make it a 17 point lead but with 23 seconds left in the game, Hippeard was able to find Hillis for a touchdown and a successful two point conversion. Luckily that was all the Storm was able to bring in the last quarter and ended the game with a 52-43 win for the SaberCats.

The SaberCats now head out on the road for the final two games of the regular season with the first game next Sunday in Philadelphia, game time 1pm PST.