The last few weeks of HoD games……
Welp, your boy wrote a few reports, but something happened it looks like they never successfully deployed on the website. So here’s an abbreviated version of those Captains reports for those of you who want a cliffs notes version:
Week 7 on the 30th.
We put up a good fight, but our shorthanded squad was no match for Schanny, even though I rocked a Piglet costume for the first point. If I remember correctly, we only had 6 players for the first game (and half a Dan Depaul – he was injured). Then Steven rolled his ankle towards the end of that game (which is when the wheels really came off). Then Tomas had to bounce for game 2 so we were down to 4 and a half players (a janky-ankled steven being .5 people – but still worth more than a whole Roseman) and decided to forfeit and play a little for funsies against Marsh Mermaids. Although they lent us Billy Field, and I don’t think he got the memo that we’d already forfeited as he continued to sabotage our team (jk, Billy, you know I love you).
Week 8 on the 6th
The team played well this week, albeit short-handed. It was a breakout game for rookie Jake Thomann, and we had reliable Bari with us, which REALLY helped round out our squad. Mud Dawgs put up a good fight, but, in the end, it was House of Dragonflies that came out on top. Great game y’all
Week 9 on the 13th
WHAT A GAME! Another day and another small squad for House of Dragons. Shaaron brought the intensity and ultimately came out with the W, but it was a really great battle (and fun to watch, as confirmed by Schimmel who stood on the sideline watching and told me so).
Jake Thomann continued his MVP rookie season (keep an eye on this dude – he’s gonna be a FORCE) and we had Phil Janzen join our line for the 2nd? 3rd? time and he contributed with some scores and great cuts to space to keep the disc moving. Manny was a badass as usual, and Kellie and Bari were indispensable in helping us move the disc through Shaaron’s cup. I couldn’t seem to do anything right, but luckily we had Evan “Milkman” Grillon, Dan Depaul’s and Timmy DePaul’s sure hands to keep the offensive and defensive level high.
On the opposing side, Alison Leung showed up a little after the game got started, and then Jared Futral arrived a bit after that and bolstered the team’s already solid squad with some good hands and speed. Chris Bailey and Aaron Colverson did what they do and kept the disc moving and kept the quick cuts flying. KJ was his typical “wall of a man”, but luckily we had Timmy to match up with him for size. Jessica Peterson continues to show she is one of the top women at league with shrewd cuts, great hands, and phenomenal speed. And Shea steered the ship well and made some phenomenal plays to put his team in a position to win. The one things that REALLY wowed me about Shaaron was their newer guys. Chip and Lars (and maybe one other dude?) brought the intensity and were incredibly valuable contributors on both offense and defense. It’s really fun to see unfamiliar faces kicking butt out there, so keep up the great work, my dudes!
The battle was close until the end when Shaaron ran away with the last few points, but it really felt like it was anyone’s game for the bulk of the match. I think the true determining factor was that Shaaron’s Bday person showed up, and ours did not, which ultimately got them the mojo they needed to take the W – but we didn’t make it easy on them, and that’s good, because this was a battle for the 4th spot in the A bracket.
Good luck in the playoffs, Shaaron, and, to those in the B Bracket, you best be ready for some Dragonflies to bring the HEAT. See you next week!