Another season starts & Rob is again on the left coast.Inauspiciously, this first fall game began short-handed (5:1 vs 5:2) AND short-cleated. By 0-1, Sludge was full strength with our awesome women - Bucci & CLo, wearing Joe’s extra cleats.
Sludge’s 9 players showed solid skills with a modified scatter graph offense & moving the disc with fast precision. The longer the field, the better the O. On D, Sludge’s zone excelled except for SnacP’s expertly exercised hucks. Notably around 4-4, Nigel executed a cross-field hammered to MattHew for a score.
Sludge took half @ 8-6. The 2009 first-half debut of CHarlie was indeed welcoming as we received the pull to start the second half. The svelte Sludge added one more point (9-6) before SP’s “O” line & their distinct “D” line started getting hungry. Joe shed his winter hat layer by 9-9.
By the 4th quarter, Sludge’s judgment seemed impaired with untimely drops, non-sanctioned hucks and an ongoing catty regulatory tiff. [Traveling: The thrower must establish a pivot at the appropriate spot on the field and may not change that pivot until the throw is released. Failure to do so is a travel and results in a stoppage of play and a check. The continuation rule [XVI.G] applies. 1. The thrower
must keep all or part of the pivot in contact with a single spot on the field. If the thrower loses contact with the appropriate spot, the thrower has traveled...]Our potentially traveling feet should not overshadow a well challenged defeat at the hands of an ampled team.
Loss 11-15.
2 comments:
Great narrative. Thankfully, that's not a picture of Brian's toe.
We led by a point or were tied for most of the first half. We were up 9-6, as stated, but also 10-9 and 11-10.
At which point, we did not hold on. However, we had 9 Sludgies, including two Savage Wimmens and they had at least two full squads of 7. We will not mention any age differential, if in fact, there was one. There is no need to mention a possible dropped pull that gave up a very easy score in their comeback, so I won't.
---Anymouse
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