Tourney Recap

:Game 1:
Down 1 player, Sludge started the first game 0-1 with an assessed point. Rachel, Rob, Charlie, MicHael, Nigel, Andrew, Chris & Joe were present. Sludge’s 5:1 zoned well early to take a lead and were eagerly happy to be playing. Joe found Rachel on a long huck near the end zone, while Nigel hammered to a circus-y MicHael.

At 2-5 Christy was dropped off & so were brown’s catching skills. On the D-side, Sludge’s defensive indifference made Absintheminded’s O look better. More Sludge appeared quicker than points scored; trailing 4-8, 4-11, & eventually a 5-12 loss (capped due to +5 point differential 20 mins before start of next game).

MattHew arrived to Anacostia Park fresh from an oil change-via-Lk Frfx to rid Game 1’s engine trouble. After this game, Sludge did not lose.

:Game 2:
Next up was the #1 seed Walk o’ Shame – a team 10 years younger & faster, but certainly not better looking, than Sludge. “Right where we want them!” as one 40+ Sludger curmudgeon’d.

On point #1 Charlie began the beatdown by jumping high for the D & then slinging one for Nigel to layout for. That’s how we stroll! 2-0.

Sludge’s zone ran ‘Walk’ down with no crossing signs by CHris and Christy; hucks were staunchly contested by Andrew. 5-2.

By 8-5, the entire Reilly family energized brown in the 2nd half. 9-5.

At 10-5, WoS decided to play 4:3/forced us to play 4:2. Sludge shamed their strategic move by outplaying them and pushed the final lunge to 11-6.

Win 11-6 (capped due to +5 point differential 20 mins before start of next game).

:Game 3:
Sludge’s tough zone D by Russ & Joe carried over to the next game and brOwn kept flowing with the wind. D created O, O created Oh My’s. The first half ended with a Rob "bookend" (getting the D, then scoring the point). 8-2.

“We could still...” SHUSH!

8-5. Gulp! Longer cuts prevailed to regain first half glory & pushed it to 11-5. Finally, a convincing win 13-7 (capped due to +5 point differential 20 mins before start of next game).

:Game 4:
Sludge waited an hour while Andrew, MicHael left along with Jen Keller and Griffin. Rob was a little gimpy, & Matthew's ribcage was starting to tighten up after a close encounter of the flying kind with Paul Bunyan of the #1 seed earlier...

Sludge took a commanding 5-1 lead against MonkeyWrench before they started cranking back. Fortunately, when they caught up @ 9-9 and then 10-10, brown was able to pull-up enough fl-O-w to finish with 2 more points.

Win 12-10.

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CH sums it up...Overall, 3-1 record and beat the #1 seed in the pool while playing at least ten total points a person down, while remaining in our happy place with lovely weather to boot, it was another good day to be brown. Christy played every point for 3.5 games and Rachel played every point all day so THANKS to the two of them. Due to the 3-way tiebreaker on point differential, we may not advance.