Week 8: Very 'Scorey'

Andrew recaps...
On a gloomy Halloween afternoon, Sludge made a rare visit to the windy shores of Anacostia to take on Huckin Justice. Instead of featuring (elderly) members of the Supreme Court, the opponents were young, talented folk & included cookie monster, a penguin, a cheetah, and other assorted characters. No amount of costuming, however, could hide the fact that both teams were short on players to meet the legally-mandated 5-2 format, so the game began as a 6-vs.-Six match.

Following a score to tie the game at 2 all, both teams were able to field 7 players the rest of the way. As has become Sludge's newest tradition, the women played savage the entire game. Zone D kept the HJs mostly in check for the rest of the first half and the usual, good-enough O (wind tested & perfected at OBX) resulted in a 8-4 lead for Sludge.

During the break, someone invoked Christy and mentioned something about Sludge frequently losing the lead after halftime. On this day, Sludge (like the Oregon Ducks or NC) would not be denied. The second half featured ho-hum point blocks from Russ, end-to-end hucks for scores delivered by the usually-restrained Joe and Charlie, plus other, mostly-good play from brown. Not even the arrival of rain, the finding of occasional weakeness in the defense, Andrew's short-lived crankiness, and the removal of the constraining costumes could change the final verdict. Sludge sprinted to a 10-5 lead and were treated with a late-October victory. Win 15-10.