Playoffs: 11.12.07

Sunday, 11/11
BODY: Hey, hey, hey, I just got a txt msg from the Motor Skills Department saying we're playing another game @ Lake Fairfax! I thought ultimate was only gonna be on Saturday??
YOU: I told you there were FOUR games.
BODY: I will hafta talk to the Ear Group about this as there seems to have been a communication breakdown.
YOU: You should join the party where Pride is; they seem to be having a great time.
BODY: You're not the boss of me! Headsup, your muscles could use another extra hour of sleep like last weekend.
YOU: That only happens once a year.
BODY: Jeez, Internal Clock is now going on the repair list. FYI on my memo to the Brain that Monday's gonna be b-a-d & those things you call Vitamin I ain't gonna help you this time.

Sludge hearts Sludge Women
Sludge's slow arrival to Sunday's game mirrored their less-than-stellar start. Down 3-0 before CH's arrival, Sludge knew they were beta carotene than this! Dipping into their old (the playbook; not the players) playbook , brown finally peeled into their frustrated Carrot opponents with hucks, D, & turnovers. Sludge 8-7 at half.

The play of Sludge women - Gayle, Bucci & MJ - continued to be good for the eyes as Sludge pushed the score to 14-10. GPHRACK! Sludge choked on a big carroty bite and allowed a tie game, only to win by 2 points; 16-14.

Snack Diet
After a full game of snacking in the previous game, Sludge entered the Elite 8. With mixed enthusiasm, Sludge began Slowsky (YouTube O:30 seconds). Snax' shiny blue uniforms with numbers were intimidating enough. Running up the score 8-1 was bordering unfun.

Enter Liz...and Sludge scored some pity points in the 2nd half. Not enough for the eventual Go Home/Season Ending loss of 15-4.

Congratulations on a fun and prosperous post-season, Sludge!

C you next year...?

Post Season: 11.10.07+

11:10 - All Aboard
Sludge arrived to Anacostia Park on Saturday & ran into a train wreck! Expectations were low even before the brown train left the station. On the right track Sludge scored the first point versus DLuv. At midpoint of the ride, Sludge was 2 traincars in front.

[As you may recall from a previous game, Sludge was also ahead @ half.]

Rob's ballsy playing couldn't prevent a Great Train Robbery as DLuv stole one from Sludge 11-9.

Next up...a familiar opponent. If this pool felt very similar to a past pool, then you were not alone in this assessment. They began to eat away/devour/chomp - take your pick of words - at a sour Kerfuffle! Where's Matthew when you need him?

After 9 points, Chmp was AMTRAK -- working in a field with no competition.

Down 5 at halftime, Sludge's One-Day-& Done received a much needed injection of Joe's super duper popper stopper Zone D. Choo Choo! Like the Metro's 3rd rail, Sludge's energy was electrified and created turnovers and scores.

Sludge just couldn't keep churning steam (& time) to complete the uphill climb. Loss: 12-7.

Now, was it really necessary to drive around the park with the flashing hazards at this point?
I Don't Think So!

At the start of the 3rd consecutive game on the same field, there were whispers Sludge was c...old. A welcomed green light was signalled as Sludge sped past B2Swill with conductive D. Up 4 at half, Sludge just kept a rollin' & won a 'I Think I Can, I Think I Can' victory.

Game 4 was forfeited by EPA which gave Sludge a free ride...into the playoffs. Time to get some Rest & Relaxation.

Week 9: Not Too Crumby

If the first half was a snotrocket, then the 2nd half was a heavy sinus congestion. Something no one seemed to want to catch. I'm not saying all throws were great, but ALL drops were certainly not.

Sludge started brisk just like the day. The Zone Defense deliciously buttered Dtoast as the Sludge Oven was set to dark. As formentioned, there was forced out brown productivity. And done quickly as the 10 8-0 2 halftime score would demonstrate.

The next 7 points would be bit more encrusted. Dtoast made a bigger-than-sliced-bread comeback which tempered the day. "Game On!" at the Washington monument grounds. Brown kept the lead throughout and at the end of Saturday's brunch Sludge made their own toast-this time to victory-15 to 12.

Other Note-Worthies:

• Liz made a rookie mistake & forgot her brown shirt.


• Rob forgot himself.


• Post game pickup featured the talented cut/catch/throws of Gen II: Charlotte Rose & Ian.

Week 8: VideOhNo

Our game did not get rained out, it got deluged out due to the previous 3 days of Seattle precipitation. Being game-less somehow did not prevent me from taking an afternoon nap.

Other Weekend Activities...watching other people play talk about ultimate.
Watch this FOX vid from the summertime. Running(?) drills(?) are shown as a FOX 5 reporter learns about Washington, DC-area frisBEE. You, too, can watch anxiously nervously awaiting for the report to get smacked with an errant disc; sorry, this ain't a Bloopers Reel.

Click to View:::> FOX Ulty vid (~4 mins)

Holly Morris, you gotta work on your flick, girl!

Week 7: Lawn Chair

Matthew gives the low-down:
Drops and throwaways were the rule of the day. Occasionally Sludge would break that rule and actually put together some pretty offense, but those moments of beauty were few and far between.

In terms of score, we fell behind early and trailed 8-4 at halftime. We scored the first goal of the second half and then allowed CarSins to rattle off six unanswered.

At 14-5, we determined that the next point was “for pride” and proceeded to steadily march the disc up the field against their tenacious zone defense. Demonstrating patience and good judgment (for a change), we advanced the disc all the way to the goal line and then, miraculously, didn’t throw it away. With that point scored and our pride safely in tact, we folded like a lawn chair on the final point, and lost 15-6.

Week 6: O-B-Happy

Fresh from zero-feet elevation training near Duck (NC), Sludge met up with fellow masters Duck (Pond). The Life's a Beach attitude lingered for the first 3 points.

Down 0-3, the recent beachgoers began to dig out of the sand. As quick as a Keller OBX kitchen lap, Sludge had high tide tied the game! DP quacked about "Sludge's deceptive speed" (Yes, you read this correctly!)

The zone worked better than the OBX hot tub with Middle-Middle Meg and RedHot Wings from Christy + the O kept heating up, faster than the OBX oven, courtesy of "Goal line" Gayle.

After an ebb&flow 15 points, the 8-7 halftime lead was good enough for Charlie to safely leave in our non-pruney hands. True: in the 2nd half, Sludge stepped it up to the next sandbar and accumulated as many points as OBX pizza pie choices.

Notes:

• N.I.C.H. solidified his "N" with New cleats.
• Not sure who he belongs to...but there was a documented tantrum by what looked like a 4 or 5 y.o., not a 45 y.o. Perhaps a lack of yellow cake?

Week 4: Not Fine

After such an epasygoing game last season, you'd expect a nice TreeHug. Instead Tree Huggers stuck it to the won-the-pre-game-scrimmage-vs.-Absinthe-Minded Sludge.

EPA levied their fine, fine play on this brownfield to the amount of:
EPA = 15
Sludge = not so much

Yet another reason to hate on the administration.

Week 3: Viva Victory!

In timely fashion, Sludge's game @ Montgomery Hills served as a break-fast of the eLongated buffet of non-wins. Consider it a reminder Sludge's ingredients are still ripe!

Sludge pulled first on the dusty-grassy-holey field to start the 1st course. The nutritional benefit? A savory lead (first of the season). Steamed D with a side of scrambled O became a favorite menu item. Even a SnackPack regurgitation didn't phase the focused Sludgers.

The Daily Special working oh so well was Sludge extending the field, providing 1-2 medium cuts, always looking for our open womens, and then patiently waiting for a scoring. Sludge foie gras attempts into the endzone only resulted in a bad taste.

Prior to the 2nd course Sludge bloated to an 8-6 lead. After cleansing the palate, Sludge's gladly digested SnackPack's spoon-fed 2nd half turnovers into points. Forking awesome...15-9, a satiating feelgood win.


Aaahhh! Great relief getting an overdue W reminiscent of when a pesky hemorrhoid (finally) disappears. The key is you get through it without too much pain. Aaahhh!

Week 2: DNP

(DNP = did not "play")

Week 1: Ready, Set,...Ready?

Charlie sums it up:
Sludge hasn't won a game in quite some time (regular season of spring 2007???) and this streak still holds.

Chomp had some young, tall, high-and low jumping male humans and got a number of good grabs and a few lucky tips to jump out to leads of 3-0, 4-1 and 8-3.

Second half was better but too short. After the score fell to 9-3, Sludge rallied to regain some dignity, reaching 10-6, 12-8 and ended 12-10 with an instantaneous time cap ending as we got closer.

Cool: Gayle & Amy had to play savage and we thank them for doing so.
So What: Sludge had 3 male subs.

Fall 2007 Sched

Fall 2007
Week# - Date
@Location & Time

Week 1 - Sept 8
Anacostia Park #1 @ 9:30AM

Week 2 - Sept 15
Montgomery Hills #2 @ 12PM

Week 3 - Sept 22
Montgomery Hills #2 @ 10AM

Week 4 - Sept 29
Anacostia Park #2 @ 2PM

Week 5 - Oct 6
BYE, BYE to OBX

Week 6 – Oct 13
Montgomery Hills #1 @ 12PM

Week 7 - Oct 20
Montgomery Hills #2 @ 4PM

Week 8 - Oct 27
Anacostia Park #2 @ 4:30PM back fields @ 12PM

Week 9 - Nov 3
Bye@ 11AM at Polo Fields...if these are not available, go for FDR, then Lincoln Reflecting fields, then Washington Monument grounds (in that order).

Week 10 - Nov 10
Tourney Play @ TBD

Week 11 - Nov 17 if necessary
Tourney Rain Date

Clique Leeg 411

WAFC announced Registration is ready to take our money Now Open.

First game: Saturday, September 8, 2007
End of season tourney: Pool play: November 3 and 10, with final rounds on November 11. Rain date the weekend of November 17-18.Number of games: 7-8 + tournament games
Game dates: Saturdays
Game locations: Throughout the metropolitan area, including downtown DC; Arlington/Fairfax, VA; and Montgomery, Co., MD. Most locations are Metro accessible.

Gender ratio: For A and B Leagues, offense dictates 5/2 or 4/3 (men/women). For C and D Leagues, 5/2 (although numbers permitting, captains may agree to play 4/3).

DUH: Since WAFC has no control over the weather, WAFC cannot guarantee all scheduled games will be played.