Week 7: Buffet Style

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	FINAL
BtS	7	2	9
SLUDGE	8	7	15

Sludge finished their regular season with a strong performance over Built to Swill.  Charlie's two-handed helicopter throw started Sludge with a 1-0 lead. Early breaks by Sludge's defense helped pad the lead.

A goal line defense by Rachel led to Joe's cross-field goal to Mike; 4-3. A throwaway gave way to a score by Andrew; 5-3.

Swill's offense began to find holes in brown's cup to score consecutive goals and take the lead; 5-6.

Down by 1, Sludge then feasted on a 10-3 run the rest of the game. Chris' layout on the sidelines from Charlie's high flick, 6s; Henry's continuation of flow up the sideline to Andrew, 8-7; Brian's 15-yard backhand to Steve after the timeout, 10-7; Matthew's knockdown led to a Andrew-to-Joe-to-Sarah connection, 11-7.

Sludge was about to put away the game with another break opportunity, but committed another turnover at/near their end zone. The safety of a 3-point lead (11-8) was questioned just like the idli (iddly) buffet item at Tiffin.

Pulling an errant pulled disc out of a tree

At 12-9, Sludge scored the next 3 points -- Andrew to Chris to Henry with a bendy flick back toward Chris, which Rachel caught, 13-9; Joe's blade to Rachel at the cone; and, then Brian's throw-&-go with Mike which led to Matthew's flick to Sarah. Sludge win 15-9.

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GOALS:
(4) Rachel
(2) Sarah, Andrew, Mike
(1) Joe, Chris, Brian, Steve, Henry

ASSISTS:
(5) Henry
(4) Matthew
(3) Joe
(2) Charlie
(1) Brian

Weeks 5 & 6

Week 5: vs. Catch You Later

What the DC "field" (a euphemism) lacked in grass, it made up for with seating options.

Sludge started slow trailing 0-2, then upped their game into half. Michael to Bucci, 1-2; Brian to Nigel, 2-2; Henry to Bucci after consecutive 10-yard throws, 3-2; Joe to Rachel, 6-2; Russ to Nigel; 8-2. Sludge's defense shutdown Catch You Later's primary O targets, which provided plenty of transition opportunities.

The offense continued what it's supposed to be do (finding the end zone) in the second half. Bucci to David; 13-3; Russ to Rachel, 14-4.  Win 15-6.

Week 6:  vs. Care Bears

In a rare occasion, Sludge leavened at the beginning of the game with a 3-0 lead. Henry to Joe, 1-0; Michael to Bethany with a high release back hand to Rachel, 2-0; Brian to Russ, 3-0. The lead continued to rise after unforgiving D-to-O tranSItioNs; 8-1.

Sludge conducted an "egg" rolling on its 9-0 run, during which brown primarily played person defense. Nigel's backhand to Bucci, 10-1; Rachel's floaty backhand to no one that Matthew caught, 11-1; Charlie's record a bookend after his second hand block tip of the point led to catching Joe's IO in the end zone, 12-1; Andrew to David to Matthew, 14-3; Bethany's toss to Nigel ended the game. Win 15-3.

Andrew on defense.

Ultimate playing continued after the game as a way to savor the day.

Week 4: Back to the Drawing Board

Sludge had a case of the dropsies on offense and were swiss cheese on defense - not a pretty combination. Discs were bouncing off fingertips and sliding through clasped hands, while the defense was unable to force many turnovers on a very patient Backhanded Compliment.

Down 0-3 early, Sludge found their legs to tie it up. Mike's hucks to Nigel; Nigel's catch of a tipped disc from Charlie's huck to the endzone; and, bookends by Rachel.

At 4-6, the game flow was uncharacteristic as Sludge had trouble taking advantage of Backhanded Compliment's scarce turnovers. Offensively, Sludge chalked up more unforced errors than scoring opportunities, especially during BHC's 4-point run (4-10).

Sludge performed slightly better in the second half with some garbage points at the end of the game. David to Russ to Chris, 5-10; Sarah's knees-slide catch, 7-12; and Michael to Joe to Sarah, 8-14. Loss 9-15.

Week 2: March Grabness

:Versus 007:
Sludge began their spring season like they have been here before - playing at the Reflection Reflecting Pool and starting a WAFC spring season for the 16th time.

Sludge zone was good enough to create unforced repeated turnovers, which transitioned into unchallenged scoring opportunities. Up quickly with 5 straight breaks, CHarlie to Rachel; Henry to Charlie, Joe to Sarah, Matthew's bookends of a D'ing a floater and catch thrown by Sarah.

The lone point Sludge gave up in the first half was when Russ was beaten deep during a person D point. Sludge led 8-1 at half.

The second half continued with the fortunes of the first half. Sludge barely allowed 007 to advance the disc past midfield. Nigel backhand to Amy, 10-1; Michael to Rachel to Nigel to Matthew, 12-2; Russ missed a "callahanable" score, but caught and threw the score to Nigel, 13-2; David to Steve to Chris, 14-3.

The other team scored all 3 times Sludge played person D

Sludge win 15-4.

:Versus Disc Toast:
Sludge reeived the pull to start and kept the flow all the way down to the endzone with Andrew at the cone; 1-0. Sludge got the first break of the game at 3-1.

A quick catch-and -throw point happened at 5-2 with Michael to Nigel to Bucci back to Nigel.

At 6-5, Chris threw brown's 7th point. And Bucci led Sludge into half; 8-6.

Sludge spaced the field well and cut when needed. The short gains of 10-15 yards powered the offense that benefited from winter pickup.

Sludge played competitively and continued to lead 9-7, 11-8, 13-9. Sludge win 15-9.

Spring 2014 Schedule

Spring 2014
Week# : Date : Time : @ Location [updated 05/12/2014]
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Week 1: March 15: 12pm @ Francis Scott Key MS #1

Week 2: March 22: 10am @ AND 12pm @ Sligo #2A @ JFK Fields/Reflecting Pool

Week 3: March 29: 12pm AND 2pm @ Anacostia #3

Week 4: April 5: 12pm @ Sligo #2B

Week 5: April 12: 10am @ Francis Park #2

Week 6: April 19: 10am @ Montgomery Hills #1

Week 7: April 26: 10am @ Brooke Lee MS #3A

:Pool Play: May 3 10: @ Lake Fairfax, Field #3
GAME 1: @10am
GAME 2: @ 12pm
GAME 3: @ 2pm


:Tournament: May 17 @ Lake Fairfax
GAME 1: @9:30am, field #4
GAME 2: @ 11:30am, field #3
GAME 3: @ 1:30pm, field #1
FINALS: @ 3:30pm, field #1