Boasters League
Quarter-finals~~
For a change, the play-off seeding held true. It has been
rather common that teams have barely managed to scrape into the finals, falling
onto the right side of the ‘bubble’ as it were, only to come out in full force
once the play-offs start and mow down the opposition. That being said, no team
has won the league from the 6th spot on the standings (yet), but no
team has won the league from the top spot either since 2010. This time though,
the higher seeded teams in the quarter finals proved their worth.
It also must be said, that all four teams on Wednesday scored more bonus points that evening
than any of the other rounds during the season. It’s strange (or not) that
suddenly players are committed to turning up once the finals come around. At
least the matches for the most part were completed. All but 5 of the 30
reported scores.
“Vivio’s” v “Wardogs”
Both teams picked up 9 bonus points which was a good thing –
the winner would be decided on court. Things started out well enough for “Vivio’s” when Todd Baker took care of business in the first match of the day with
solid 3-0 win over Steve Murphy. But
it didn’t last long. Phil Pitters
quickly put “Wardogs” on the score
board as he ran out Rich Stimson
with a 2-1 victory, and that appeared to open the flood gates a little. Winning
scores for the “Wardogs” flowed in –
three of them 3-0 – before Paul Flanagan
stemmed the tide with a 2-1 win over Jordan
Ellis. Playing catch up is always a difficult prospect but “Vivio’s” started to make a charge of
their own. Joey Gaylord picked up a
3-0 win against Jon Walton, two of
those games went 15-14! Then Josh
Gershonowicz proved too strong for Jason
Massey and he took a 3-0 win to the bank as well. By the time Friday
morning rolled around, there were still 3 matches yet to be played.
Mathematically, if “Vivio’s” had
played and won them, they would have beaten the “Wardogs”, but you aren’t going to win from the side lines. The “Wardogs” move on with a 30-24 triumph
and next week play the “Butter Nutz”
“Foss Nation” v “Paddy’ Dropshots”
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Despite “Paddy’
Dropshots” needing 2 subs for the day, they picked up one more bonus point
than “Foss Nation”. Not that it
helped them. Like “Vivio’s”, “Paddy’
Dropshots” started off strongly with a 3-0 win, but it didn’t take long
before that small lead evaporated and turned into an ever increasing deficit.
The trio of Fossees (Sean, Dane and
Brendan) dropped only 1 game between them, and when James Van Dyke also scored a 3-0 win, things were looking rather
bleak for “Paddy’ Dropshots”. They
did get some joy from Joe Danley as
he picked up all three games off Chato
Hill, but the damage had been done and the point difference insurmountable.
With 2 matches to play, unlike the “Vivio’s”, “Paddy’ Dropshots” had zero chance of catching “Foss Nation” who take the 35-27 victory and now face “Winky-Dinks”.
The semi finals should be a very close affair. “Wardogs” played “Butter Nutz” in round 5 and won 24-20 and “Foss Nation” beat the “Winky-Dinks”
in round 3 also by 4 points 28-24. In both cases, 3 matches were not done, so
the outcome of these match-ups is very much in the air. Will the top seeds get
through? Come on down next Wednesday and enjoy the atmosphere!
