GAME SUMMARY: Chuck Norrii vs Blue Balls

Chuck Norrii lose 11-7 in slugfest.

It was a war! The two best teams in the division went toe to toe Tuesday night, and in the end, Chuck Norrii simply ran out of steam. Trading game for game for two thirds of the contest, Blue Balls (or Sponge Worthy, as they were calling themselves, I guess) stepped it up in the final 15 minutes and took the play to Chuck, who couldn't quite keep up the pace and ended up dropping the final 4-5 games.

The first big game came when the score was tied 1-1. With 5 Blue Ballers against only Joyce for Chuck Norrii, Joyce managed to catch a bullet over her head to bring Cox back into the game. This shifted Chuck's momentum until only Cox and Duane Nearing were left standing. With 7 seconds left before a 2nd player was allowed to come back on, Cox managed to tag Duane on the toe, winning the game.

Then he almost collapsed! So winded from all the running around, and poor physical conditioning, Cox flopped onto the stage and rested, while the team went back to work. Cox played the rest of the game, and was admittedly dogging it for some games, but managed to pick up a few kills.

Nick admittedly didn't have one of his strongest games, though an average night for Nicky is usually good enough for a Chuck win. And poor Simmer was Team Fragged a couple times, once by Nicky as a deflection from him hit Simmer in the head, then again when Matt deflected a ball 2 feet to his left right into Sim.

Holly made the catch of the night, halfway up the court. Duane threw a rocket right into her arms, sending the Blue Baller to the benches. Karen was last one standing in several games, and Tom, Alex (who I still owe $13.85, d'oh!), Joyce and Mandy had very solid outings as well.

And hats off to the now sole owner's of 1st place, Blue Balls (or possible Sponge Worthy). Shannon, Dickon, Amanda and Duane and the rest of the crew played a solid, even game to keep pace and ultimately wear down Chuck Norrii. Great job.

Next week's game is at 6pm vs "Sofa Kings Cheap", at our old stomping grounds on Hillson.