No forfeits day 1, that's a win. I cannot tell you how many times people said, "I don't know if we have enough people." My team played with 4 and won twice. We had two geniuses on our team who were going to fly back Sunday and then a blizzard happened and they were out of town still stranded. We made it happen. No worries ever. The other teams picked up available players and emailed me, came to the classroom and told me, and one team even saw me on the courts before the game and declared the player. I wrote the name down and then added it to the website later. Good job. That kid played well too. There are lots of good available players. Pick them up before March 6 and declare them to me before they play. Way to scramble and get a team on the court. Plan ahead though. Look at the game schedule. Good job to the teams who have a group chat and are ready. Looking forward to teams starting to play a bit better too, but good job getting on the court Wednesday!
Wednesday's scores and recap:
Shrimp Mode 25, The Untouchaballs 18- This was absolutely the best game of the day. Do not let the 7 point differential fool you. This game was 18-18 until Shrimp Mode ran away with it. Shrimp Mode made some super athletic plays early in the game and Untouchaballs scrambled well. Late in the game, Untouchaballs made some self-inflicted errors they did not do earlier in the game and it slipped away, but Untouchaballs proved they are competitive with a top 4 team right out of the gate. Prediction- Untouchaballs will finish the regular season with a winning record. They will go out looking for their first win Thursday and I bet they get it against a team with a poor attendance record.
The Americas 25, Finacey's Finest 12- The Americas too it easy on them and they look forward to their first real test. That will come Thursday with 2 games in a row and one against a top 4 team.
Beavis and Bumphead 18, Opps and Kids 25- I did not see this game and I wish I did. Love seeing close games. Beavis and Bumphead has size and talent. Stick with it kids and you will make some noise. Speaking of noise, you have to love seeing Perella and his legion of knee brace wearing athletes with their hand up to their ear. The Opps are here to remind you, you have to beat them. They are not going to let you win. "I can't hear you" is what they hand to the ear means for you young folks.
Average Joes 25, Lundquist's Army 13- Lundquist's Army is much improved this year. Several of the players admitted that they looked up on Google "how to play volleyball" on Wednesday (I literally saw that on go guardian), but with that said, they played really well before a complete implosion. The upper classmen who have played before have clearly improved.
Average Joes 25, Finacey's Finest 9- Tuck has a cannon. That does not mean she can serve every other person. Remember people, we do not "substitute" in intramurals, we rotate. After you serve and then get the ball back for the next serve, everyone goes one space clockwise. You can do it, you are AP students. You will figure it out. Dance to the next spot if you need to.
Chaos 25, Sets and the City 7- Sets and the City had to play the pre-season #1 in the first game. Tough draw. Stick with it, find your chemistry and I have no doubt that the unintentional head balls over the net winning volleys and gutsy 2-3 game winning streaks will happen again. Find your mojo. No lie, there is a player on Sets and the City who has a knack for heading the ball over the net at least once a game and you can tell she's trying to hit it with another part of her body. It works every time. Feed Harsheel and Ilges. It will go down.
Team name Record Differential Streak
Average Joes 2-0 +28 W2
Chaos 1-0 +18 W1
The Americas 1-0 +13 W1
Shrimp Mode 1-0 +7 W1
Oops and Kids 1-0 +7 W1
Untouchaballs 0-1 -7 L1
Beavis and Bumphead 0-1 -7 L1
Lundquist's Army 0-1 -12 L1
Sets and the City 0-1 -18 L1
Finacey's Finest 0-2 -29 L2
Thursday, 2/26
Court 1 Court 2
2:20 Sets and the City vs The Untouchaballs Shrimp Mode vs Finacey's Finest
2:40 Chaos vs Beavis and Bumphead The Americas vs Shrimp Mode
3:00 Average Joes vs Opps and Kids The Americas vs Lundquist's Army
