Sp16 W4: Sunday, Inwood, Centurion #1

After a year, Comp League finally returned to Inwood. The event was marked with minimal fanfare, but as BBQ co-captain DQ said, “A field is a field.” In Sunday’s round-robin at Manhattan’s northern tip, no team got their footing and each won and lost.

Sunday started off quite well for Captain Travis Rothbloom. MTA’s 15-11 victory over BBQ was Travis’s 100th in the league. The new Centurion, now in his 14th season and 6th as a captain, had to notch 211 games to reach the monster milestone. As a first-time captain in Sp14, Travis brought his team to the finals. But more impressively, as a sophomore captain in Sm14, Travis led I Barely Know Her to a 14-0 undefeated regular season, the first and only in MUD’s history.

After the big win on Sunday, Travis took off according to witnesses, and MTA ground to a halt against The Chosen Ones. They lost on universe point. Chosen couldn’t keep it going though. BBQ roasted Chosen, 15 to 12, with Aly Martori doing most of the heavy lifting, slathering the endzones with deep catch after deep catch.

Riverside Sunday featured last-place JAWS in a double-header vs. The Rejects and then HooShoo, the two teams tied for 1st place. Despite the two games and the shining sun, the shark’s roster mostly chose to be elsewhere, leaving a savage version of the team to fend off the dangerous opponents. The games went as expected, though JAWS had an excellent showing against The Rejects and only lost by two. LooHoo dispatched Great White 15 to 8, setting up a Monday night battle for outright first. JAWS, on the other hand, has now lost 9 straight. 10 is the record, the one that’s stood since F12, the record you really don’t want. Maybe the missing sharks will show up vs. BBQ on Tuesday. C’mon Josie, legacy is at stake.