SP16 W4: Battle for 1st Place

Monday night saw the continuation of week four and a showdown between The Rejects and wooloohooshoo for mid-season first place. Despite Reject Malcolm Deck‘s callahan in the first half, WooShoo had the lead and control of the game throughout. At 11 to 7, the captains agreed that soft cap was on: game over in ten minutes. Then as LooLoo’s momentum crumbled, The Rejects captured the next four points to force universe. And then rookie standout Dan Wekstein got a layout D and The Rejects stole first place.

On Tuesday, JAWS narrowly managed to dodge the infamy of worst streak ever by defeating BBQ 15 to 12. This slightly legitimizes JAWS’s bid for not last place, and it puts BBQ squarely as their rivals in that quest. Believe it or not, 2-9 JAWS could still end up with a winning record. They’ll have to basically win out to do it, and they’ll need those top draft picks to show up and quit being the great mistake of 2016 for their captains.

HooHoo rebounded on Thursday, getting that 8th win against the suddenly slow MTA. Shoo co-captain Sakon slapped a handblock on Ryan Drost, the league’s Patrick Ewing. HooLoo actually got two other handblocks from honey baggage Liz Lee and David Willis. Not to be outdone, even in the loss, MTA captain Travis showed off his new Centurion glory, getting a deep D on Sakon and then scoring the bookend. Regardless, ShooHoo won 11 to 8.

The Chosen Ones were forced to play The Rejects on Passover Friday. They got flattened. To be fair, The Rejects had a full line and played 5:2. Chosen started the game 3:4, and eventually they picked up BBQ co-captain DQ to put out savage 4:3 lines and to calm the anxious co-captain Sean. In the 15 to 5 win, The Rejects dominated with zone D and deep offense. After the game, Reject Maggie Mead was asked about her numerous deep scores. “I just waited until a thrower got it. Then I looked at my mark and thought, well…see you later.”

Boom! The Latest gets a new catch phrase. C’mon Sunday.