[TFDA] Savage Seven Tourney Write-up [Snow Leopards can't manage TX heat]

Christian Schwoerke schwoerkec at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 31 15:38:43 EST 2007


Snow Leopards Can’t Manage TX Heat

This past Sunday, January 28, Alison Murray’s I’ll Mess with TX squad whupped up on LT Tompson’s
Winston-Salem-based Snow Leopards, 7-3, to take home bragging rights in the 6th Annual Savage
Seven Benefit Tourney.  

This year’s edition of Tim and Thuy Brooks’ benefit tourney (again earning $1000 for TFDA’s
Ultiplex fund) featured 12 teams vying for little more than the opportunity to survive 7 games to
7, without ever being able to call on a sub to catch one’s breath or quell cramping muscles.  

With 12 teams playing on only 5 fields, the tourney format had the 12 teams compose 2 pools of 6,
requiring a round-robin of 5 games, before commencing elimination rounds in 3 different divisions.
 After pool play, the top 2 teams in each pool vied for tourney honors, while the next 2 teams in
each pool sought the B-division crown, and the last 4 sought solace in having additional chances
to scratch out victories in the C-division.

The day began early at Cary’s Davis Drive fields, with teams already pulling to commence games at
9:30am.  Every 45 minutes a new round began, all the way through to the finals.  The day began
pleasantly, with unseasonably warm temperatures and a clear sky and mild breeze.  As the day
progressed, the clouds began to roll in, the wind increase, and the temperature drop, making for a
drear backdrop for the A-Div finals.

After pool play, standings in each pool were like this:

A                               B
Catfight 5-0                    Throw, Flow, Cut Your Throat 4-1
I’ll Mess with TX 3-2           Snow Leopards 4-1
Everyone Loves Little Spoon 2-3 Pets 3-2
C-City Allstars 2-3             Dragnet 2-3
Staring at the Sun 2-3          Pimento Mori 2-3
Make it Funky 0-5               Chapeau 0-5

The B-Div semis had Little Spoon face off against Dragnet, and C-City Allstars pitted against
Pets.  The Pets, helmed by Lesley McCormack, were able to romp over Rocky Payne’s All Stars
unheeled, winning 6-2.  Larry Durgin’s Little Spoon slipped past Dragnet, thumping Anne Burrough’s
squad 7-2.  In the B-Div finals, Pets and Spoons did a nursery rhyme dance, with the exuberant
Spoons winning 7-3.

Meanwhile, in the C-Division semis, Pimento Mori contended with Make it Funky, and Staring at the
Sun dealt with Chapeau.  Blinded or not, Joe Kinnarney’s Staring at the Sun crew was able to edge
the last-minute, randomly formed Chapeau team, 6-4.  Dwayne Purper’s Pimento Mori was able to pull
out some last minute hucks to take a back and forth game to a 7-5 victory.  The C-Div finals went
to the wire, with multiple turnovers on both sides at double game-point, till the disc finally
found Pimento hands for a 7-6 edge over Staring at the Sun.

A-Division semis pitted underdog Snow Leopards against the ‘06 reigning champs, Catfight, who’d
gone 5-0 in pool play.  LT’s Leopards kept their cool as the game came down to double game-point
at 5s, with the Brooks’ Catfight missing multiple opportunities to score, and the Snow Leopards
pouncing to advance to the finals with a narrow 6-5 victory.  In the other semis game, Taylor
Pope’s Throw, Flow, Cut Your Throat squad was matched up against Alison Murray’s I’ll Mess with TX
posse.  Pope’s bandido’s could not escape the Augie to Liz connection, and they succumbed 5-7.

Snow Leopards faced off against I’ll Mess with TX.  Both teams seemed improbable participants, as
each had overcome seed and modest pool-play performance to reach the finals.  LT and Tammy Moose
anchored the Leopards, at least with the short passes, while Charlie Kroger gave them the
full-field throws.  On the other side, TX’s Augie provided the firepower while Robbye Brooks and
Alison Murray ensured the disc stayed alive underneath.  TX took the lead at 3-1, but some strong
play from the Leopards and a few TX bobbles brought it to 4-3, with Snow Leopards making a run for
the lead.  TX bore down, with strong defensive play from youngsters Mack Garrison and Stephen
Panasci, and the Leopards could not get a break, finally succumbing as Augie landed a hammer
softly into Liz Mahanna’s hands.

While the B and C division teams each received some token prizes, the A-Div champs only got
bragging rights.

Congratulations to I’ll Mess with TX, Everyone Loves Little Spoon, and Pimento Mori.

Rosters:

The special feature of this Savage Seven tourney is that teams can comprise no more than 26
points, with players being ranked for their level of play during the past three years, with the
highest value (6) going to Nationals-caliber players and 1 going for players who only play pick-up
games. 


Catfight              Throw, Flow, Cut Your Throat
Tim Brooks      6     Taylor Pope         6
Sandy Hartwiger 6     Motts Mueller       5
Tim Lupo        5     Thomas Sayre McCord 1
Geoff Bell      2     Matt Love           1
Thuy Brooks     5     Katy Harris         6
Dianne Freund   1     Rachel Gross        6
Amar Waller     1     Tiffany Castellano  1

I’ll Mess with TX         Pets
Augie Kreivenas     5     Chris Shepard     5
Robbye Brooks       6     Jimmy Holtzman    5
Stephen Panasci     2     Chrystian Plachco 2
Mack Garrison       1     Jan Burger        1
Liz Mahanna         5     Ana Plachco       5
Frances Deschenes   4     Janna Coulter     2
Alison Murray       3     Lesley McCormack  6

Everyone Loves Little Spoon       Snow Leopards
Joey Connelly      5              Charlie Kroger   4
Larry Durgin       4              Abe Moore        2
Geoffrey Hammrick  4              Ben Murphy       2
Grant Gardner      4              Adam Norris      2
Sarah Immel        5              LT Tompson       6
Laurie Williams    2              Tammy Moose      6
Rachel Beard       2              Linda Kroger     4

C-City Allstars            Dragnet
Alan Hoyle         6       Mike Riley        5
Rocky Payne        3       Matt Burleson     4
Nick Adams         3       Mick Styers       4
Tristan Green      1       Dave Anderson     4 
Beth Gifford       5       Claudia Barrett   5
Lauren Gardner     5       Anne Burroughs    2
Kelly Weeks        3       Christina Sheedy  2

Make it Funky              Pimento Mori
Tommy Cleveland    5       Dwayne Purper       5
Kevin Himberger    5       Nate Emery          4
Joshua Murphy      5       Christian Schwoerke 3
Phillip Summers    2       Alex Trahey         2
Julie Morris       5       Lindsey Hack        6
Robin Coulter      2       Sophie Lehman       3
Severine Patat     2       Erin Wiltgen        3

Staring at the Sun         Chapeau (Noir)
Joe Kinnarney      4       Pat McNally       6
Matthew Staples    2       Jeff Faulkner     4
Michael Resnick    4       Jonathan Miller   4
Luke Wilson        1       Segev Phillips    2
Amy Morrison       6       Becky LeDonne     6
Sasha Romantseva   6       Tab Combs         2
Alyssa Hopkins     5       Martha Pentecost  1




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