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

sri213 at gmail.com sri213 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 31 16:43:12 EST 2007


Xian, the synopsis was entertaining reading.  And, despite the controversial
team name, I am glad to see the team with one of my favorite players win it
all.  Looking forward to next year's write up.
Sri (from TX).

On 1/31/07, Christian Schwoerke <schwoerkec at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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