Animaniacs Continue Their Reign. Purple Cobras Victorious.

In the Monday night Reverse Co-Ed quads league, the Animaniacs won the Gold and the Purple Cobras won the Silver.

The Animaniacs, behind setter Jamie Lee led the whole way and were never threatened by Touch it! Smackey. Eric Chen, Bria Lovelace and Dave Ng rounded out the balanced squad. They spent the first 4 weeks of the season in the top spot, but then were knocked off by Roman’s Empire, and then again by Touch it!. But, in the finale, The Animaniacs retained their top spot and continued their dominance in the Powerzone R4 world.

The Purple Cobras led by Shawn McDonald captured the Silver crown. The Cobras, wishing they were in Gold, (Dont we all) didn’t let a first game hiccup stop them as the they took Sweet-N-Lo in 3 games. Alex McDonald, Dean Rayside and Amanda Hopkins filled out the future gold competitors!

Rage! topples Roman’s Empire to win men’s 4’s title

MVP Sean Mackey made several key plays in the second game to lead Rage! to a 18-25, 25-20, 15-9 victory over the Roman Empire in the Men’s 4’s championship match on Dec. 23.

Sean, the Rage! setter, had only two kills in the match but both came at important points in the second game. Rage had jumped out to a 15-8 lead, but a kill by Gary Curran and two Rage! errors had the Empire striking back to within 4, 15-11. Sean ended the run by hitting on two for one of his kills. Later, when the Empire had closed to 18-17, he had a solo block, one of his 6 blocks in the match, to give his team a 2-point lead. Then, with the score 20-20, he hit on two again for his second kill, followed that up with an ace for a 2-point lead, then had a dig that was converted into a kill by Christian Schuler off a set from Jared Houston.

A kill by Jared (10 for the match) and an Empire error finished off the game.

In Game 3, Rage! went up 12-7 on a combination block by Jared and Sean before Jon Brooks earned his 5th kill of the match to make it 13-8. Everyone contributed to the finish, with Jared earning a kill for the 14th point and Christian finishing things off with his 10th kill.

Jon also had 4 aces in the final for Rage!, while Christian added 2 blocks. Jared had 3 blocks and an ace.

The Empire had started off strong, following up it’s 3-game victory over Fred’s Retreads in the semis. Jack Henriques had a big finish against the Retreads, getting the team’s final 2 kills from setter Greg Grande before acing his opponents for the winning point. He then had the first 2 kills in the final for the Empire.

Gary had 13 kills and 2 blocks in the match, while Roman Stobnicki had 7 kills and 3 blocks.

LEAGUE NOTES

Western Penn won the Silver Division playoffs. … Roman Empire had been the No. 1 seed heading into the Gold playoffs. They beat The Anamaniacs in three games in the semis. Anamaniacs had a stellar season - they had been the No. 1 team in the ladder system for much of the year and went into the playoffs as the top seed. Bria Lovelace and Jamie Lee were two of their five players, the only women who played regularly in the men’s 4’s league.

Quads Update: Playoffs are set.

Reverse 4’s Final Standings:

Gold Division

1. Touch It! Smackey!
2. Animaniacs
3. Roman’s Empire
4. Ann’s Banana Nut Bread
5. Team Ultra
6. EZ Pass

Silver Division

1. Purple Cobras
2. Sweet-N-Lo
3. BUCA
4. Los Guapos

Monday Reverse Playoff Schedule for Dec. 22nd

7pm starts-Silver Semi Finals-Purple Cobras VS. Los Guapos & Sweet-N-Lo VS. BUCA. With the winners meeting in a best of 3 Showdown! with game 3 to 25 pts.–There will also be an available court for league players to practice.

8pm Starts-Gold Quarterfinals-Roman’s Empire VS. Team Ultra & Ann’s Banana Nut Bread VS. EZ Pass.

Animaniacs Face the winner of the Roman’s Empire/Team Ultra Match and Touch It! Smackey Faces off against the winner of the EZ Pass/Ann’s anana Nut Bread Match.–Finals to follow–All Gold Matches are best of 3 with game 3 to 15pts.

Men Quads Final Standings;

GOLD Division

1. Roman’s Empire
2. Animaniacs
3. Rage
4. Fred’s ReTreads
5. More CowBell
6. Get Out & Vote

SILVER Division

1. Western Penn.
2. Stu’s Cru
3. PhillerUp
4. The Banana Hammocks
5. Stuless
6. A Guy Named Joe

Tuesday Men’s Quads PLAYOFF Schedule for Dec. 23rd

7pm-Starts Silver Quarter Final-A Guy Named Joe VS. PhillerUp & The Banana Hammocks VS. Stuless

8pm-Silver Semi Final-Western Penn VS. Winner of BANA/SLSS Match

8pm-Silver Semi Final-Stu’s Cru VS. Winner of AGNJ/PHIL Match

9pm-Silver Final–All matches are best of 3 with game 3 to 15.

8pm-Gold Quarter Final-Get Out & Vote VS. Rage & More CowBell VS. Fred’s ReTreads

9pm-Gold Semi Final-Animaniacs VS. Winner of RAGE/VOTE Match

9pm-Gold Semi Final-Roman’s Empire VS. Winner of FRED/COWB Match

10pm-Gold Finals. all matches are best of 3 with game 3 to 15, no cap, switching at 8.

GOOD LUCK!

League Update: Roman Empire Reigns!

Roman Empire made a jump to the top spot in both leagues!! By virtue of match wins over the Animaniacs in both leagues!! Also making a move is EZ Pass after they upset Ann’s Banana Nut Bread in the reverse 4’s league on Mondays. Fred’s ReTreads jumped up a bit after their match wins in the Mens quads on Tuesday.

Listed below are the new rankings and start times for BOTH Leagues. You can check court time (from the menu on the left) to see your schedule of opponents.

Heads up! Get out & Vote and Western Penn both have an “off” match.  Vote is 8 and 10–Penn is 7 and 9.

MONDAY REVERSE–12/8 START

1. Roman Empire 7pm
2. Animaniacs 7pm
3. Touch it! Smackey! 7pm
4. EZ Pass 7pm
5. Anns Banana Nut Bread 9pm
6. Purple Cobras 9pm
7. Sweet-N-Lo 9pm
8. Team Ultra 9pm
9. BUCA 9pm
10. Los Guapos 9pm

TUESDAY MEN–12/9 START

1. Roman Empire 9pm
2. Animaniacs 9pm
3. Rage 9pm
4. Fred’s ReTreads 9pm
5. More Cowbell 9pm
6. Get Out & Vote 8pm
7. Western Penn 7pm
8. Stu’s Cru 7pm
9. PhillerUp 7pm
10. The Banana Hammocks 7pm
11. Stuless 7pm
12. A Guy Named Joe 7pm