SIXTH SPOT UP FOR GRABS

Boasters League round 7~~

The Boasters League finals are looming. Depending on where you are, the “looming” could mean dark, ominous clouds threatening to end your season rather abruptly and for a couple of the teams, it has already started raining, or, it could mean you see rainbows and unicorns prancing around the greener pastures in anticipation of a successful play-off run.

Only six teams will advance to the chance of Boasters glory and right now, all of the bottom 4 teams have a decent chance of claiming that last spot. Nine points separate 6^th from 9^th. Wardogs – as predicted this week with the bye – endured the biggest loss picking up just 6 points and now find themselves on the brink of elimination. From that group, Nick at Night out did themselves and scored a season’s personal best 32 points this week, again flip-flopping with Over Served and handing them once again the distasteful position of being last.

Mongoose continue on their merry way with another 30 points this week (15 of which were bonus points), although it was good for only 4^th best this week, they still hold a commanding 28 point league over Winky-Dinks. The only way to stop Mongoose it seems is for them to sit out, which they do next week, but I would be surprised if they lose their top billing. Not that it matters too much, the top two teams in the play-offs receive the first round bye anyway, and the odds of Mongoose dropping to third place in the next 2 weeks is slim to none.

Activity was at a fairly decent level last night. I don’t usually get players insisting about getting into the blog report – especially after a loss – but Rich Stimson (Vivio’s) requested I make a special mention of his almost win over Han Peng (Nick at Night). Rich won the first, held what he thought was an unassailable lead in the second (we all know that that doesn’t exist!) before it all came tumbling down as Han did what he does best – run. Rich is no stranger to the hustle either, but he was no match for Han this evening and the 2-1 comeback win put a smile on Han’s face and a beer straight into Rich’s hand.

JB Peabody (Butter Nutz) pulled out his secret weapon with the lobster shorts to take on Mike Rock (Mongoose) but the mojo is wearing off. Mike was able to resist the power of the pants and took the 2-1 win. Curt Pedersen (Over Served) recorded his first win of the second half with a tough 2-1 win over Schuyler Hamill (Foss Nation), handing Schuyler his first loss. Funny how that works out. And Jason Currie (Mongoose) managed to snag a game and put a little scare into Jed Elley (Butter Nutz) before going down 2-1.

We are at the business end of the league. Two rounds to go, two weeks to get matches in (deadline is March 5) and we lose 2 courts on March 5 as well. The finals will be played with a tight squeeze to be sure – something we will simply have to deal with and work around. Will one of the bottom four teams finally make a push? Will JB Peabody finally retire the lobster pants and maybe go more in the direction of Lori McColl’s leather pair? (… oh wait, maybe that’s a bad idea…) Did I remember to close the garage when I left the house this morning? Hmmmm… life is full of contemplations …