Game Scores
22:18 Gold v. Red
24:19 White v. Blue
24:21 White v. Gold
20:18 Red v. Blue
Shoutouts
Blue- Abhi was a beast in the air for us - he caught a ton of 50/50 throws in the end zone. Kelly was a key part of our offense when she picked up in our first game (and it’s not easy to come out and play three games in your first week at winter league!). Quinn was really helpful with suggesting some improvements on offense and defense. Brice had some great under cuts and is always giving 100% when he’s on the field. Josh for being calm and steady under pressure. Also, shout-out to everyone who stuck around for the last game! It was great to have some energy from the peanut gallery when the game came down to the wire. Additional shoutout to the entire blue team for fighting so hard in our last game. We had a great comeback and we love to see this kind of fight. It was the tightest game. We will only keep improving this season.
Red- Amelia for a terrific performance coming off a 2-week injury break. She had an incredible catch on a long bomb in the deep corner of the end zone. Evan, who had to defend against a lot of deep throws and rose to the challenge. He also had some sneaky throws to bewilder Kent, who shook off a rough first game performance for an excellent second game. He and Cam worked to maintain possession for around 40 seconds to seal our win. Ali, who had to run way more than should be expected. We were 3-2 the first game and I heard Ariel say that Ali was probably out there about 90% of the game. And I (Dan) feel obligated to keep shouting out Nolan if he's gonna continually give max effort and throw himself to the turf with such astounding regularity. “Nolan is so fast with changes in direction - I felt like my glutes were on fire after guarding him.” - Josh
White- I (Tim) could literally shout out all of our FMPs every week. I thought Naomi especially played well in the deep space and got some great skies on O and D. Caleb was super speedy and got some nice Ds. Matt T was getting run-through D’s all over the place (Josh).
Gold- Shoutout to Ryleigh and Kelly (from Taylor)! It was their first week and they brought some much needed energy to the team. They were constantly giving it their all and had some very amazing plays/catches. Ryleigh also had several picture-perfect layouts (Josh). Along with that, they had great communication, super clean under cuts, and hustled the whole night. I (Tanya) loved hearing them call out for the disc and seeing their sick, very skilled layouts! Excited to continue having them on our team! Shoutout to Brian for that amazing deep cut and layout. Everyone on the team cheered and it brought up our teams energy. Something we could always use. I also heard quite a few times on the sideline team members complimenting his defense. His positioning was great and shut down his person plenty of times. All around beautiful and of course personally proud Last one from me, shoutout to Hayden for multiple D's! One of the breaks he made gave us a huge amount of momentum and was a great way to turn the odds in our favor! Godwin (from Tim) for calling dangerous play. I think games had a bit more physical contact than normal so glad to see him see a dangerous situation, avoid it and make the right call.
Standings:
Gold: 5-3
White: 5-3
Red: 4-3-1
Blue: 1-6-1