Commish Corner – Spring Season – Playoffs - Quarterfinals
Top News and Questions
- Could the Elders advance? NO!
- Would the Wolves pull off the upset? YES!
- Could the Hoosiers pull of an upset of their own? It was a valiant effort, but NO!
- After watching MLB umpire Jim Joyce blow a perfect game, should Legends players not complain about the officiating in their games for a while? YES!
- Does anyone really believe the Commissioner Cortese has a real day job?NO!
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Top Games for Semifinals:
1)LittleLeaguers vs. Money: The last time these guys tangled, the LittleLeaguers were undefeated. Money stopped that, with a buzzer beater as the clock wound down to 0! You will get your money’s worth (pardon that bad one!) at this game!
2)Mantua vs. Xmen: The #2 and #3 seeds in the A league go head to head.
3)Khanmen vs. HoundDogs: The Khanmen gave the HoundDogs their only loss during the regular season. The vindictive Boneta is out for revenge!
4)Killers vs. Comanche: Can the Cinderella Killers continue their run?
5)Wolves vs. Angels: Can the Angels handle the suddenly hot Wolves shooters?
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Men’s Game of the Week – Khanmen vs. Hoosiers(B League)
The Khanmen saw their perfect season go down in flames in the regular season finale against team Maximus. They had to forget about that loss quickly as they had a tough quarterfinal matchup against the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers kept the game close throughout thanks to 10 from Brandmark and 8 from Browning. However the combination of Dewispeiaere and Miller proved too tough for the Hoosiers as they led the Khanmen to the close 38 to 36 win. Dewispeiaere had 13 and Miller finished with 11 in the win.
Ladies Game of the Week – Wolves vs. Thunder
To put it mildly, the Wolves have had a disappointing season. They limped to the finish line with just one win and had to take on the 6-1 Thunder in the quarters of the Ladies tournament. The Thunder also seemed to have an advantage with Smith, who has dominated inside most of the season so far. However, as they say, you still need to show up and play; and the Wolves definitely showed up! With India Thomas scoring 22 and Mallory Carrico adding 16, the Wolves stunned the Thunder 50 to 40. Smith did have 16 for the Thunder and Delaney had a fine game with 12.
Katie goes all-out!
Legend of the Week –Thys(Blades)
Thys had huge game as he practically carried the Blades past the upstart WestCoasters and into the Elite Semifinals. He finished with a whopping 28 points as the Blades avoided the upset bid by the WestCoasters and won 53 to 48.
Path to the hoop!
Other Stars in No Particular Order:
1)Dick Beville(Killers) –Beville had his second straight huge game, finishing with 19 points as the Killers advanced to the A/B semifinals, with a 57 to 43 win over the GreyThunder.
2)Blendell(Money) – Blendell led the Money with 18 points as the Money defeated the Elders 64 to 48.
Ladies Legend of the Week – India Thomas (Wolves)
See above.
Go India!
Other Stars in No Particular Order:
1)Friedman(Angels) – Friedman led the Angels with 21 points as they easily disposed of the Bankers 58 to 34 and advanced to the Ladies semifinals.
2)McIntosh(Grippers) –McIntosh had 17 points in the Grippers 47 to 34 win over the Vulcans.
Highlights
Blades / See above.WestCoasters / In perhaps their best showing all season, the WestCoasters were led by Pasquale and Carter who each had 14 in the tough loss.
Spartans / The Spartans took care of the Ninja, winning 54 to 41 thanks to 12 from Windt (No relation George Wendt aka Norm from Cheers) and 11 from Williams.
Ninja / Hay finished with 10 and Martinez added 9 in the disappointing loss.
LittleLeaguers / The LittleLeaguers dominated the Jackals, winning 61 to 39 as Crowder had 23 and Stanos added 16.
Jackals / Goff had 15 for the Jackals in the defeat.
Money / See above. Gulick had a nice game as well with 13 points.
Elders / Smith had 17 and Styers had 11 in the loss.
Xmen / The Xmen easily defeated the Wildcats, 54 to 32 as Drew had 12 and James added 11.
Wildcats / The Wildcats were led by Rovinsky’s 15 points.
Mantua / The Mantua crushed the Showtime, 46 to 28 as Rhodes had 16 and Biddle added 12.
Showtime / D. Wilson had half of his team’s points in the loss. I’ll let you all do the math.
StrongArms / The StrongArms got balanced scoring from McCleary (15 points), Washington (11) and Armstrong (9) in their 50 to 37 win over the Raiders.
Raiders / Matthews had 19 in the loss.
Comanche / Stellatos had 16 and Clark had 12 in the Comanche’s 41 to 38 win over the Zephyrs.
Zephyrs / Benson had 12 and Beeman added 11 in the loss.
CACI / Team CACI and team Hustle renewed their intense hatred for each other with CACI pulling out the win 42 to 39. JR had 12 and Le had 11 in the win.
Hustle / Allen had 14 and Greene had 7 in the bitter defeat.
Killers / See above.
GreyThunder / Crupp had 15 and Ipsan chipped in with 12 in the loss.
Thangs / The Thangs used 15 points from Scott Pitts and 10 from Justin Sethi to defeat the Terminators 43 to 28.
Terminators / Cecconi and Belcher led the way for the Terminators with 9 points each.
HoundDogs / Rucker had 11 while Wesley, Mehring and Tanenbaum each had 10 in the HoundDogs comfortable 59 to 36 win over the Inferno.
Inferno / A man with no name, #28 led the way with 14 points for the Inferno.
Khanmen / See above.
Hoosiers / See above.
Grippers (Ladies League) / See above. Charlotte Kainth had a nice game as well, finishing with 15 points in the win.
Vulcans (Ladies League) / Mia Peak had 11 and A. Johnson had 8 in the loss.
Wolves (Ladies League) / See above.
Thunder (Ladies League) / See above.
Angels (Ladies League) / See above. Culp chipped in with 14 in the win.
Yes, we are Angels!
Bankers(Ladies League) / Bruce had a great game for the Bankers and finished with 20 points.
Story by Mr. Thang
Pictures courtesy “The Commish”