Revolver – Northern California Sectionals – Day 1 (Saturday, September 10, 2011)
The Series begins! Palo Alto hosted Saturday of Sectionals at Sand Hill fields, where the sun shone early and warmly.
Out for the weekend:
Tom James (injury)
Sam Kanner (influenza)
Beau Kittredge (wedding)
Jon Levy (wedding)
Josh Wiseman (injury)
Russell Wynne (influenza)
Game 1 – 10:00a v. TransGen – Pool A
Revolver took half 8-1 and won 15-5 after TransGen found their mojo in the second half. At one point TransGen’s Jeremiah Auer jumped and grabbed a sky ball over Zack Travis and Taylor Cascino, both of which had better position. Mark Sherwood earned three blocks on his first three points.
Game 2 – 12:00p (scheduled) v. PHTB (Pizza Hut Taco Bell) – Pool A
Since both first round games finished early, we agreed to start the second round early. Revolver scored the first nine points and wrapped up the game 15-3.
Game 3 – 2:00p (scheduled) v. The Killjoys – Pool A
After putting together some delicious sandwiches from Russell’s killer cooler (which included pre-sliced vegetables, orange smiles, and ice cold chocolate milk), we started this game early too. The Killjoys came all the way from Utah since there aren’t enough teams for a section out there. Ryo Kawaoka had an awesome flying catch block on a deep throw early to help us to a 6-2 lead. Patrick Baylis stretched for a goal on a forehand bomb from Eric Halverson that was almost too long. In one of our rare opportunities to open up the lines, we had a little focused fun with: young line (man D), old line (zone D), middle-aged line (force middle), squirrel line, and giraffe line. It worked as we closed out the game 15-2.
We’ll be back tomorrow at 10:00a for bracket play. Hopefully the O-line continues its success, as it was not broken at all today. Follow results at Score Reporter.