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Nor Cal Sectionals – Sunday

Revolver – Northern California Sectionals – Day 2 (Sunday, September 11, 2011)

Sam Kanner hauled his recovering body out of bed for today’s action; the team made an exception to the usual rule of maximizing high fives around him for our immune systems’ sakes.

Game 4 – 10:00a v. TransGen – Semifinal
First up was a rematch from yesterday, since TransGen defeated Wolves at the end of Saturday. They played better this time around, tying the game at 4-4 early before the D-line ran up an 8-5 lead for half. Eric Greenwood had an excellent sky grab over a taller defender on a short huck by Bart Watson. TransGen made a particularly nice play when one of their youngsters completed a greatest out the back of the endzone. Ultimately we won 15-8 and advanced to the final.

Game 5 – 12:00p v. Boost Mobile – Final
A strong start brought an 8-2 halftime lead. In the second half the breeze kicked up and our D-line generated a lot of turnovers but couldn’t manufacture breaks as efficiently. Ezra Schiff had a couple of spectacular grabs for Boost. They also broke our O-line for the first time of the tournament, actually accomplishing the feat twice in a row to close the gap to 13-8. We scored the next two, however, finishing 15-8 with quick forehand bomb off the turnover from Ashlin Joye to Mark Sherwood.

The team celebrated by pounding out 15×40 yard sprints and catching some football and lunch at the Dutch Goose in nearby Menlo Park. We’ll be in Washington in a few weeks for a battle at Northwest Regionals, which means we still have plenty of time to improve.

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Nor Cal Sectionals – Saturday

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.