Chain Lightning

Finish: Champs, finals over Ring of Fire 15-9; record: 7-0

After a run of about 1 Terminus win since the elder Bush’s administration, Chain Lightning has now won 2 in a row at our hometown tournament. Chain beat traditional Terminus foil Ring of Fire in the finals, in a game that, like most on the weekend, was rarely in doubt. The usual caveats about all the teams being only just out of the mothballs applied, but there was no snow this year (we got ours last weekend), just sunshine and a warm breeze.

Several tryouts were on board and making significant plays all weekend, including Andrew Carter (Tennessee), Billy Cook (Alabama), Brandon Perales (FL), Brian Edgerton (Rival), Cameron Amey (FL), Chris Sears (Rival), and Nick Fiske (Santa Barbara). Having so much talent on hand trying to make a good impression was definitely a boost this early in the season. Vintage-era Chain star Greg “Bug” Allpow was also along for the ride, seeking that Terminus title that had eluded him since before he was ever hurt that first time.

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Finish: tie for 3rd, semis loss to Boston’s Ironside

This past weekend, for the 2nd time in Chain Lightning’s three-decade history, the team reached the semifinals of the sport’s biggest championship. Just as in 2006, we lost in the semis, though on the strength of its run, this year’s team can likely lay claim to being the best Chain team ever.

In Saturday morning’s quarterfinals, we romped 15-8 over Toronto’s Goat, gaining a measure of revenge for last year’s excruciating loss to them in the same game. Along the way, however, star big man Dylan Tunnell went down for the remainder of the competition with an extremely sprained ankle.

The semifinals loss (10-15) to Boston was a well-played and highly intense game, in which the Ironside players made just a couple less errors, versus extreme pressure from the Chain defense.

More details and memories of the individual games to come.

Nationals 08, halfway through

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Following Friday’s power pool games, Chain Lightning has rallied from a first game loss to overall second seed Johnny Bravo to, by today’s end, take over the #2 seed position for itself. After Thursday’s first round whipping, we came back to take out SubZero by 2 before rolling over PoNY 15-5. Rookie Russell Snow’s layout block on a the first throw off of a pull was the catalyst to pulling out the SubZero game.

Today, with our full roster for the 1st time all season, and on a field we haven’t lost on in the last 2 years, the team came out ready in the strong wind. With a strong start, we crushed a good Revolver team 15-8, then kept our focus in putting Ring of Fire away 15-10. These wins, combined with a Bravo upset at the hands of Revolver, led to our winning the tightly-contested pool.

Saturday morning, we get to seek revenge for last year’s single point loss to Goat in the quarters.