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Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Championships: Semis

Well, the ATL boys put together a good effort in still-rainy Sarasota this morning, pulling away from Ring of Fire in the quarters. The victory sets up a return to the semis, and a return to a semis match-up with Boston’s Ironside. The two squads squared off in ’08 and ’09, with Boston taking the [...]

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Championships: Saturday

Chain plays the quarterfinals in Sarasota this morning, hoping to get things going after an up & down first 2 days of play. Hopefully the threat of being out if you lose gives the team an edge. Today will also be the first time this week that the whole team is present (added Sammy C-K [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Championships: Friday

Chain enters Friday’s power pools playing for seeding in the weekend’s elimination bracket – but also, playing with the hope of establishing the consistent level of play the team expects. It won’t be easy, starting the day with overall 2 seed Ironside (Boston). 9:30 Ironside (Boston) last year’s runner-up, anchored by Chain alum Josh “Cricket” [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Championships: Day 1

Beginning with pool play this morning at 9:30 in Sarasota, Chain enter the final stage of the 2011 season — though it some ways it feels like a first step, as the intensity and focus required at nationals makes the rest of the year quickly seem long ago. Chain Lightning enters as the top seed [...]

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

The Stage

USAU Championships 2011 – Sarasota, FL Chain Lightning returns to Sarasota again this week to vie for ultimate’s toughest title to win. Following its Southern regional victory, Chain comes in as the 4th seed out of the 16 North American teams that have earned their way this far. Games start Thursday, continuing through to Sunday’s [...]