Labor Day: runnner-up, 5-2; 6-15 loss to Revolver in the finals Chain Lightning left Santa Cruz with work left to do after a finals loss, but buoyed by signs of a team progressing. Chain claimed the top seed in Pool A on the strength of a 4-1 record that included a 14-11 win over defending [...]

Sockeye Do-or-die time now that it’s the weekend. The round of 8 opponent is Seattle’s Sockeye, who left Chain with a gut-punch loss the last time the two faced (semis at Worlds in Prague). Winner advances to the semis vs. the Ironside/Ring victor. updates: rough start for the ATLiens, 0-3 (broken twice) 2-6, we’ll need [...]

Finish: Semifinals loss to Sockeye, 5-2 record UPA score reporter from Labor Day Championships Dylan Tunnell with the big catch versus Sockeye in the semis click on photo to see larger version Against a field including nearly all of last year’s Championship qualifiers (and arguably one of the strongest club fields ever assembled outside the [...]

click on photo to see larger version The other of Chain’s college frosh, Grant Lindsley, taking Seattle Sockeye’s #7, the considerably taller Chase Sparling-Beckley, deep into the endzone during the team’s pool play game with the eventual champs last October. Grant is currently playing his freshman season for perennial college power Carleton (also the alma [...]

click on photo to see larger version Season’s greetings to all from Jay Hammond (here spreading his own brand of holiday cheer a bit early, at nationals vs. Sockeye) and the rest of Chain Lightning. photographer: the prolific Chad Borer