2004 EASTSIDE VOLLEYBALL RESULTS

2004 WEAKLY WINS

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2004 FALL CLASSIC WINNER TAKE ALL

THE END OF THE 2004 SANCTIONED SEASON HAS COME TO AN END.   IT FINISHED WITH A BANG, AS SEVEN PLAYERS CAME TO LEAVE IT ALL IN THE SAND.   SOME LEFT THEIR HEART AND SOUL AS OTHERS LEFT A SMALL LOAD OF DOODIE.   AS THE DUST SETTLED,  A CO-CHAMPION WAS CROWNED.  TOM AND DAVE BOTH FINISHED WITH TOP HONORS.  AARON WAS A CLOSE SECOND WITH ED HOLDING STRONG WITH THE THIRD PLACE TROPHY.  NICK HAD FIFTH AND BRINKS AND COLE NEAR THE BOTTOM.   PLAY WAS TIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW BLOW OUTS.   EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME FOR THE MOST PART.  NO REAL CONTROVERSY AND PLAYERS REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO BECOME QUALITY GENTLEMEN AND PERFORMERS.   A MEXICAN FIESTA FOLLOWED THE EVENT WITH YEAGGER SHOTS AND TOMFOOLERY.   SOME ASS PLAY WAS ALSO OCCURRING IN THE HOT TUB.    LET'S ALL GIVE A HEE-HAW OUT TO ED FOR MAINTAINING ABOVE STANDARD VOLLEYBALL COURT SPECS AND HOSPITALITY.    2005 IS LOOKING TO BE THE BEST YET.

DAVE-147 (5-1)

TOM-147 (4-2)

AARON-143 (4-2)

ED-133 (4-2)

NICK-127 (3-3)

BRINKS-123 (2-4)

COLE-118 (0-6)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD- EASTSIDE SHOOT-OUT  - AARON IS UNREACHABLE AND UNSTOPPABLE

FALL PLAY BEGINS AND AARON HAS NOT MISSED A STEP.   HE IS UNBEATABLE IN THE LAST THREE OUTINGS.   HIS ONLY WEAKNESS SEEMS TO BE SERVING INTO THE NET EVERY 16TH ATTEMPT.    BRINKS PLAYED INSPIRED BALL BUT STILL CANNOT HIT THE BALL WITH ANY VELOCITY.   DAVE'S HUSTLE ALWAYS KEEPS HIM IN CONTENTION BUT STILL HAS NOT REACHED 2003 FORM.  2005 WILL BE HIS YEAR IT APPEARS.  ED HAD SOME MASSIVE BOMBS ONCE AGAIN AND LOOKED TO BE HITTING HIS STRIDE.  ONE ROUGH GAME WITH DAVE PUT THEM BOTH OUT OF ANY TYPE OF RESPECTABILITY.   LUCKILY THE HIGH SCHOOL WALKING GIRL DIDN'T PASS BY DURING THAT BUTT WHIPPING.    BUT IN THE END AARON AGAIN WENT UNDEFEATED TO EASILY TAKE THE TOP SPOT.

AARON-75 (3-0)     RYAN-63 (1-2)      ED-53 (1-2)    DAVE-45 (1-2) 

WINNER TAKE ALL SUPER CHALLENGE

PRETTY MUCH OF THE SAME FOR THE WTA.  AARON AGAIN BUSTED CHOPS AND HAD FLAWLESS PLAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MISSING RANDOM SERVES.  BRINKS KEPT IT TIGHT BUT AGAIN FELL SHORT.   DAVE AND ED BATTLED FOR THIRD PLACE AND DAVE TOOK IT BY 2 POINTS.   FUN TIMES HAD BY ALL ONCE AGAIN.

AARON-118 (4-2)  BRINKS-115 (4-2)  DAVE-107 (2-4)  ED-105 (2-4)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 -MORNING CHILL, BUT HEATERS HEAT UP QUICK

8:48 a.m. START TIME WAS EARLY, BUT PLAYERS WARMED UP QUICK AND PLAY WAS SOLID FOR THE MOST PART.  AARON NOW HAS AN ALMOST UNREACHABLE LEAD FOR THE OUTRIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.   HE AGAIN PLAYED CONTROLLED VOLLEYBALL AND HAD AN OVERALL SOLID PERFORMANCE.   ED FINISHED SECOND WITH GREAT OVERALL PLAY.  HE WENT UNDEFEATED IN ROUND 2.   HE HAD A BRIEF BOUT WITH FRUSTRATION AS TOM'S THREE WEEK HIATUS SHOWED.  BRINKS PLAYED HIS USUAL GAY LEVEL AND WAS UNABLE TO HIT ONE BALL AND CRIED ABOUT HIS BACK LATE IN THE DAY.   TOM WAS NOT HIS SELF AS HE NOW HAS AN ADDITIONAL 50LB BALL ATTACHED TO HIS LEG AND IT SEEMS HE GOT OFF HIS SOUTH BEACH DIET WHILE ON HIS HONEYMOON AND GAINED 23-26 POUNDS.   COLE WAS HUNG OVER AND STARTED OFF SLOW AND BUT PICKED IT UP A TAD BY THE END OF THE DAY.   NEXT WEEKEND AGAIN LOOKS PERFECT FOR SAT. MORNING PLAY. LET'S ROLL.

AARON-163 (6-2)   ED-150 (5-3)  BRINKS-143 (4-4)  TOM-140 (3-5)  COLE-138 (2-6)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16- ROSH HASHANAH DOESN'T STOP PLAY

COURT B BECOMES THE PRIMARY BATTLE FIELD AS INDOOR HAS COME TO THE FOREFRONT FOR EASTSIDE.  DAVE CAME WITH GUNS SLINGING.  IT IS EVIDENT HIS ROTATOR CUFF HAS SERIOUS DAMAGE HE WAS ABLE TO PUT DOWN A MINIMUM OF 3 SOLID SPIKES.   THAT WAS ENOUGH TO BEAT THE REST.   BRINKS SEEMED OUT OF SORTS AS HE IS UNABLE TO PLAY ANYWHERE EXCEPT THE MAIN COURT.  BUT HE DID HAVE ONE SPIKE.   NICK WAS IN THE MIX BUT HAD ONE BAD GAME WITH COLE THAT PUT HIM IN THIRD.   COLE HAD A ROUGH GOING AND WAS UNABLE TO PUT A FULL GAME TOGETHER.   PLAY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SAND FREEZES.

DAVE-149 (6-3)   BRINKS-146  (6-3)   NICK-138 (6-3)   COLE-126  (0-9)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH -  AARON TAKES A COMMANDING LEAD,  ED GETS FACIALED,  NICK COMES IN THIRD, DAVE OPENS COURT B.

GREAT WEATHER AND GREAT PLAY CAME TOGETHER FOR A SUNDAY OF FUN.  NICK IMPRESSED AS HE SIX PACKED ED WITH A MASSIVE BOMB.   BUT AARON'S OVERALL GAME WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVERYONE.   BRINKS STARTED STRONG BUT SUCKED IT UP WITH ED BOTH GAMES.   DAVE HAD SOME MOMENTS BUT HAD MANY UNCHARACTERISTIC ERRORS TO GIVE HIM A LOW POINT TOTAL.    ED WAS SWEATING NICOTINE AND BOOZE AND WASN'T ABLE TO PUT FORTH HIS USUAL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.   AS INDOOR STARTS FOR THE HIGH FLYERS,  DAVE WILL BE STARTING UNSANCTIONED PLAY THURSDAY NIGHTS.    PLEASE NOTE THE FALL CLASSIC HAS AGAIN BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2ND.   ALSO,  START LOOKING AT YOUR NOVEMBER CALENDARS AS WE WANT TO GET THE BANQUET SCHEDULED.  

AARON-163   (7-1)   BRINKS-152   (5-3)   NICK-151   (4-4)    DAVE-146    (2-6)      ED-144     (2-6)

THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER 9TH - LONG BREAK SHOWS IN THE SKILLS DEPARTMENT

A NINE DAY STOPPAGE OF PLAY WAS EVIDENT AS EASTSIDERS WERE NOT PLAYING TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.    IN THE END BRINKS HAD THE MOST POINTS AND TOOK THE WEEKLY CROWN.    NO PLAYER PERFORMACE EVALUATIONS TODAY AS NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT CAN BE REMEMBERED.    SUNDAY PLAY IS ON THE DOCKET SO LET'S ALL MAKE SURE WE MAKE OUR SELVES AVAILABLE.

BRINKS-100 (4-1)  ED-97 (3-2)  AARON-96 (4-1)  DAVE-88 (3-2)  NICK-81 (2-3)  COLE-78 (0-5)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31ST - PLAYERS HAVE A GREAT TIME PLAYING VOLLEYBALL.

A QUICK RETURN TO THE COURT AFTER SOME HOT SUNDAY PLAY.   AARON CAME OFF ONE OF HIS POOREST OUTINGS TO REDEEM HIMSELF WITH AN OVERPOWERING PERFORMANCE.   HIS KILL PERCENTAGE IS OVER 78%.   ED'S POWER IN 2004, COMPARED TO 2003 IS NIGHT AND DAY.   HIS MASSIVE BOMBS ARE FAST AND FURIOUS.   COLE HAD A CAREER THREE GAME RUN TO START OFF THE NIGHT.   HIS ONE ARM STABS WERE A THING OF BEAUTY.   HE HIT THE WALL WITH A FIVE POINT GAME WHICH ALMOST SHORTENED HIS NIGHT AS HE THREATENED TO LEAVE.  BUT HE KEPT HIS CHIN UP AND PLAYED ON.   NICK WAS ON HIS USUAL GAME.   HAMMERING SPIKES ON OCCASION TO IMPRESS BUT THEN MAKING SOME UNFORCED ERRORS THAT REALLY HURT YOUR CHANCES.   SEEMS AS THOUGH RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES OF UNDER THE NET CONTACT.   .    In crossing under the net, a player may make inadvertent contact with an opponent, but may not compromise in any way the ability of the opponent to make a play on the ball.   AARON'S SAND IN THE FACE KICK SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL BUT HE CLAIMED IT WAS "AN ACCIDENT" SO NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.   BRINKS PLAYED WELL BUT HAD THE BIGGEST CHICKEN CHOKE IN THE HISTORY OF EASTSIDE BY TALKING TRASH ABOUT HIS SLAM AND THEN TICKLED THE NET AS HE HAMMERED ON HOME TO LOSE THE GAME 20-21.   STILL FUN TIMES HAD BY MOST.   SUNDAY PLAY IS SUSPECT AS MANY PLAYERS ARE HEADING OUT TO FELLOWSHIP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS NOT AFFILIATED WITH EASTSIDE.    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH IS THE NEW RESCHEDULED DATE FOR THE SOUTH HAVEN BEACH BASH.   

AARON-161 (6-2)   RYAN-156 (5-3)   ED-144 (3-5)    NICK-131 (3-5)  COLE-128 (3-5)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29TH- HARD COURTS PRODUCE HARD HITS.

AS THE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE, IT IS CLEAR THAT EVERYONE IS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.   TIGHT MATCHES THROUGHOUT.   TONY'S 1995 ELECTROCUTION STILL GIVES HIM A DISADVANTAGE BUT HE HAD HIS MOMENTS.   COLE LOSES ANOTHER STAR ON THE DIRECTORY AS HE AGAIN DIDN'T SHOW.   TOM ALSO MISSED.   DAVE IS APPROXIMATELY 84% RIGHT NOW FROM HIS 2003 SHAPE.  WATCH OUT THIS NEXT MONTH AS HE MAY MAKE SOME NOISE.   AARON WAS DEFINITELY OFF HIS GAME.   HE SEEMED RATTLED AS HE MADE SOME UNCHARACTERISTIC MISTAKES.   ED PUNISHED THE BALL LIKE IT WAS HIS PERSONAL WHIPPING BOY.   NICK HAD A GREAT FIRST ROUND BUT FALTERED IN ROUND TWO.   BRINKS HAD A POOR FIRST ROUND BUT PICKED IT UP IN ROUND TO WIN THE TITLE BY ONE POINT.

BRINKS-189 (6-4)  ED-188 (7-3)  DAVE-182 (7-3)  AARON-168 (5-5) NICK-166 (3-7)  TONY-133 (2-8)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25TH - HEAVY BALLS ON THE HOMEFRONT

EASTSIDE EXPERIENCED IT'S WETTEST CONDITIONS EVER.  6 CAME OUT FOR SOME DEDICATED PLAY.    THROW OUT SKILL AND POWER AS EVERYONE HAD TO ADJUST THEIR GAME TO JUST KEEP THE BALL ON THE COURT.   ALL PLAYERS HAD A GREAT TIME BUT EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO GET BACK TO THE REAL WAY WE PLAY.    LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR SOME WEEKEND PLAY AS WELL.

RYAN-105 (5-0)    ED-96 (3-2)  DAVE-95 (2-3) NATE-95 (1-4)  NICK-90 (2-3)  COLE-89 (1-4)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 - BRINKS GETS BACK ON TRACK,  AARON PREOCCUPIED WITH CEDAR POINT,  TOM SEES SPOTS BUT FORGES ON, NICK GETS CROWNED, ED ONLY LOSES TWO BUT TAKES THIRD.

TIGHT GAMES THROUGHOUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE THAT PUT SOME PLAYERS OUT OF REACH OF THE CROWN.    TOM ALMOST DROPPED OUT OF PLAY AS HIS THOUGHTS WERE ON HIS WEDDING DATE NEXT SATURDAY AND HE BECAME EMOTIONAL AND STARTED GETTING DIZZY.  ED PLAYED WELL BUT HIS LEGS WERE MUSCLE LESS IN ROUND TWO AS HE LOGGED OVER 17 HOURS IN HIS HOT TUB THE LAST TWO DAYS.   AARON WAS PRESSED FOR TIME AND SHOWED IMPATIENCE AT TIMES.   NICK HAD SOLID MOMENTS BUT HAD A FEW DEEP UNNECESSARILY.    A BALL DID HIT HIM IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD WHICH IS CALLED A CROWN, NOT A SIX PACK.  THE OVERALL THEME FOR THESE WEEKLY MATCHES IS DEFINITELY THAT EVERY POINT MATTERS.   ONE LAPSE IN PERFORMANCE WILL DOOM ANY HOPE TO HOLD OFF A GROUP OF HUNGRY BALLERS.

BRINKS-163 (4-4) AARON-160 (4-4) ED-157 (6-2)  NICK-153 (3-5)    TOMMY-148 (3-5)

TUESDAY,  AUGUST 17- AARON SHOWS SIGNS OF A DYNASTY.

SIX BRAVE SOULS CAME OUT TO BRAVE THE ELEMENTS AND HAMMER THE LEATHERED SPHERE.   FEW HAMMERS WERE THROWN BUT STILL SOLID ACTION AND VISCOUS COMPETITION.   TIGHT GAMES WERE PRODUCED AND ALL PLAYERS DIDN'T GIVE AND INCH.  AARON WENT ONE POINT FROM PERFECTION.  BUT TOM NICKED THE LINE ON GAME POINT TO SHATTER AARON'S HOPES OF THE DREAM NIGHT.    BRINKS AND TOM PLACED SECOND WITH SOLID PERFORMANCES.   TOM HAD A RUN OF THREE POINTS TO FINISH OFF HIS GAME WITH BRINKS THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS EXCESSIVE CHICKEN CHOKING.    ED LAID SOME LEATHER BUT HAD A ROUGH GAME THAT HURT HIS CHANCES.   COLE'S PROFANITY LACED TIRADES AGAIN WERE AT FULL FORCE BUT HE ALSO HAD A HIT AT THE 5 FOOT LINE AND SOME GREAT D.    NICK NEVER GOT INTO HIS GROOVE BUT STILL HIT THE BALL WELL ON OCCASION.    SUNDAY PLAY IS HOPEFULLY ON THE DOCKET.   PLEASE CONFIRM AVAILABILITY.    EASTSIDE IS ALSO LOOKING FOR 4-5 PLAYERS TO COMMIT TO A SEPTEMBER 5TH (SUNDAY) VBALL KOTB-FORMAT PLAY.  START TIME WILL BE 1:30 - 2:00.  LOCATION IS GRAND HAVEN OR HOLLAND MICHIGAN.    PLEASE RSVP ASAP AS AVAILABILITY IS LIMITED.

AARON-124 (4-1)      TOM-118 (3-2)       RYAN-118 (2-3)      COLE-111 (1-4)       ED-110 (3-2)       NICK-109 (1-4)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11TH - ED HOLDS OFF ALL CONTENDERS, TOM'S ECS A FLUKE?, DAVE STARTS GETTING INTO THE GROOVE, AARON AGAIN PUNISHES THE BALL, COLE AGAIN SHOWS DEFENSIVE SPECIALTY,  BRINKS DOES DECENT, NICK MIXES IT UP.

SCORES LOST IN DATA TRANSFER

COLD AND WET CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT AS  A FULL TURNOUT CAME TO CLAIM THE CROWN.   IN THE END, ED STOOD HIS GROUND AND HELD OFF AN ONSLAUGHT OF SOLID PLAY BY THE EASTSIDE POSSE.   HIS GAME WAS ON, AS HE WAS HITTING HARD, HUSTLING AND OVERPOWERING HIS OPPONENTS.   AARON AGAIN WAS WAILING THE BALL AND GETTING TO THE TOUGH SHOTS,  TOM SEEMS TO BE SHELL SHOCKED.   WINNING THE EASTSIDE CHAMPIONSHIP MAY HAVE TAKEN IT'S TOLL ON HIM MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.     DAVE STILL IS GETTING HIS SAND LEGS BACK BUT WILL IMPROVE IF HE EVER CAN FIND THE TIME TO PLAY.  HE IS TRYING TO TAKE MORE VACATIONS THAN HIS HERO GEORGE W.   COLE AND NICK BOTH PLAYED WELL BUT DIDN'T SCORE ENOUGH POINTS TO WIN.   BRINKS HAS HIS MOMENTS BUT STILL CHOKES HIS CHICKEN FAR TOO MUCH.   IT IS CLEAR THAT THE EASTSIDE OPTION IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PLAY PRESENT AT EASTSIDE.   IT ISN'T CLEAR WHETHER IT'S DUE TO STRATEGIC PLANNING OR JUST BAD SETS,   BUT YOU CAN'T MISS IT.    FUN TIMES.  SUNDAY PLAY POSSIBLE.

ED-124 (5-1) AARON-120 (4-2) RYAN-118 (3-3) DAVE-113 (3-3)  COLE-111 (2-4)  NICK-109 (2-4) TOM-101 (1-5)

EASTSIDE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES- WINNER TAKE ALL

ANOTHER FLAWLESS EVENT FOR THE EASTSIDERS.   ALL PLAYERS WERE PRIMED FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT IN EASTSIDE HISTORY.  EIGHT PLAYERS CAME OUT TO BRING THE PAIN AND TAKE THE COVETED CROWN.   PLAY WAS INTENSE AND HEATED AT TIMES BUT ALL PLAYERS SHOWED  THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND SPORTSMANSHIP.    IN THE END TOM CAME UP WITH THE MOST POINTS.   CHAD CAME UP ONE POINT SHY OF TYING.  AARON AND NICK CAME IN THIRD AND FOURTH RESPECTIVELY.  ED CAME IN FIFTH WITH RYAN IN THE SIXTH POSITION.  DAVE AND COLE ROUNDED OUT THE TOP EIGHT.   BUT TOM DESERVED THE CROWN AS HE WAS HITTING AND DIGGING BETTER THAN THE REST.  CHAD WAS ALMOST FLAWLESS EXCEPT FOR ONE GAME IN WHICH HE GOT SHELL SHOCKED.   THAT ONE GAME WAS ENOUGH TO CROWN HIM QUEEN.   AARON SHOWED SIGNS OF FRUSTRATION AS MOST PLAYERS AVOID SERVING HIM AS HE IS THE KING OF SPIKE.   NICK WAS SERVING HARDER THAN MOST PLAYERS SPIKES BUT FAILED TO TAKE CARE OF ENOUGH BUSINESS.  ED WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE- HITTING AND DIGGING AND ACTING A FOO.  BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO FINISH WITH THE TOP SPOT.  BRINKS WAS SOUP SANDWICH ALL DAY,  CONSISTENTLY CHOKING THE CHICKEN.   DAVE RETURNED FROM HIS CAMPAIGN TO TAKE THE SEVENTH SPOT.  IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE HAD LOST HIS WIND AS HE WAS SWEATING LIKE A STUCK PIG AND HAD A FEW MENTAL MELTDOWNS FROM TIME TO TIME.  AFTER A COUPLE MORE EVENTS IT IS EVIDENT DAVE WILL BE BACK AT THE TOP OF EASTSIDE.  COLEMAN HAD A GOOD SHOWING BUT GOT FRUSTRATED EARLY AND NEVER RECOVERED.  BUT STILL HAD MASSIVE BOMBS AND SOME QUALITY DEFENSE.    AGAIN, LETS ALL THANK THE NAUSIEDAS FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND GRACIOUSNESS FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT EVENT.   

TOM-140 (4-3)  CHAD-139 (6-1) AARON-132 (3-4) NICK 130 (5-2)

 ED-124 (2-5) RYAN-121 (2-5)  DAVE-117 (3-4)   COLE-115 (3-4)

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 4TH - TOM GETS PRIMED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP,   COLE HAS GREAT DEFENSE,  AARON WRENCHES HIS NECK,  ED BRINGS THE PAIN,  BRINKS MAY BE OUT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT APPEARS THAT TOM HAS PEAKED AT THE RIGHT TIME.   4 DAYS FROM THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENT IN EASTSIDE HISTORY, HE CLEANED HOUSE.   HE WILL DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THE TOP 7 SEEDS.    ED HAS THE CROWN WITHIN HIS GRASP BUT LOST BOTH GAMES WITH BRINKS BY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS TO SCREW HIS CHANCES.   AARON HAD A DECENT NIGHT BUT NEVER REALLY GOT ON TRACK.   LOSING THE FIRST GAME WITH BRINKS DIDN'T HELP HIS CONFIDENCE.   COLE WAS SOLID AND HAS STARTED GETTING HIS TIMING DOWN TO REALLY POUND THE BALL.   EVEN WITH THE NEW BRACE FROM FELLOW EASTSIDER COLEMAN,  BRINKS WAS UNABLE TO DO ONE THING RIGHT ALL NIGHT.   AT THIS POINT, BRINKS IS BARELY ABLE TO TYPE THIS UPDATE AS HIS BACK SEEMS TO HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.    HIS STATUS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS DAY TO DAY.   GOOD WORK TO ALL WHO CAME OUT AND THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WILL DEFINITELY PUT SOMEONE'S NAME ON THE EASTSIDE MAP.

TOM-162 (7-1)         ED-151 (4-4)          AARON 149 (3-5)           COLEMAN 143 (3-5)         BRINKS-143 (3-5)

SUNDAY,  AUGUST 1ST - AARON RETURNS TO PROMINENCE.

ANOTHER NIGHT OF VOLLEYBALL WAS PLAYED.   ALL SEEMED A LITTLE OFF AS THE SEASON IS OVER HALF OVER AND PLAYERS ARE DREADING ANOTHER MICHIGAN WINTER.   BRINKS GOT BAMBOOZLED AS HE WAS EXPECTING HIS NEW BRACE AND COLE COULD NOT DELIVER.    HE HAD A 0-4 RUN TO FINISH THE NIGHT.   PLAY WAS DECENT AND WED PLAY IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST AS MEDIOCRE.     AT THIS POINT, THE TURNOUT FOR THE EASTSIDE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SUNDAY, MAY NOT HAVE A LARGE TURNOUT.   EARLY WEATHER PREDICTIONS LOOK GOOD FOR THE EVENT.  

AARON-145 (4-2)   ED-135 (4-2)  RYAN-133 (2-4)  TOM-127 (2-4)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28TH -   ED REPEATS,  TOM RETURNS FROM ABDOMINAL STRAIN,  AARON CAN'T  ADJUST BACK TO SAND, COLE SWEARS A LOT.

SOLID PLAY ALL NIGHT WITH ED AGAIN USING HIS TWO FINGERS TO SLAM THE BALL.   AARON AGAIN PUNISHED THE BALL ALL NIGHT, BUT IT IS EVIDENT THAT HIS CONSTANT GRASS PLAY IS TAKING IT'S TOLL.  COLE HAD SOLID PLAY 88% OF THE TIME WITH GREAT D AND HEAVY BOMBS, HE DID HAS A FEW PASSING MISTAKES BUT STILL HELD HIS OWN.  TOM RETURNED TO GIVE A VALIANT EFFORT AT THE CROWN.  BUT IN THE END ,  ED WAS OVERPOWERING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE GAME.   

ED- 166 (6-2)       RYAN 164 (6-2)     TOM 158 (3-5)       AARON 152 (4-4)        COLE 142 (1-7)

THURSDAY, JULY 22ND - ED CLEANS HOUSE,  COLE COMES EARLY FOR A CLEAN UP PARTY, BRINKS GUARANTEES GAME 6,  TONY DELIVERS ON THE GUARANTEE AND FUN TIMES HAD.

ONLY FOUR BRAVE SOULS CAME OUT TO ENDURE THE MUGGY CONDITIONS.  TONY, ED , COLE AND BRINKS WOULDN'T LET TEMPS OVER 77 DEGREES WITH HUMIDITY IN EXCESS OF 80 PERCENT STOP THEM FROM PLAYING THE GAME THEY LOVE.   FROM THE START, ED WAS ON FIRE.  HE WAS SLAMMING AND BASICALLY PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND.   THE OTHER THREE BASICALLY WERE JUST WHIPPING BOYS FOR THE WEEKLY KING.   WEEKEND PLAY IS A MUST AS THE SUMMER IS OVER HALF OVER.  SO LET'S ALL MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET TOGETHER FOR SOME SWEET HOT ACTION.

ED - 135 (5-1)  TONY  113 (3-3)  RYAN 113 (3-3) COLE 107 (1-5)

SUNDAY , JULY 18TH - TWO IN A ROW FOR BRINKS

ANOTHER PERFECT DAY FOR THE GAME WE ALL LOVE.   TONY CAME OUT TO SHOW THAT 10,000 VOLTS SURGING THROUGH YOUR BODY DOES NOT STOP THE DESIRE TO SLAM THE VBALL.    HIS DAY WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO MUSCLE FAILURE IN HIS CALVES.   THE CURRENT KING, AARON, AGAIN HAD MASSIVE BOMBS AND GREAT HUSTLE PLAYS.  NICK'S SERVE WAS GOING STRONG ALONG WITH SOME SICK DEFENSE BACKED BY THE HARDEST HITS EASTSIDE HAS RECORDED.   NICK FINISHED THE NIGHT WITH THREE STRAIGHT VICTORIES.   STEADY EDDIE PLAYED SOLID HAVING AGAIN HARD HITS ALL DAY AND HEAVY DEFENSE ALONG WITH A GREAT SET PERCENTAGE OF 97%.    A SMALL WAR OF WORDS CAME ABOUT AFTER BRINKS HAD SOME STICKY FINGERS ON A DEFENSIVE PLAY.     HE FELT BAD AFTER THE DAY ENDED AS HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE WRONG.   THE POINT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REDONE AT THE LEAST.   SOMETIMES IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE BRINKS GETS DELUSIONAL AND PENIS-LIKE.    HOPEFULLY BRIDGES HAVE NOT BEEN BURNED OR FEELINGS HURT BEYOND REPAIR.    WED PLAY IS SCHEDULED.   TAKE NOTE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THE EASTSIDE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 21ST OR 22ND.    SOME MAY HAVE TO CANCEL IMPORTANT VACATIONS OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND. 

BRINKS 161 (5-2)  NICK 154 (4-3)  AARON 147 (3-4)  ED 143 (3-4)   TONY  - DNF

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH- BRINKS PAINTS THE LINES.

ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT OF PLAY AT EASTSIDE.   WET SAND REALLY HELPED BRINKS GET THE LIFT HE NEEDED TO GET OFF SOME MASSIVE DINKS AND LINE SHOTS.   AARON CONTINUED PUTTING THE BALL AWAY ON EVERY SET, BUT HAD A GAME OR TWO THAT PUT HIM SECOND BEHIND THE MAN.   ED AGAIN HAD MASSIVE BOMBS.  THESE BOMBS CAME WITH JUST TWO FINGERS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE BALL.  IF HE EVER  GETS HIS FULL HAND ON THE BALL.......WATCH OUT.    COLE AGAIN HAD GREAT DEFENSE AND SOLID SPIKES.   REFERRING TO ONE OF BRINKS' SETS, ONE EASTSIDE PLAYER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING "THAT WAS THE BEST SET EVER".    ALL HAD FUN AND SUNDAY PLAY IS CONTINGENT ON ED FINISHING HIS TILING, MULCHING, CEMENT PATCH WORK, TRIM WORK, CONSULTING PROJECTS, AND LANDSCAPING.

BRINKS-155 (5-1)  AARON 144 (3-3) ED-138 (3-3) COLE-130 (1-5)

JULY 10TH, 2004

AARON HAS SET THE STANDARD AS TO HOW A TRUE CHAMPION PERFORMS.  HE WAS RELENTLESS WITH MASSIVE BOMBS AND HEAVY DEFENSE.  LOSING ONLY TWO GAMES BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS WAS ENOUGH TO TAKE THE CROWN.   CHAD CAME OUT FOR A GREAT SHOWING.   HIS LEGS GAVE OUT ON THE LAST COUPLE GAMES BUT HE DEFINITELY HAD THE BIGGEST BOMBS OF THE DAY.    ED HAD JUST ONE LOW SCORE GAME TO GIVE HIM SECOND.   HE TOO HAD BOMBS THAT WOULD HAVE TORN THE HEAD OFF A SMALL CHILD.    IF EASTSIDE WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO DROP THE LOWEST SCORE GAME HE WOULD HAVE WON BY ONE POINT.   COLEMAN HAD SOME GREAT PLAYS BUT FELL SHORT OF THE CROWN.  HE DID HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SECOND ROUNDS OF THE DAY.   TOM CAME TO PLAY BUT A TORN ABDOMINAL MUSCLE CUT HIS DAY SHORT.   THE COMBINATION OF HIS UPCOMING MARRIAGE AND AGE REALLY HAS TAKEN IT'S TOOL ON THE OLD FART.    THE NAUSIEDAS AGAIN OVERDID THEMSELVES WITH FOOD AND BEVERAGE.  LETS ALL BE SURE TO GIVE A LITTLE PAT ON THE BACKS OF EACH OF THEM THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THEM.   SUBS, GATORADE, CHIPS AND BREWS ALL MADE THE DAY PERFECT.  A FEW FANS CAME OUT TO SEE THE EVENT.  LUCINDA,  CHAD'S ENTIRE FAMILY , KELI AND JOHN BORG ALL CAME TO SEE WHAT ALL THE HUBBUB WAS ABOUT.    THEY WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED.    TOM'S FIANCÉ CAME AFTER THE EVENT TO JOIN IN THE LATE CELEBRATION AND CONVERSATION.   AN AUGUST EVENT IS BEING LOOKED INTO RIGHT NOW.   ALL ELIGIBLE EASTSIDERS PLEASE CONTACT MANAGEMENT TO DATES THAT MAY WORK FOR YOU.   NEXT WEEKLY EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR WED. JULY 14TH.

SCORES AND RECORDS

AARON  194   6-2

ED      188  5-3

RYAN    180   5-3

CHAD   173  2-6

COLE   169   2-6

WEDNESDAY,  JULY 7th - BRINKS GOES FROM WORST TO FIRST

AFTER SATURDAYS DEBACLE,  IT APPEARED THAT BRINKS WAS SOUP SANDWICH.  BUT HE PROVED THAT  EASTSIDE IS WHERE HE BELONGS AND SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT TO THE BEACH.   PLAY WAS SOLID AND IT APPEARED THAT AARON WAS GOING TO SWEEP AS THE FIRST TWO GAMES HE HAD MASSIVE BOMBS ON EVERY SET -GOOD OR BAD.  BUT A COUPLE TOUGH GAMES HURT HIS CHANCES,  ED WAS HITTING HARDER THAN ANYONE AT EASTSIDE BUT HAD A 24 SECOND MELTDOWN BUT CAME THROUGH TO PUT OUT A GOOD SHOWING.    LAST WEEKS KING- NICK, DID NOT REPEAT AND HAD SOME POOR DECISIONS AND LONG SERVES TO PUT HIM AT THE BOTTOM SPOT.  TOM PLAYED WELL AND HAD SOME GREAT DIGS AND SERVES, BUT COULDN'T' KEEP UP WITH BRINKS' INTENSITY.  COLEMAN WAS DOING HIS USUAL TEYSHAWN PRINCE-LIKE DEFENSE AND BEN WALLACE-LIKE OFFENSE.   EVERYONE APPEARS TO BE READY FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT AT EASTSIDE TO DATE.    REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, ALL WILL HAVE FUN AND GIVE THE FANS A SHOW THEY WON'T SOON FORGET.   EACH GAME WILL HAVE AN OFFICIAL SCORER AND BALL CHASER.   THIS SHOULD HELP KEEP EVERYTHING REAL.

BRINKS-115  TOM-98  ED-92  AARON-90 CRAIG-85  NICK-82

SATURDAY, JULY 3rd - BRINKS AND NAUSIEDA HIT MUSKEGON.

ON THE DRIVE TO THE TOURNEY, ED HAD STATED HE HAD A GOOD FEELING.  HE WAS HALF RIGHT.  HE PLAYED HIS BUTT OFF AND WAS SLAMMING BALLS HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE.  THE PROBLEM WAS THE OPPONENTS REALIZED THAT HIS PARTNER WAS A WORTHLESS PILE OF CRAP.   BRINKS WAS UNABLE TO PASS, HIT, SET, SERVE OR TCB.  SO ALL SERVES WENT TO HIM AND THE DAY WAS SHORT AND DISAPPOINTING.   THAT MAY BE THE LAST TIME BRINKS HITS THE REAL CIRCUIT.   ED HAS BEEN SHOPPING FOR A NEW TOURNAMENT PARTNER EVER SINCE.   THEY DID MANAGE TO BEAT THE FIRST TEAM HANDILY.   THEY DID BOTH GET A NICE BASE TAN TO BRING THEM HOME FOR THE SUMMER. 

TUESDAY, JUNE 29th - NICK SQUEAKS BY TOMMY.

ALL EASTSIDE FAITHFUL CAME OUT TO STRUT THEIR STUFF.  ALL MATCHES WERE TIGHT AND EVERYONE PLAYED WELL.  IN THE END NICK TOOK THE TOP SPOT.   TOM WAS ONE HOMO DINK AWAY FROM TYING.   THE FINAL GAME MATCHED THE TWO TOP PLAYERS AGAINST AARON AND RYAN.   THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NICK AND TOM TO SHOW THAT THEIR POSITIONS WERE NOT A FLUKE.    UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE HUMILIATED AND SHOWS THAT SOMETIMES THE PLAYERS JUST LUCK OUT.   NEVERTHELESS, IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE YOU WILL WIN.   SO LET'S GIVE CREDIT TO NICK FOR OUTPERFORMING THE OTHER PLAYERS.    LET'S SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR TWO OF OUR ORIGINAL EASTSIDERS AS THEY VENTURE OUT TO MUSKEGON THIS WEEKEND FOR REAL TOURNAMENT PLAY.   ODDS MAKERS HAVE THEM AT 500:1 RIGHT NOW TO WIN IT, BUT THAT COULD INCREASE AS THEY COULD IMPROVE BY SATURDAY.    GRASS PLAY IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FOURTH AT THE MURRAY LAKE GRASS COMPOUND.   MOST ARE INVITED.   IF YOU ARE NOT SURE IF YOU ARE INVITED.   YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL.  

NICK-109  TOM-108   RYAN-104 AARON-102 ED-98  COLE-88

SUNDAY, JUNE 27TH - BRINKS.......GUARANTEED,  TOM STARTS OFF STRONG, AARON STILL SORE FROM GRASS TOURNEY,  ED'S SQUATS ARE SHOWING.

WELL THE DAY WAS PERFECT FOR VOLLEYBALL.  THE NEW CORE OF EASTSIDE SHOWED UP FOR SOME SERIOUS PLAY.   BRINKS SHOWED SIGNS OF LAST YEARS GREATNESS BUT STILL WAS UNABLE TO PUT A BALL AWAY.  ED HAS SOME MASSIVE BOMBS BUT MOST WERE IN THE HANDS OF HIS OPPONENTS.   TOM PLAYED GREAT ALL DAY BUT HAD A COUPLE GAMES THAT PUT HIM OUT OF THE RUNNING.  AARON WAS OFF HIS GAME AS HIS GRASS TOURNAMENT TOOK IT'S TOLL ON HIS QUADS.  BUT STILL HAD MASSIVE BOMBS AND GREAT DIGS.   TUESDAY SHOULD BE A GOOD BAROMETER AS TO WHO IS GOING TO BE THE FRONT RUNNER FOR THE JULY 10TH KOTB TOURNEY.

BRINKS-186   TOM-180   AARON-170  ED-164

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 23RD - ED REIGNS SUPREME - BRINKS HITS ROCK BOTTOM.

WELL IT'S OFFICIAL, THE 2003 DOMINATION BY BRINKS WAS A FLUKE.  HE HAS TURNED INTO THE UNFORCED ERROR KING.  ED ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS HIT HIS PEAK.  SLAMMA JAMMA.   AARON DEFINITELY HAS THE MOST DEADLY SPIKE, AS HE IS ABLE TO HIT THE LINES REGULARLY.  TOM HAD A POOR SHOWING BUT STILL HAD GREAT PLAYS.   BRINKS HAD 4-5 BAD HAND SETS AS WELL. 

POINT TOTALS

ED-127  AARON-125   TOM-116  BRINKS-110

SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19TH - SCOTT JUMPS TOO HIGH, BRINKS OFF THE CUSP

MORNING PLAY STARTED THE DAY AS FOUR HARDCORE PLAYERS CAME TO BRING THEIR STUFF.   SCOTT'S FIRST APPEARANCE PROVED TO BE A GOOD SHOWING.  THE KEY WHEN PLAYING WITH HIM IS PUT THE BALL IN THE AIR AND HE WILL SPIKE IT DOWN.   WHEN PLAYING AGAINST HIM THE KEY IS DO NOT SERVE TO HIM.  AARON FINISHED OFF THE DAY WITH THREE STRAIGHT VICTORIES.   ED AND RYAN BOTH DECIDED NOT TO SPIKE AND WORK ON PASSING FUNDAMENTALS AND GOOD SERVING.   STILL FUN AND MORE PLAY IN THE FUTURE.

POINT TOTALS

SCOTT  174    AARON  164   RYAN  156   ED  146

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16TH - TOM MAKES A RUN - BRINKS ON THE CUSP

A NIGHT OF GREAT HUSTLE AND BAD HITTING WAS ON THE DOCKET.   NICK CAME OUT TO SERVE HIS BOOTY OFF.  TOM PLAYED SOLID ALL NIGHT AND DESERVED THE CROWN.  BRINKS COULD HAVE TAKEN IT IF HE WOULD HAVE NOT CHOKED THE CHICKEN ON 5 CRUCIAL OCCASIONS.  COLE BECAME ENRAGED WITH HIS PERFORMANCE DURING ONE STRETCH AS HE HAD A PASSING MELTDOWN.  AARON PLAYED WELL BUT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO HIS RECENT SUCCESSES.  ED ALSO DID NOT LIVE UP TO HIS POTENTIAL.    FROM THIS POINT ON,  ALL POOR HAND SETS WILL BE CALLED, EITHER BY EASTSIDERS NOT PLAYING OR THE OTHER TEAM.  

POINT TOTALS

TOM- 153  RY- 152   NICK- 134  ED- 125  AARON- 119  COLE- 114

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH -  TOM CLEANS HOUSE  - COLEMAN DIGS LIKE A COAL MINER

OVERALL POOR PLAY BY EVERYONE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TOM.   HE BASICALLY PLAYED FLAWLESS IN ROUTE TO A ONE LOSS NIGHT.   NOT ONLY WERE HIS SERVES DEVASTATING, BUT HE WAS HITTING, DIGGING AND PASSING LIKE A SEASONED PRO.  COLEMAN HAS SOME OF THE BEST DIGS IN EASTSIDE HISTORY BUT STILL NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS CONFIDENCE.   TONY SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT AS HE STARTED GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS.  ED HAD WHAT MIGHT BE HIS WORST PERFORMANCE SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1992 WHEN STEVE SIMKINS AND TIM THUSTON BEAT RYAN AND ED 21-12.   BRINKS HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME OUT.   BUT HE KEEPS COMING SO THAT'S SOMETHING. 

TOM -131      RY- 117      ED -101    COLE -100      TONY -91

SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH  - HAIL THE NEW KING....AARON,  TOM COMES CLOSE TO BRINGING THE PAIN

7 SHOWED UP FOR SOME HARDCORE PLAY.  THE PLAY LEVEL HAS RISEN ONCE AGAIN AND CAN ONLY GET BETTER.  BUT IN THE END AARON AGAIN TOOK THE TOP SPOT.  WED IS THE PLAN FOR THIS WEEK, BUT LET'S CONSIDER THURSDAY DUE TO WET WEATHER.   A NEW RULE FOR PLAYERS HAS ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED......IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO PLAY AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE,  TURN AROUND AND PLAN ON PLAYING THE NEXT TIME.   

AARON -130  TOM -129  ED -122  RYAN -121  COLE -111 TONY -100  NATE -99

THURSDAY, JUNE 3 - AARON DOUBLES HIS WINS FROM 2003- THE RETURN OF THE HAMMER

AARON AGAIN IMPRESSED WITH ANOTHER SOLID VICTORY.  THE HAMMER RETURNED FOR SOME SWEET HOT ACTION.   ED CAME CLOSE TO BRINGING THE PAIN BUT HAD A FEW MENTAL BREAKDOWNS TO PUT HIM IN SECOND.  BRINKS' GAME IS IMPROVING AND HE WILL START WINNING REGULARLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.  NATE PLAYED WELL BUT HAD SOME UNFORCED ERRORS THAT HURT HIS CHANCES.   STILL FUN TIMES.

POINT TOTALS

AARON-176  ED-166  RYAN-153  COLE-141  NATE-138

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH - FIZZLE IN THE DIZZLE

AARON HAS BECOME THE MOST DOMINANT PLAYER IN MAY SINCE 2003.  AND BRINKS HAS BECOME THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN EASTSIDE HISTORY.  STILL FUN TIMES. 

TOTALS

AARON- 143  ED- 137  TOM- 131  RYAN- 128  NATE- 119

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH - EASTSIDE SHRINKS TO A FOURSOME

AS THE SEASON COMES INTO FULL SWING IT IS EVIDENT THAT AGAIN THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN NOT ENOUGH PLAYERS WILL SHOW AND IT WILL BE BRINKS AND ED PLAYING ONE ON ONE.  BUT FOUR SHOWED UP FOR SOME OF THE TIGHTEST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR.  AARON HAS BEEN DISPLAYING SOME OF THE BEST HITTING OF THE SEASON,  HIS DOUBLE BARRELED MISSILE LAUNCHERS ARE FULLY ACTIVATED.  ED IS SOLID WITH GREAT SERVES, SETS AND HAMMERS.  BRINKS IS IMPROVING BUT CAN'T SEEM TO GET INTO THE GROOVE.  NATE HAD A TOUGH NIGHT GOING WINLESS BUT STILL SHOWED TRUE GRIT AND DETERMINATION.  SUNDAY PLAY IS PLANNED.  ANOTHER NOTE...TOM CICHON WILL WED SOMETIME IN JUNE AND WE HERE AT EASTSIDE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS AND SALUTATIONS. 

POINT TOTALS

AARON- 129   RYAN- 126  ED- 124  NATE- 102

SUNDAY , MAY 16TH - THE DRAMATIC RETURN OF BRINKS

THE SEASON CAN FINALLY BEGIN AS BRINKS RETURNED FROM HIS CAREER ENDING INJURY TO PROVE HE MAY BE THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH.  ALTHOUGH HIS GAME WAS A TAD UNPOLISHED HE SHOWED TRUE COURAGE AND A CAN-DO ATTITUDE THAT LIFTED THE SPIRITS OF ALL EASTSIDERS.   AS DAVE MAKES HIS RUN FOR THE STATE SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEFTIST MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE, HE ALSO IS MAKING A STRONG RUN FOR THIS YEARS WIN LEADER AND OUTRIGHT CHAMPION.   PLAY WAS GREAT BY ALL.  IT WAS ALSO THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF TONY MILLER.  HE HADN'T PLAY IN OVER 17 YEARS AND IT SHOWED.  BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS ELECTROCUTED AND SHOT IN THE AIR 27 FEET.   HE HAS THE EXTRA LONG ACHILLES OF A BLACK MAN SO HE WILL BE BACK.  NATE, TOM, AND ED ALSO WERE IN THE MIX.  EVERYONE PLAYED GREAT AND FUN TIMES WERE DEFINITELY HAD. 

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2004 - SOME GUYS PLAYED, SLOPPY, DAVE WON.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY 5, 2004   - FIRST KOTB PLAY OF THE YEAR

AARON OPEN PLAY WITH THE GUNS SWINGING.  ED ALSO BROUGHT HIS BAZOOKAS.  NICK HAS A HIT THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED A SMALL RODENT.  TOM WAS BRINGING THE PAIN AS WELL.  ALL IN ALL A GOOD NIGHT FOR BEGINNING THE PLAY FOR THE SUMMER.   INJURED REIGNING KING, RYAN BRINKS, STOPPED BY TO CUT THE CEREMONIAL RIBBON ON 2004 PLAY.   GREAT TIMES HAD BY ALL.  

POINT TOTALS-   AARON -125    ED- 117  NICK- 116   TOM- 112