2016-2017: Week 8 Player Reports
-As the HatchetBall season wears on, it becomes more obvious which matchups are favorable or troublesome. Light Blue has been a nice surprise this season. They play hard, rebound, and aren’t afraid to be physical. Sitting at 4-2 coming into their matchup with the undefeated Team Green, they had an opportunity to make a statement in this game. However, it was clear early on that the small, scurried attack of Team Green was not something they were well-equipped to deal with. Green thrives on transition perimeter shots, which are the hardest to defend for a Light Blue squad built on big bodies and methodical team defense. Green didn’t run away in this one, because they don’t have the dominance to do that, but even when the game was very close, it seemed to be only a matter of time before they got it together and put the game out of reach.
10:00 - Team Bo
(Yellow) vs. Team Tierney (Dark Blue)
-Taking advantage of the impossibly slow Team Bo, Team Tierney finally found their first win of the season. Steigerwald continued his strong play with 29 big points, but his team was short handed and Team Dark Blue kept the pressure on the entire game at the offensive end with an endless barrage of outside shots. Eventually Team Yellow broke down and Dark Blue secured the victory, leaving the miserable Team Grey as the only winless team in HatchetBall.
11:00 - Team Garmes (Blue) vs. Team Vito (Orange)
-Billed as the matchup between the two preseason favorites to meet in the championship, this game did not disappoint. Points were hard to come by in a physical slog of a game and this one went right down to the wire. In the end, the difference seemed to be a complete ghost game by Matt Koll (0,2,0) and some timely shooting from a Rob and a slightly more athletic version of Rob with slight more hair on his head. Despite the success of Team Green in the regular season, it would still be nice to see these teams duke it out in the title game and give the HatchetBall diehards a matchup for the ages.
Standings
|
Team |
Captain |
Win |
Loss |
Record |
Win % |
Streak |
|
Green |
Matt
V |
6 |
0 |
6 - 0 |
1.000 |
W6 |
|
Blue |
Garmes |
5 |
1 |
5 - 1 |
0.833 |
L1 |
|
Orange |
Vito |
4 |
2 |
4 - 2 |
0.667 |
W1 |
|
Light Blue |
Guinane |
4 |
2 |
4 - 2 |
0.667 |
L1 |
|
Red |
Brennan |
2 |
4 |
2 - 4 |
0.333 |
L2 |
|
Yellow |
Bo |
2 |
4 |
2 - 4 |
0.333 |
L1 |
|
Dark Blue |
Tierney |
1 |
5 |
1 - 5 |
0.167 |
W1 |
|
Grey |
Beave |
0 |
6 |
0 - 6 |
0.000 |
L6 |