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[Martino S. Henderson]

Great job everyone. Spring Break for Junior will be over by next week so
I'll be able to come out for the playoffs. I can't wait. I'm feeling
really good about this round.

:D Getting pumped up!!!

-Martino 

On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 03:29:34PM -0500, John Valdes wrote:
> We played Bass Ackward for the final night of the regular season.
> 
> I played first against Don in a 3:3.  I shot terribly; my aim seemed
> to be dead on, but my stroke was dead off, with my shots going nowhere
> near where I was aiming.  Don struggled in the first game too, but
> managed to sink more than me and won the game.  My stroke improved in
> the second game, up until the point where I cut one of my balls into
> the 8 (nowhere near where I was aiming...) and sent the 8 into a
> pocket, giving Don the 2nd game.  Unfortunately, the third game was
> much of the same, with Don ultimately winning to take the match, 0:3.
> 
> Jack played next against Lori in a 2:2.  Jack was being thwarted at
> times by the table but otherwise was making good shots.  The match
> went back and forth, with Jack winning the first game and Lori winning
> the second.  In the hill game, Jack was on his way to take the game
> and match, but towards the end, Lori kept leaving Jack with really
> hard shots.  Ultimately, Lori prevailed, 1:2.
> 
> Roger played third against Gary in a 2:3.  Roger started out slowly,
> also being thwarted at times by the table, and lost the first 2 games.
> Undaunted, Roger kept his focus and rallied to win the 3rd game,
> sending the match to the hill.  This time, it was Gary's turn to be
> thwarted, at one point giving up ball-in-hand after poking too lightly
> on an easy shot and leaving his ball short of a pocket w/o anything
> contacting a rail.  Roger put that to good use, running 3 of his
> remaining 4 balls, and eventually getting to the 8, which he sank with
> a nice, long, cross-table cut into a corner for the game and match,
> 2:2.
> 
> Paul went next against Jill in a 2:3.  Jill was right on target with
> her shots, sinking her balls cleanly wherever she aimed.  Fortunately,
> Paul was on too and matched her stroke for stroke (more like run for
> run).  He got to the 8 first and sank it to take the first game.  Paul
> continued shooting very well in the second game and nicely avoided
> scratching on the 8 for a win, taking the match 2:0.
> 
> Tami played the final match against Dave in a 1:4.  Dave got off to a
> quick lead in the first game, but Tami's stroke was smooth and true,
> and she slowly caught up to Dave one ball at a time while his last
> ball left him stymied by a corner pocket.  Alas, he finally kicked it
> away from the pocket and sank it in another, followed by the 8 to
> take the first game.  Tami continued shooting well in the second game
> however, this time sinking balls 2 or 3 at a time, 'til she got to the
> 8 before Dave, which she then sank for the game and match, 1:1.
> 
> So we won 3, lost 2.  We entered the night tied for 3rd with Holdin'
> Our Own and only 1 game out of 2nd behind Nice Game, 7 Bucks.  At the
> time we finished, both Holdin' and Nice Game were still playing
> matches, but both had only won 2 so far, so depending on the results
> of their final matches, there's a chance we pulled ahead of Holdin'
> and tied Nice Game for 2nd.
> 
> On an individual level, with his win, Paul secured his standing as
> the top performing player in the league for the Winter session,
> winning 10 of 12 matches and increasing his handicap by 16 points,
> catching Az with a final handicap of 48.  Great job Paul!  Tami and
> Martino also finished among the top 10 players--Tami at 7 and Martino
> at 10 going into last night--with Tami winning 8 out of 12 matches
> played and Martino winning 7 of 12.  Az did very well percentage-wise
> too, winning 4 of 5 matches, but with only 5 matches played, his net
> rating was lower--19th overall.  That was out of ~70 players, so still
> good.  Ultimately, everyone got wins when they were needed, so great
> job everyone!
> 
> The next 3 weeks are the playoffs.  The 1st place team (the one with
> the most combined match wins from the Fall and Winter sessions) will
> play the 8th place team; the 2nd place team will play the 7th, and so
> on.  The 4 teams that win the first week of the playoffs will advance
> to the winners bracket to play for 1st through 4th place in the
> subsequent 2 weeks of the playoffs, while the 4 losing teams will drop
> to the losing bracket to vie for 5th through 8th.  A winning team on a
> given night during the playoffs is a team that wins 3 out of the 5
> matches against its opponent; as soon as a team wins 3 matches, it is
> declared the winner for the night and no more matches are played
> against its opponent (eg, if a team wins its first 3 matches, then it
> wins the night and matches 4 and 5 aren't officially played).  On the
> last night of the playoffs, there will be food!
> 
> See you all next week!
> 
> John

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