June 25^th, 2009

Banana Hammocks Hang On To First

Some giant clouds and some giant heads faced off this week for a narcissistic match up of egos in Canatara between the Megalomaniacs and Delusions of Grandeur.  With players from both sides firming believing they could win, the match proved to be a close one.  But when the rain came the gloved handlers of D.o.G. seemed to grip more points than their opponents, leading to a 15-12 win.  Commendations were given to rookie Chris Papanayotou of the Megalos for getting his first D-block and first point on the season. 

At Lansdowne Park, the Suspects came out flying with a 8-0 lead into half time and did not look back finishing the game with a final score of 15-0.  This “skunker” of a game being the first non-forfeit shutout in the Sarnia league since 2004.  An excellent game by all Suspects with very impressive performances by Liz Entrop, Amy Hogervorst, Eric Moulton and Brian Thorne.

The first-place Banana Hammocks sported their new team jerseys for the first time this season, but it did not appear to help as the feisty Bulldogs came out strong taking the first 2 points of the game.  The rest of the first half was a close battle back and forth with the Bulldogs defence putting a very tight squeeze on the Banana Hammocks to prevent much lateral movement.  Ultimately the Bulldogs took a 8-7 lead into the half.  The Banana Hammocks changed their tactics in the 2nd half utilizing a zone defence.  The new defensive system caught the Bulldogs by surprise, as they could not generate much offence against it.  The Banana Hammocks won the 2nd half of the game by a score of 8-2 and won the game 15-10.  It appears as though the new dogs will have to learn some old tricks to beat the defensive zone in the future.  Karen Vanderkant of the Banana Hammocks had a strong game making a few impressive catches in the end zone.  Dave Geddes played very well for the Bulldogs, staying very tight defence on the Banana Hammock Handler Tyler Shaw.  Also, Jamie Fraser was able to use his speed and size to score key offensive points for the Bulldogs.

The Huckstables premiered their new jerseys this week changing their team colour from Biscuit to Marine.  When questioned on why her team must use such fancy colours, Huckstable Vanessa Gillis replied “We’re a fancy team”.  Well this reporter says not fancy enough, as the pink Hungate’s Mom team defeated them 15-11.