Masters Easterns 2007

I played Easterns with Above & Beyond last weekend, had a great time, and signed on for the season, along with a few other ex-KooB/Salt guys. Lost in the finals, but the future looks bright. Briefly, a tourney recap.

First, pool play Saturday. Very hot and humid.

Round 1, Mount Crushmore: Always in control of this one. 15-5.

Round 2, DC Funk: Took half 8-3 and then they clawed back. We gutted it out for the 15-13 win. Guys cramping while Big Ego watched, as they had dispatched Mt. Crushmore in short order.

Round 3, Big Ego: Good game, went up 3-1, then went down 2. Tied. Went down two and then tied three more times over the course of the game. Lost 15-14 at the cap.

Saturday night. Dehydrated, fighting off waves of nausea until like 10PM. Forcing dinner down was a chore.

Sunday, cool and with a hint of mist in the air. Refreshing.

Semis, DC Funk: We turned up the defensive intensity and that helped a lot, I thought. Up 8-2 at half. They again turned in a better second half, but didn't threaten like they did on Saturday. 14-8 final score, maybe?

Finals, Big Ego: Again, went up initially and then they came back. We were down 11-7 at one point. Came back to 13-12, lost 15-13.

Personally, again briefly, it might just be the Advil talking, but my various injuries didn't affect me quite as much as they did at WMO, I'm not as sore as I thought I'd be, and got some revenge on The Black Rings Workout yesterday (finished it this time, with times of 0:50, 0:47, 0:45, 0:47, and 0:44), so I'm just going to ignore them from now on. And while I'm not out of my slump yet (mostly did no harm, had a good semis but a poor finals, including a horrific drop), I can finally see the path to a strong season before me, so I'm no longer worried about it.

Oh, a first: I had ex-teammates on every team in the division. Awesome.