Commish Corner Winter Season Week 2

Commish Corner – Winter Season Week 2

Top News and Questions

1.  How would the long layover affect the teams?

2.  Could the Khanmen sweep their doubleheader? NO!

3.  Could the Elders continue their winning ways? YES!

4.  Would the Lightning march on? YES!

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Men’s Game of the Week – Elders vs. Ninja (Elite League)

The resurgent Elders took on the seemingly unstoppable Ninja in a great Elite League game. The Ninja were up for most of the game and were ahead by nine with ten minutes to go. However, the Elders slowly clawed their way back into the game (vintage Elders of 4 championships in a row!) and forced overtime when Brian Styers hit a running underhand shot at the buzzer (vintage Styers!). The Elders took control in the overtime period and pulled away for the 52 to 44 victory. Superstar Kyle Rice who is back from surgery, had 21 for the Elders, while Styers and Smith each had 10. Could this be the return of the venerable Elders who were unstoppable for the first 4 Legends seasons? Perhaps! For the Ninja, Hay continued his strong start with 20 and Jones had 11.

Ladies Game of the Week – Wolves vs. Angels

The Angels suffered their second straight close loss, falling to the defending champs 63 to 51. The balanced scoring of the Wolves was too much for the Angels as India Thomas had 18, Carrico had 11 and Conboy added 9. The Angels were led by Huley’s 26 and Barkalow’s 11.

Legend of the Week – Phil Caldwell (Thangs)

In a stunning offensive outburst, Phil Caldwell dominated the game between the Thangs and the Khanmen. Caldwell hit shots from all over the court including several clutch free throws and finished with a team high 19 points. All of Caldwell’s 19 points were needed as the Thangs barely defeated the Khanmen 46 to 42.

Phil leads the charge!

Other Stars in No Particular Order:

1)  Goff (Jackals) – Goff powered the Jackals to a 67 to 52 victory over the LittleLeaguers with 20 points.

2)  Heard (CACI Commonwealth) – In a 50 to 47 loss to the Squires, Heard led the way with 21 points.

3)  Brandmark (Hoosiers) – In a 49 to 23 thumping of the Terminators, Brandmark was practically unstoppable with 22 points.

4)  Rice (Elders) back from injury and refusing to lose with 21 points

Ladies Legend of the Week – Johnson (Lightning)

In the Lightning’s 80 to 49 demolition of the Grippers, Johnson was a woman possessed scoring 36 points.

Jessica gets an easy 2!

Other Stars in No Particular Order:

1)  India Thomas (Wolves) – See above.

2)  Huley (Angels) – See above.

3)  Stensrud (B Team) – In the B Team’s 33 to 22 victory over the Thunder, Stensrud led the way with 12 points.

Highlights

1.  / Jackals / See above – Byrd and Gula had nice games as well with 15 and 12 respectively.
2.  / LittleLeaguers / Arnolie’s 14 and Hsu’s 13 led the way for the LittleLeaguers, who were without stud Crowder, and it showed!
3.  / Squires / In the tough 3 point win, Newsome had 13 and Dick Beville had 9. Commish Cortese shocked the world by scoring 4 – and he was thrilled to point out they won by 3.
4.  / CACI Commonwealth / See above.
5.  / Elders / See above.
6.  / Ninja / See above.
7.  / Money / The Money destroyed the RimRockers, 74 to 50 as #21 scored 21, Bechtle had 14 and Gulick had 12.
8.  / RimRockers / The RimRockers are clearly suffering a post championship hangover. In their second straight dud of a performance, #12 had 16 and Robinson scored 13.
9.  / Wildcats / With Heslep scoring 13 and Rovinsky scoring 8, the Wildcats defeated the StrongArms 42 to 37.
10.  / StrongArms / McCleary led the way with 15 in the loss.
11.  / GreyThunder / In a tough 40 to 34 win over CACI 1, Finley scored 12 and Jacobs added 7.
12.  / CACI 1 / Mek and Pruitt led the way with 9 and 8 respectively in the loss.
13.  / Mantua / The Mantua got balanced scoring in their 54 to 46 win over the Xmen. Rhodes had 18 and Hawley threw in 17 points in the win.
14.  / Xmen / Julien led the way with 13 and Drew added 10 in the loss.
15.  / Savages / The Savages had a much better effort this week compared to week one, winning 48 to 37 over the Killers. Maynard had 16, Allen added 15 and Savidge chipped in with 10 points.
16.  / Killers / Dias had 11 and Hunter had 8 in the loss.
17.  / Showtime / Thanks to Hendricks 13, Moyer’s 12 and Dickinson’s 9, the Showtime pulled away from the Heat and won 48 to 43.
18.  / Heat / Twyman and Arft led the way with 15 and 8 points respectively in the loss.
19.  / HoundDogs / In a four point win over the Zephyrs, O’Keefe had 14 and Kennedy had 13.
20.  / Zephyrs / In the 42 to 38 loss, Chow had 12 and Rehberger had 10 points.
21.  / Borg / The Borg destroyed the Islanders 71 to 32 as Moniello continued his assault on league records with 28 points. Bogin had 14 and Snyder added 13 in the win. CAN YOU SAY “A” LEAGUE?!
22.  / Islanders / Kauffman and Sethi led the way with 12 and 11 respectively.
23.  / Hoosiers / See above. Michalski had a nice game as well with 15 points.
24.  / Terminators / Belcher provided the only real offense for the Terminators with 10 points.
25.  / Thangs / See above. Goodson chipped in with 12 points in the win.
26.  / Khanmen / Fox had 13 and Miller had 7 for the Khanmen.
27.  / Khanmen / In their second game of the night, Miller had 12, Soum had 9 and Fox added 6 to lead the Khanmen to a 43 to 35 win over the Comanche.
28.  / Comanche / Schohn’s 11 and Hathaway’s 10 led the way with for the Comanche.
29.  / Wolves (women’s league) / See above.
30.  / Angels (women’s league) / See above.
31.  / Lightning (women’s league) / See above. Stubbs had 19 and Steph Pictroski contributed 12 points in the win.
32.  / Grippers (women’s league) / Lego had 14 and McIntosh had 10 for the Grippers.
33.  / B Team (women’s league) / See above. Adams chipped in with 10 points.
34.  / Thunder (women’s league) / Anne Showalter had 8 for the Thunder in defeat.
35.  / Phantoms (women’s league) / In a 30 point drubbing of the Goddesses, the Phantoms got 15 from A. Hopkins and 9 from Henry, L. Hopkins and Petty.
36.  / Goddesses (women’s league) / In the 54 to 24 loss, Pritchett scored 8.

Story by Mr. Thang

Pictures courtesy “The Commish”