Straight to Individual highlights
A very brief recap. Anybody can compile more highlights and information as necessary.
[Chris also tends to be rather stream-of-consciousness when he writes these things...]
An absolutely spectacular day for a good tournament in Raleigh. A few teams did not arrive, giving some teams lots of byes to advance through multiple rounds. After a scheduled bye during the first round, took the field against App State, a solid team with nice offensive flow and aggressive defense, who took the game, 13-6. That loss cast us to the bottom bracket for a game against Davidson, who did not come, therefore advancing us to the third round. Played a strong game against Virginia, winning 13-7. Recall that first point which Darkside scored against them in that game, absolutely stunning, picture perfect, smooth, calm, gentle, and yet piercing offense. Advanced Darkside to the fourth round against archrival and nemesis Duke, with a strong cast of characters much improved during the past year, who won a hard fought game 13-8. Would attribute some of our woes to hurried throws, unforced drops, and the occasional clog. Good cheer for the first time Darkside has ever reached Regionals. Pack those proverbial bags.
Thanks to Geoff Haisty for organizing the modified departure time due to late knowledge of our scheduled bye in the early round. Thanks to Brian Warshaw for cheers and encouragement. Thanks to Pleiades members Emily Larson, Torie Hilton, Stephanie Moravec, Margo Hasselman for moral and vocal support. A resounding cheer for The Cat in the Hat on the field.
Cheers, Chris.
Mark "The Cat in the Hat" Parris was in Japan for this tournament so we wanted him to be scared as to what actually happened at the tournament.
From: Carl Erikson
Carl
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:27:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Doctor sez...
Doctor sez that my broken leg on the last point of the Duke game will heal just
in time for Regionals ... whew! Nice full field hammer to Alan, Bill. I loved
it when Andrew started pulling between his legs. But the highlight was when we
played 500 to determine the winner of the Virginia game - nice leaps everyone.
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