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Five Years and Running Mens - The most exciting play of the entire season probably came at the manager's meeting. The announcement was made that Dave Riley was withdrawling his team from the mens handball league. The league's balance of power suddenly swung to the Predators. And then Ben and Eric said they needed free agents and picked up the rest of Riley's aborted roster. The balance tipped again. I know Dave Riley is but only one person, but he brings with him Neil Copeland and his younger cousin, John Riley. Besides, he's a really good one person. It just so happens that the Milwuakee Beers had enough field talent to compliment Neil and Dave (I don't know where Ethan came from, but he really fell into somethng good), and a good keeper in their co-captain, Ben Weinreich. And to be a good keeper in this sport on this level, you don't necessarily need the quickest reflexes or the best goal awareness. You just need to be nuts. People that enjoy to get hit in the face with the ball are the only people that will make good goalkeepers in this league. Ask Leon. I like to think I was a good soccer goaltender and I would jump out of the way of a breakaway handball shot. Anyway, the Predators came out ready for the powerhouse. These two teams had not met in the regular season and it took a while for the Predators to adjust to the speed of the Beers, on both offense and defense. Coming out of halftime down 6-3, the Predators made their run. They went on a 4-1 run in the beginning of the second half to even the score at 7 apiece. And then Ethan went on a tear. He scored 3 goals in the last 5 minutes and assisted another to ensure the Beers their 14-10 championship victory. Congratulations to the Milwaukee Beers, especially the new ones, on their first ever championship in their first ever sport. And my heart goes out to the Predators, who lost to Riley in two straight handball championships. Gonzo said he's sick of losing to him in the finals. Well, I did it for three years before you were even in that game Gonzo. I know where you're coming from.
Battle of the New Dorms Coed - Well, we got to finally run a coed handball tournament for the first time in UMBC history. At least we haven't had one in the past 9 years, and I assume that there's not a coed handball tournament that predates me. The tournament consisted of two teams. Good With Balls headed by Jason Woody, RA of Erickson Hall, and the Blu Ballaz, captained by Hessam Afshari of the Engineering School and Kimberly Ecle, RA of New Hall. They played the best two of three games and put on a pretty exciting show. Woody walked away with 12-10 wins in the first two games, thus winning the tournament. When asked if they wanted to play the third game just for fun, both teams voted unanimously to play it. Because handball is fun and that's what the game is about. So they got together for the third game, and Hessam managed to pull out a 13-12 victory in the Irrelevant Bowl. But a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, by the time the game was over and we took the picture, all the girls had left. So I was going to try to edit in a picture of Heidi Klum for them. But it turns out I don't have that much free time. So congratulations to Woody, Walsh, Colin and the rest of the crew for their first ever intramural championship. And a congrats to Kim also. Both of you guys are in the runnings for the end of the year RA pizza party. Hopefully this will inspire more RAs to get teams together. I know I'll see Jason again.
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