• Print
• Email

We here at the Sentinel welcome you all back! The Sentinel took a sabbatical last week (with rumors persisting that we needed time off to wring ourselves out after the downpour last weekend), but we are back and ready to cover some of the games! It was a hot one out there on the fields, and more importantly, DRY! Doesn’t look like the same can be said for this coming weekend, but alas, we don’t look at the future, we only look at the past! With all that, let’s take a quick look, with some bonus commentary to follow at the end!

Breakfast Club: 

Breakfast Club (Trish’s Version) 40, Dri’s Company 31

All BCTV does is win, and that continued against one of the frontrunners from prior to the season in Dri’s Company!  Dri was there, seemingly ousted from the Beesing camping trip where we assume he took plenty peyote and forgot where he was, but she was there rocking to go. Trish was smart to pair known bromance Frank and Sal, and they got to work early and often, with Frank delivering strike after strike to his targets. Sal didn’t even get to yell at Frank this week! This game featured a ton of offense, and when it mattered most, the chemistry of BCTV could not be beaten. 

D1:

Eyes Uptown 36, Eyes Downtown 31

The only D1 game this week, everybody had their guys and it was nothing short of yet another classic between these two teams. Drill Sargent Bobby McConnell was razor focused, looking to take control of the division and he was firing it early, finding his immense talent of receivers. In perhaps the best girls matchups in the entire league, advantage went to Maddie Norton, as she took quick hitting routes and got a ton of yardage. Joey Batts completed yet another comeback, and EU takes the game. 

D2:

Can’t Touch This 41, Freeballer 41

A tie! Nobody likes a tie, right? However, this one was a fun, back and forth game the whole way through. Freeballers had the advantage early after a nice pick of Strong-armed QB Ryan for CTT, but they battled back with fervor, utilizing one of the fastest and shiftiest girls in the league, Allie, who was a matchup nightmare, and is for most teams. Towards the end, needing to score, Ryan delivered an absolute BOMB, throwing the entire field to the back of the endzone, and at least secured a tie. May not have been a win, but it wasn’t a loss either, so they stay out of the loss column for another week!

D3:

Topper’s All-Star’s and Todd 27, Keller Whales 26

There is one reason, and one reason alone we decided to write this game up: TOPPER HAD NOT ONE, BUT TWO INTERCEPTIONS! This was a feat we thought we would not see, as it has been a few decades since Topper had the prowess to do this. We will even ignore the drop on the first series of the game! The Kellers did not have Damien to throw, which makes a big difference, but the KW made due and had a good amount of success on offense. The real play of the game? A SICK one-handed interception by Katie Keller on a Dubey deep ball. TASAT gets their win, and now feel like they can beat anyone!

D4: 

Cobblestone 22, Creekers 19

Cobblestone gets a win! Everyone showed up! For those unfamiliar, it is a Cobblestone tradition to play short-handed, so it came as a welcome surprise to see a full squad. QB wonders Mitch and Daryl had off games, as Mitch threw a few picks while Daryl threw two. A low scoring affair, this one came down to which team made fewer mistakes. Daryl always has a knack for finding spectacular athletes to play with, and he let them shine. The men of Cobblestone and tall, can jump and catch anything as long as Darryl puts it in the area, and have strong girls learning the game. Creekers can compete with anybody, and excel on both offense and defense, this just was not one of those games. 

D5:

Power Puff Girls 55, Stir the Sauce 33

STS put up a good fight against Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. They plowed rowdy and rough against the girls, catching touchdowns around Kayla Voss, intercepting the PPG QB, and using their height to their advantage. Even some lucky breaks were had, with the PPG dropping easy interceptions. The downside of playing a gender team is you have to score a lot of points. Scoring five times would be good against nearly any other team, but when the opposing team is guaranteed 8 points every score, it is hard to keep up. Big shoutout to Maddie Norton and Jessie Kieta for their performances!

D6: 

Dogg Pound 27, Sticky Laces 10

Dogg pound gets the win! DP has been taking on some coaching from fellow players, and they put it into action for their first TSL win. With a new QB, DP was smart and strategic with their offense for the first time this session, and it paid off big time. They have some really good athletes, and if they keep putting it together, more wins will come, even if it is in future sessions. SL has had a real struggle adapting to the game, but they have the talent to turn it around, so we hope they stick around. 

The Brilliant, and the Blunders

As an added bonus, for fun, we here at the sentinel want to pilot a new series called the Brilliant, and the blunders. Each week, in our observations, we will point out the brilliant, and the blunders of the week. There will probably be some regulars on these lists, as we know those who blunder the most! Once again, we don’t have everybody’s name, and cannot see everything, so if there is something noteworthy you want to point out about anything you see, your team, a particular player, send it to Jeff at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Brilliant

1. Early in the game, Chris Wolcott mosses 3 ILF defenders on a Hail Mary deep ball, WITH a shirt on!
2. John Langley snags a double clutch first half touchdown, and deep post touchdown while subbing for Not So Sticky, showing he that he might be the third best QB AND receiver in D5. 
3. Chris Nelson saves Eyes Uptown at least twice in their game against Eyes Downtown. Once on a deep post, showing his speed, and once again for the game-winning touchdown, showing his finesse. 
4. Jabronies play spoiler, and Eric Kleckler flexes his muscles, as they upset Wanderers, and outlast Bullet club.
5. Topper finds the fountain of youth, at least for one week, and remembers how to catch a football, picking off the Keller Whales TWICE.

Blunders

1. Cobblestones’ Daryl Carr calls a timeout before halftime, proceeds to immediately throw a pick when receiver runs the wrong route. 
2. Scared Hitless plays a whole game with only 5 athletes, reminding everyone that playing short-handed it really difficult. 
3. Not So Sticky becomes (we assume, Jeff will need to peruse the official stats) the first team in TSL history to tie both the worst team, and best team, in division. NSS seems to take pride in those. 
4. The extra point lines on the fields are again not aligned in the middle, cause havoc and chaos for QBs trying to center the dog toys. 
5. The bar drops Twisted Tea from the tap, enraging the patrons. 

That’s it for us this week! Catch you all on Saturday where we hope the rain holds off!

• Prev
• Next