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Space
Jam in Tempe - Tempe, AZ
New Years Fest marks the unofficial
beginning of the club touring season. This year's affair in
Tempe brought the usual suspects together, players from all
over the continent ready to broil in the Arizona heat and
scrape skin off their bodies. The Tempe fields are dreaded
for their cheese grater-like qualities, but after a couple
ultimate free months the pain is worth it to get back to the
game.
The conditions were as expected, overly hot and sunny but
the stronger wind this year was more of a factor.
In the
Open draw Jam knocked off Sockeye in quarters and then battled
Thermonuke, a San Diego/So Cal squad, to advance. Voltron,
a sort of college all star squad all decked out in space gear,
stunned Mamabird in a quarter and then zapped ZippO, a Bravo
and Condors mix, to head to the big match. Jam went up fast
in the final, but Voltron rallied when they donned their space
suits and made the score respectable. The final was filled
with big entertainment, from the plays on the field to the
raucous antics of the crowd. Jam eventually repelled the alien
invaders with a 17-12 win.
The Womens
division had Hedwig and the Angry Hick, a nine player Ozone/eastern
squad, beating Rodeehos from Tucson in quarters and then taking
down CLITS, a Northwest squad, to move on to the final. Suck'n'Bomb,
a Condors/Safari mix so named for their on field beverage
of choice, dispatched E-wo, a Tufts alum team, in a quarter
and Gy, a Carleton alum based crew, in the semi to make the
show. There was more amusement in the Womens final: imagine
a gal losing her wig while completing a lay out Callahan score
in pleather plants and little black vest. Hedwig took the
game convincingly, winning 15-8.
Arizona in January with a get-together like this seems a perfect
cure for winter.
Apologies for the cheesy title; thanks to Daisy for the Tempe
info.
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