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« Results continued from previous page Quarter Finals Results: DoG over Subzero 15-7 Furious over Sockeye 15-7 Jam over Ring 15-11 Condors over Florida 15-10
Consolation: Ring over Florida (unknown) Sockeye over Subzero (unknown) FBI over Bomb Squad (unknown) CBASS over Madison (unknown) Chicago over Boulder (unknown) Houndz over Blackjack (unknown)
Semi Finals Results: Condors over DoG 17-14 Furious over Jam 17-14
Finals Condors over Furious 16-15
against the fourth seed from the Northwest, Portland's Federated Bonzi International (FBI). FBI tied it at 10-10 before the Ring caught fire and went on a 5-1 scoring binge to win the game 15-11. Pool D had Sub-Zero, the No. 1 seed in the Central Region and Tune-Up runner up going up against the second seed from the Southern Region, Florida. Florida took advantage of their hammers and their dread head Ultimate superstar Dan Depaul, as well as Sub-Zero's throwaways to take a 4-0 lead. Sub-Zero tightened down the screws and scored four of the next five points. Several more miscues by Sub-Zero, including a turn on the goal line, allowed Florida to score three of the next four to take half, 8-5. Sub-Zero came out after half with chilly 0 to score 3 in a row for a tie at 8s. Florida uses their hammer and a Sub-Zero scobber throwaway to score two in a row and take the lead, 10-8. Sub-Zero came right back against the Florida zone with a plethora of scobbers and hammers for a score. This was the closest they got the rest of the game as Florida scored two points for everyone that Sub-Zero scored. 8 points later Florida had staged the first up set of the tournament. The other first round Pool D game was Jam, the second seed out of the Northwest against the second seed out of the Southwest, Boul-
der. The irresistible Jam defeated the immovable Boulder, 15-11.
favorites never recovered from with the final, 15-11.
Second Round
Third round
Pool A had DoG facing Madison, the game was never close with Dog jumping out to a 6-0 lead and eventually winning the game, 15-6. The other game in the second round was Sockeye against the Houndz. Sockeye swam away from the Houndz with a 15-6 victory. Condors met Blackjack in the B Pool second round. Condors took the early lead and steadily pulled away to win 15-8. Also squaring off in the B Pool were C-Bass and Bomb Squad. C-Bass avoided getting
The last round of play on Thursday featured the 1 vs. 2 and 3 vs. 4 games of every pool. DoG and Sockeye played in a solid, low turnover game, which was tied nine times. DoG took the last two points and won, 15-13. Madison and Houndz met in the other A Pool game. With Madison getting the time capped win, 13-12. The B Pool No. 1 ranked Condors faced off against No. 2 CBass in a game that the Condors won, 15-10. Bomb Squad lined up against Blackjack in a Northeast Regional rematch for the B Pool 3 vs.4 game. Bomb Squad held seed and won the rematch. Ring tried to burn Furious George and at least singed them by taking half, 8-7 in the 1 vs.2 match-up in Pool C. All that did was make the Monkey mad as they came out after half to only allow Ring 2 points. Furious wins 15-10. In the 3 vs.4 game of C Pool, FBI was successful in breaking up the Chicago racket winning 15-13. Going into the D Pool1 vs.2 game, Sub-Zero had to win against Jam and get some help from Boulder against Florida to maintain their No. 1 seed. Jam warmed it up though and melted Sub-Zero, winning, 1511. Boulder got off to a solid 3-0 start in their game against Florida. Than Florida slapped their tight four- man cup on Boulder and scored six in a row. Boulder scored two more to make it 5-6, but they never were any closer as Florida wins, 15-11. The reseeding for the second day of play were A1= DoG, A2=Sockeye, D1=Jam, and D2=Florida in Pool E. With Pool F having
nuked by the Bomb Squad winning the timecapped game, 15-14. There was regional rematch in Pool C between Furious George and FBI. The Monkeys avoid getting busted by the Feds winning the game 15-6. Ring of Fire and Second Wind met in the other second round C pool game. With the Fire burning Chicago for the win 15-9 in a game that was never close. Sub-Zero finally warmed up and beat Boulder, after the score was tied at 7s in the second round of the D Pool, 159. Fresh off their upset, Florida faced Jam in the other D Pool second round game. Jam took an early 4-1 lead. That the local
Final Standings 1 Condors 2 Furious George T3 DoG T3 Jam 5 Ring of Fire 6 Florida 7 Sockeye 8 Subzero 9 FBI 10 Bomb Squad 11 CBASS 12 Madison 13 Chicago 14 Boulder 15 Houndz 16 Blackjack B1=Condors, B2=C-Bass, C1=Furious George, and C2=Ring of Fire. Pool G had A3=Madison, A4=Houndz, D3=Sub-Zero, and D4=Boulder. B3=Bomb Squad, B4=Blackjack, C3=FBI, and C4=Chicago were in Pool H.
Friday, Oct. 27, 2000 The second day dawned with a foggy sunrise that burned off by the start of the first game. Everyone could tell that the teams felt a little more pressure today with the final cuts being made for the championship bracket being made at the end of the day. The first round match ups on Friday saw DoG chewing up on Florida, 15-6. The other E Pool game was a regional rematch between Jam and Sockeye. Sockeye jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. They held until Jam's tight defense got several blocks and went on a 3-0 run to take half, 8-7. Jam scored the first point after half and maintained the lead the rest of the game to win, 15-13. Pool F had Condors against Ring of Fire in the first round. It was tied at sevens, until Condors took half. After the half, Condors only allowed Ring two points and won
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