Shit Squad squeezes past Slayer Cake

4-3 OT victory brings SQ to 5-1 in league play

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Coolavin Park

NoC Sports Desk

Matt Burton and Boyd Shearer scored a goal apiece and Grant Clouse scored two for Shit Squad—including the game winner in overtime—in what turned out to be a surprisingly contested Game Four showdown against a Slayer Cake team in total disarray.

Cake pedaled out to a quick 3-0 lead on a goal by Rich Lopez, who was subbing this night for the lost Drew Combs, and two more by Rozzi. In fact, after Rozzi's second goal, a thundering half court blast from the pit-side tapout box to conclude the 3-0 Cake barrage, fans camped out in the 20 degree weather started streaming for the aisles as a visibly deflated SSQ stood watch, dumbfounded (or just plain stupid).

But an offhand Lopez comment after Rozzi's blast re-energized the Squad. (The Texas Phenom questioned whether Burton et al. wanted to continue playing the game.)

Emphasizing a deeply egalitarian ethos that is the team's trademark, S. Squad squeezed their way back into contention through hard work, skillful sharing of the ball and scoring workload, strong collective defense, and good fortune. By the time SSQ's Clouse muscled the tying goal through the cones with 45 seconds left to play to force overtime, Lopez knew the answer to his question. Shit Squad always comes ready to play.

In other league play, the Lex Offenders bested the Drunk Assholes by a 2-1 score, Kyle Hord scored three in leading the Drunk Assholes to a 3-2 victory over Cash 4 Gold, and Brad Flowers hogged the ball enough to score 4 goals as a fill-in for Chris “Reach-Around” Simpson in leading Lex Offenders to a 5-0 Alabama ass wupping of Slayer Cake.

And finally, Grant Clouse scored two goals as a sub for Simpson in a 3-2 Hallelujah Holy Shit victory over Slayer Cake. In doing so, Clause went 2-0 on the day versus Slayer Cake—as a sub for two different teams.

Notes

Slayer Cake: SC entered the day sitting pretty in the LBPL standings at 1-0 following a 3-2 victory over Cash 4 Gold on January 23. But after a disastrous string of three straight losses this week, which included two stinging overtime defeats and a 5-0 beat down, the Cake now finds itself looking up from the bottom half of the league.

Hallelujah Holy Shit: The injury curse of Tripple Lexxx seems to have found HHS. The Hallelujah team is comprised of the Commish, Brian Turner, and two members of fabled Lexington squad Tripple Lexxx, Shane Tedder and Brad Flowers. Though Tedder and Flowers have thus far escaped injury, Turner was playing injured after getting broadsided by Boyd Shearer in bike polo action in Louisville this past Friday.

The impact thrust Turner off his seat and sent his body chest-first into his handlebars. After arriving home Friday night with a severely bruised chest cavity and some interesting facial cuts, Turner received extensive treatment at home and was back on the court at Coolavin for league play on Sunday. Meanwhile, Shearer reported that he broke a spoke in the collision.

Word is that “Reach Around” Simpson got freaked out by all the bad injury mo-jo while with Tripple Lexxx and skipped out during free agency to strike up with his current team, the Lex Offenders (along with Nick Redbeard and Kevin Kliment).

2010 LBP League Standings through February 7

Team Wins Losses

Hallelujah Holy Shit 6 0

The Shit Squad 5 1

Lex Offenders 4 2

Drunk Assholes 2 3

Slayer Cake 1 3

Party Face Destruction 0 4

Cash for Gold 0 5