WEEK 5 & 6 REVIEW

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Created: Tuesday, 01 October 2024 17:23

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September 21st

BURR WATCH 2024- In a jaw-dropping showdown against the Mavericks, Burr not only wrecks his knee in a brutal collision, but also tarnishes his QB legacy with a flurry of interceptions that leave fans stunned.

Stoner Dave delivers the catch of the year, snagging a multi-tipped Hail Mary while a defender literally rides his back!

In a nail-biting finale of the Wanderers vs. Practice Squad matchup, Al Laudico emerges as the unsung hero, thwarting Renee’s bid for a game-winning catch in a dramatic last-second play.

In an electrifying clash between PWI and Buller Club, TSL’s favorite Val leaves Addison in the dust, sprinting to a spectacular touchdown.

Jay from Blitzkrieg kicks off the game with an awe-inspiring interception against the Purple Nurples, setting the tone as Blitzkrieg scores over 40 points in both of their games that day!

Dylan battles through a frustrating first half, plagued by receivers who won’t catch a thing, but rises to the occasion with a thrilling second half that leads to a stunning victory.

Kyle Coniff is a force to be reckoned with, launching precision passes, racking up points by the hundreds, and snagging interceptions with style.

Money Mike dances down the back line to score an effortless touchdown, his infectious enthusiasm leaving the crowd in awe, even as they applaud his incredible feat.

The Jabronies, under the athletic play of John Costa, claim victory over their arch-rivals, Let’s Get Reccked, who faced them without their star, Recckio.

September 28th

BURR WATCH 2024- Jeremy Burr skips Untouchaballs game in the morning, in attendance for Wet Bandits in the afternoon. 

A Bobby McConnell impersonator ignites chaos with a shocking incident, sending both team into a frenzy!

Eyes Downtown Defense is on fire, with Cody Stumpf, Katie Salisbury, and Ben Stack each snagging interceptions from the Freeballers, leaving their opponents reeling and whining.

Matt Kieta dazzles on the field, throwing a near-perfect game and scoring four sensational Gender Touchdowns with Raena and Lexi!

In a gripping showdown at the Vaspian Game, Mary Mullen steps up and intercepts Derek Pew, turning the tide in her team’s favor.

Jordan Lawson ends up nursing a sore arm after tossing a record number of flags during the clash between the Wet Bandits and the Malones, struggling to keep up with a mountain of penalties, from pick plays, trips, to unsportsmanlike conduct!

Garrett is the ultimate league guy, distributing “TSL716 cards” and offering his services as a substitute quarterback, all while setting a record for the most teams subbed for in a single season!

Carly Reeb bursts onto the scene after her leg injury, stepping into the breakfast club game and making a splash with multiple impressive catches!

Cody Stumpf fills in for Kyle Coniff for the powerpuff girls, and they keep the good times rolling! Multiple crossing routes caught and deep balls galore as the ladies look like the class of D5!

Dylan Jaloza shows poise, grit and determination, leading Bullet Club down the field to ice the game amid a clock controversy. Joe K calls for GM of the year award for the team he put together. 

Colorado Mike stakes case for Breakfast Club MVP, showing off some moves after the catch (it only got an extra yard, but we have never seen him move like that) and shows toe-tapping ability with sideline touchdown catch.

Joe Miano stakes his claim as king of the deep ball, finding his guys downfield multiple times en route to close victory over Practice Squad and moving their way on up towards the top of the standings. 

Dan The Wrestler and his fellow Stir the Sauce compadres play stifling defense, snag one handers, and stir their way to the top of D5, vowing to avenge their championship game loss in spring. 

Joey Batts and his cunning stunts ladies continue their annihilation of D4, destroying Select and Creekers while talking their smack talk. The rumors of Joey having his swagger back are proven true. 

League sets record for most forfeit games in a weekend, Jeff Krol may need to figure out larger score discrepancy for no shows!

WEEK 3 REVIEW

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Created: Monday, 09 September 2024 17:22

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1. Travis teaches Rawdin that everyone enjoys the sound of someone dry heaving. Radwin gets hit, acts like he was given a powerbomb, keels over on the sideline, throws up his Family Jewels.
2. The fields and patio were filled with Complaints about the Refs! 
1. Refs cost teams the game, Ref don't use their whistles, Refs make up rules they think, Refs throw flags for make up calls, Refs swear at the players. 
3. Sticky Offense Crumbles, is Father Time starting to beat Father Baker? Can’t Touch This earns a come from behind win with a crossing route to Allie. This was the 1st loss of a D1 team to a D2 team for the day.
4. Mavericks defeated Frodo Swaggins at 10 am! Jordan Lawson finds some new, more athletic, more talented receivers and puts the ball in their hands. This was the 2nd loss of a D1 team to a D2 team for the day.
5. Stir the Sauce is a dominant force in D5. Their tall player Dan Farinacci caught a ball with one hand in a backwards motion in the red zone, celebrates like Stone Cold smashing cans together! Mark Bascaglia was also seen with a New Stir the Sauce hat that looked pretty good. 
6. Touchdown Tori of PWI, snags a tipped ball with one hand and scores on a crazy red zone play. Hits Topper with a Beautiful Bulldog to celebrate. 
7. Blase is competing for the Best Ref in the league, spends all day reffing for the third week in a row. Grows bored quickly and tries reffing from the middle of the field causing massive disruptions. Sarah Hunt saves the day by delivering a PileDriver and then owning an entire drive  finishing with a touchdown. 
8. Hopefully you missed it, but there was a heavy Downpour, crazy Thunder, intense Lightning and Mango Jalapeno Tequila. After the appropriate time the League sent soaked players back on the fields to finish up their games. 
9. In the second half of the game, Matt Kieta takes over as the Freeballers QB. He starts to argue with himself in the huddle after he didn’t like the playcalling. This was the 3rd loss of a D1 team to a D2 Team for the day. 
10. Before the rain hit, Becca Neth snagged an interception against the Wanderers!! After the rain, the Wanderers made sure to win.
11. Practice Squad gets another easy win, inflating their record of 3-0! Not a single player from Straw Hats showed up!
12. Jeremy Burr shows up to the fields!! In yellow to play with the Wet Bandits! Untouchaballs begin to worry that their QB is going to leave before the season is over. 
13. Breakfast club is normally a place for friendly wagers, easy games, and laughter at 9 in the morning. The ladies ofEyes Downtown created a fierce Rivalry, which resulted in Katie Salisbury intercepting a deep ball while covering Kayla Voss followed by the People’s Elbow.  
14. Without a single point at half, Malones Andy Strung goes in for receiver, shows his WR’s how to catch a touchdown and grabs a hard earned front line touchdown. 
15. Cunning Stunts puts up 52 points for the 3rd time this season in four games! Taylor Pagano plays stellar defense to shut down receivers and Renee scores multiple touchdowns. 
16. The fields were noticeably absent of trash and cans at the end of the day! TSL picks up their cans! 

BONUS- Another forfeit for Cobblestone!

WEEK 4 REVIEW

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Created: Tuesday, 17 September 2024 15:37

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Nostalgia- a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

Some of us are just starting their journey of glory, sweat, and cheers. For some of us we are in the Twilight of our Football Careers. 

Not Topper though.  Topper is in his Prime. 

For those of you in your Twilight, Here are some fond memories we at The Sentinel think you will enjoy. 

1. Remember When, Cobblestone was a dominant team, crushing everyone’s hopes and dreams as Daryl’s hair blew in the wind, that was before Garrett defected from Cobblestone 
2. Remember When, Joe K would stay late at the bar and dance the night away with anyone he didn’t know
3. Remember When, The Dinner Crowd would show up and the bar would kick us to the inside bar
4. Remember When, October Games had a 90% chance of snow 
5. Remember When, Chris Cole would ravage the field and then terrorize you at the bar
6. Remember When, Matty Ice could be heard from three fields away screaming “Let’s Go” in a crop top
7. Remember When, Joey Batts was the QB of Gryffindor and one of two male models in the league, (Joe Z was also in a commercial)
8. Remember When, we had to wear masks and fill out a form every Saturday morning during the Pandemic
9. Remember When, Hootie and the Brofish was the greatest team name of all time
10. Remember When, TSL didn’t exist yet and Topper was controlled by a different league under “unspeakable management”

Now for those of us who aren’t nostalgic, we have our own memories to still create and hold fond to for when we are old and on Injured Reserve

1. It was a day of interceptions and it was a day of Laterals! Jaime Warren arrived fresh from her 9 am fitness class to intercept Mike Thomas. On the way to the endzone, Jaime lateralled to a male teammate, who then lateralled back to Jaime for the eight points
2. In Breakfast Club, David Marcus catches a ball down the sideline, runs and laterals the ball behind him, without looking, and tosses it right to the other team
3. Alex Buchlis throws an interception, the defender rushes to score, laterals it back, but the ball gets tipped and Becca Neth saves the pick six by diving for lateral.
4. To start the game TMA Turner one hand intercepts a ball and runs it back for six points
5. Jfitt, who the Wanderers were heckling as “D-ONE,” cuts off the receiver and intercepts the Nick Stutzman on an out route,  taking it to the HOUSE
6. Ashley Desmond stuns Spinelli’s Plumbing through the NSS win with stable hands and unbeatable chemistry with Kyle Messina 
7. Breakfast Club is the place to try new things, such as ref your own game. Long time refs B and Garrett, save the league 30 dollars by reffing their own game and calling their own penalties. This would work everywhere else right??
8. Sam of Frodo seals another in the FRODO SWAGGINS VICTORY TOUR on a deep ball over the Malones defender
9. Matt Helm intercepts Hogan in the D1/D2 crossover game. Half the crowd cheers, the other half looks away as Freeballers inform the refs that Helm broke some sort of rule three seasons ago
10. Shoving, Spiking, Sticky Scoundrels!! Two weeks in a row the Sticky Bandits have gotten away with outrageous behavior. The Bad Boys of Sticky unleash mayhem by spiking the ball and being too physical. 

BONUS- The dogs were at the fields, they were adored by everyone!! We hope you donated and think about adopting!

Week One

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Created: Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:20

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Week One

Brilliant

1. Straw Hats leader Mike Ferguson caught an incredible touchdown, unfortunately he sustained an injury later in the game.
2. Girls Rule the World!! Magen Campbell and Jessie Kieta play defense in the Powerpuff Girls double header, each grab an interception, swat balls away from male and female receivers, which help to seal the games against Come From Behind and Spinelli’s Plumbing. 
3. Sticky Laces QB, Kyle Messina leads the  S’laces to two wins in D6! His cool demeanor kept the laces ahead of both Dogg Pound and Balls Deep. We smell a championship coming. 
4. Kyle Connif Shakes hangover, settles in to deliver sparkling passes to the Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup and the crew, as Powerpuff girls sweep double header.  
5. Derek Pew arrives in a suit, forced to throw short passes due to the constricting, Armani sleeves. Leads Vaspian to a Win. Distributes business cards that say “Come to Derek Pew for all your real estate needs.” After the game to all fans. 
6. Frodo Swaggins girls led a come from behind victory against Can’t Touch This. Tori Leighbody pukes, rallies, and sprints; while Katie “Kilimanjaro” Swanson scores toe-tapping, deep ball touchdown as the crowd erupts.
7. The Malones show up and rout D2 incumbent Scared Hitless, Race Colon immediately exclaims D2 is too easy, and wants to take on D1.
8. Veteran-laden Buffalo Vice starts the Fall Season strong, as shifty ankle-breaker Caitlyn Mason leaves Bullet Club defenders in the dust for multiple touchdowns. 
9. Multiple teams started the season with friendly bucket bets before games. Let’s keep this tradition going!
10.  Sausage McMuffins receiver had a brilliant touchdown catch. On a deep ball, the ball was ripped out, spun in the air, and the receiver still came up with possession for a touchdown. 

Blunders

1. Jeremy Burr missing from the fields, sulking his wounds from the Spring Playoff Loss. Rumors state he spent the offseason trying to join any team that won a championship. 
2. Bobby McConnell gets picked off three times against Wet Bandits. Chris Nelson makes two acrobatic picks and Sean Weisenhal snags the ED ball out of the air with one hand. 
3. Reminder that there are no same day subs! You can’t steal a player from another team who happens to be hanging out on the sidelines. Teams are given 15 spots for rosters, and final rosters aren’t due for a few weeks. Fill up your roster, make sure you have enough players! 
4. Passing While Intoxicated and Cobblestone  both showed up short-handed this week giving their opponents easy wins for the first week. 
5. Mike Thomas misses out on rounds of shots to celebrate his own birthday.
6. TSL can’t break the Week One fight streak… fights ensue in multiple games.
7. Ref Treatment- Touching a ref is a guaranteed way to get yourself thrown out of a game and suspended. Don’t do it. Also make sure BEFORE THE GAME, you have 30 dollars available in cash for refs. Refs are not required to accept your Venmo, be prepared to pay cash. 
8. Jabronies star Eric Klecker drops deep balls in his double header. Joe Miano looks perplexed and asks “You know you have to catch the ball with your hands right?”
9. Topper is plagued with yet another shoulder injury, sentenced to the sidelines while his team struggles slinging the rock. Via interview, Topper said “I won’t even risk playing defense unless it's to shut down the Recckio Twerp.” 
10. Blase learns that he must tag a Quarterback three times in order to get one the credit for a sack.

Points of Emphasis

While we like to bring recaps and fun to the league for everybody’s viewing pleasure, it feels like the Godfather and Jeff Krol are tasked with driving some key points home seemingly every week, so we feel like we need to chime in:

1. You still have time to add to your roster (within reason, and not to stack your roster after registering in a certain division). We say this because we have already had to deal with forfeits, and rag tag squads. Forfeits are no fun for everybody, particularly for the team that does show up ready to play, and for the players on the forfeiting team that came ready. If you are concerned with fielding a roster, hit the sub list. There are ALWAYS players willing to chip in to help out, and it is better to request and end up not needing, rather than ending up with a not fun time for all involved. If you have concerns about not having enough players, ask around to add on to your current roster, or become familiar with the sub list!
2. We hit this point in the blunders already, and Jeff Krol and the GodFather relentlessly make this point, but it bears repeating: BE NICE TO THE REFS! Just about every single ref does not mind some griping and complaining; that just comes with the territory. We all do it, we all get frustrated, and that is okay. However, know there is a line not to cross, say your piece, and move on. If you want the ref to look for something, talk to them. If you have any issues with how officiating is going, come to Garrett, Jeff, or any other person you think can help, and discuss your concerns. Yes, the refs are being paid, so we want games to be called as best as possible, and for refs to pay attention to the game, but that does not entitle beratement. I think most are good about it, but it bears repeating. 
3. I think we all have seen some injuries come from some games throughout the last few years, and obviously we know that is a risk of playing. With that said, while competing and winning is important, we all have to go back to work on Mondays, and the goal is to compete, but be safe as well. Be mindful while out there of your surroundings, and try to avoid plays that can lead to injury. Winning is fun and important, but safety is more important. Maybe it leads to giving up a catch, or a score, but avoiding collisions is far more important!