a full flock of HOCs
the HOCs had a full flock for the first time in this short season. we had enough people to have 3 subs even. now we had a new element to think about...substitution strategy. it ended up helping us, since the team we played was a person short of a full team, so they got more tired than the HOCs.
the team we played today consisted of mr intensity and his little cronies. mr intensity would argue everything and yell at his little cronies whenever they failed to make a catch. needless to say i am glad that i am not on his team. i would much rather be on a team where we give each other black eyes. the HOCs battled mr. intensity and his cronies to a 3-3 tie at halftime.
they took a quick 5-3 lead in the beginning of the second half, but we made some substitutions and battled back to tie it 5-5. some time passed and they scored again giving mr intensity and his cronies a 6-5 edge. yet the resiliant HOCs scored again to tie it up, at which point we began to wonder how much time remained as the lady in charge seemed to have dissappeared. we knew there could not be much time left so everyone starting playing a rushed game and that created sloppy play. we scored again to give us our first lead at 7-6. at which point the lady in charge returned and informed us that there was 2 minutes left. after the other team dropped the game tieing point in the endzone, we drove down the field again and gave ourselves a security point, and the game ended with a final score of HOCs 8 :: mr intensity and his cronies 6. thusly clinching a playoff spot with a record of 2-0-1 and one or two games remaining in the regular season.
good guys win.