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DA: "Good evening grubball fans and welcome to
another edition of Grubball Tonight. I am Dern Arnak and with me as always
is our grubball analyst and former forschbowler, Westin Tarbral. A busy
night in Hornath as the battle for first place continues and two games just
needed a little more time to work things out. Let's start in Tralazir,
Angelsin coming to town and both teams at 2-6 on the year. Edwin the
Champion started out the scoring on both sides with his first quinting point on
a pass from Kylus Sarthras. They would later hook up again in the
third. Rex the Slightly Above Average was far greater than his name,
having a career night with 2 points and 1 helper, though it was in a losing
effort. Angelsin wins behind Edwin, Kylus and the defense of forschbowler
Tred the Lazy who had 29 kills. Final score: Angelsin 5, Tralazir
4.
DA: "To Gessihorna, the Keepers in town and looking
to again settle at .500 on the year coming only a game in the win column away
from that goal. In their way, the pesky grubballers of the Gessi.
Goren the Sly, who was signed earlier in the year after the tragic death of
Branth Perlegi, has been nothing short of spectacular for this Arankeep team,
scoring again tonight. Sarla Flinod would score the game-winner in the
fourth quinting as the Keepers move to .500 once again. This is the first
time in a while that they have been even across the board this late in the year
and find themselves in playoff contention with the new system. Arankeep
wins, 2-1.
DA: "Molentia Circle...Home of the Islanders who
find themselves only a game in the loss column out of first place, tied with
Drache with 14 points on the year. A seemingly easy game against Bralk
Lakrath, but as we all learn, nothing comes easy. The visitors broke out
to a quick lead, scoring on three of their first four attempts against Ware the
Vile, but Gorben the Smooth stuck with the veteran who has shown incredible play
in the past few weeks. He would finish with 36 kills on the night,
allowing only one more scoring chance after that. Marnuth the Regular had
one point and one assist for Bralk Lakrath, but the powerhouse that is MystHaven
wouldn't give up. Hinterplodder/coach Gorben the Smooth had one point and
one assist and Anika Conrad also scored once, keeping her out in front of the
league with twelve points on the year. Io Balzek, Branth the Needy and
Jesiah Blanchard each all added points as MystHaven, in a come from behind
effort, wins by a score of 5-4.
DA: "The Clash of the Titans. Undefeated
Drache visiting undefeated Hornath ul-Marfed. Both teams picked right at
the top of the league at the start of the year and neither team has shown signs
of disappointing. Both teams have stellar forschbowlers, Kota the Wolf for
Drache in his second season and veteran Yarnot for the Hornathians.
Something has to give. Kylus of the North took the opening tipoff directly
at the Wolf, who quickly showed him the ground. The two would meet several
times throughout the rest of the night and it wasn't until the fourth quinting
that Kylus of the North finally got the best of the Drachean forschbowler,
scoring his first point of the night and tying the score at 1-1. Huixon
the Brave would score shortly thereafter, giving Drache a lead that they would
never relinquish, winning by a final of 3-1, despite Kota the Wolf having a
career low 16 kills in the contest. Westin, the Wolf shows that he is
human with such a low kill count tonight."
WT: "Yes and no, Dern. If you look at the
tipoffs and actual scoring chances, Drache dominated this game, having over 40
more possessions than Hornath ul-Marfed. Granted, it was a career low in
kills, but not something that's going to bother him. He gave up only one
scoring chance that was later converted and that was to Kylus of the
North. So, you look at 16 out of 17 chances for a kill as opposed to say
20 or 21 chances and it was still a solid performance, just less opportunities
for him to be involved. The Drache defense helped in that as well with 82
kills. If anything, this was a team effort which is what this team needs
since there are a lot of individuals involved. A lot of Drache players are
on various leaderboards, but getting them to not think about that and think as
one unit is what they need to do if they plan to win again this year.
Sometimes, the worst thing that can happen is for players to be among the
league's elite. It puts a lot of undue pressure upon those
players."
DA: "And there is extreme pressure on these
players, Westin. Tabloids even as earlier this week, Kota the Wolf was
accused of throwing games. Either they are trying to predict something of
the future or they just aren't paying attention to the season. My vote is
for the latter, personally. So, Drache wins by a score of 3-1, moving them
to 8-0 and Hornath ul-Marfed drops to 6-1 which leaves them in third place
behind Drache, MystHaven and Galanor, who was at home tonight against the Dire
Sheep of the Vale.
DA: "Lor the Inbred had 37 kills for the Valemen,
including eight in the sixth quinting. Gratte Tegar and Yagel Irben each
scored for Galanor and after six quintings, the score remained tied at 2 a
side. With the tie, Galanor moves up into second place, three points
behind both Drache and MystHaven, while Sresar Vale is now in an interesting
three-way tie for third place in the standings.
DA: "Another of those third-place teams is
Mhernettla, finding themselves in a big battle with Ruthmarna United.
Bralk Glostage had two points and one assist, Elythan Bluemoon had two helpers
and Fenduth the "People Are" Strange had 32 kills for the Korthai
grubballers. Ware the Brown and Del Nege each had a point and an assist in
the contest and Bralk Marnell had two helpers as well, but their combined
efforts were not enough. Mhernettla wins 6-5, improving their record to
6-3.
DA: "Another nail-biter in Sivriana and Peraltok
Valley pushed the Sivriana grubballers to an extra quinting before finally
falling by a score of 5-4, leaving them still winless on the year. Forg
the Fartable scored twice and had one assist in the win. And that's all
there is tonight, folks. Next games on Wednesday of next week, the teams
getting a bit more of a break between games. Until then, I am Dern Arnak
and for Westin Tarbral, I bid you all a grubball evening. Good night,
folks."
Next Games: Arankeep (4-4-1) @ Tagrana Memorial (1-5)
Peraltok Valley (0-8) @ Bralk Lakrath (2-7) Ruthmarna United (5-4) @ Drache (8-0) Gessihorna (3-6) @ Sivriana (3-6) Hornath ul-Marfed (6-1) @ Millabratel (3-5) Sresar Vale United (5-1-2) @ Tralazir (2-7) MystHaven (8-1) @ Galanor (6-1-1) Jeff
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