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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. We are
roughly one-third of the way through this 472 season and already, there is talk
about who will see the postseason as well as who will be found on the
North-South rosters in just a few weeks. Most of the names are commonplace
for the mid-season classic, but there are a few newer names to be noted.
One of them, Anika 'the Goddess' Conrad from MystHaven. Still technically
a rookie since she did not get a chance to play enough games last season and
right now, she is tops in the league in points scored with 14, four better than
any other player in the league. Also from MystHaven, another rookie by the
name of Io Balzek looks to make his bid for the All-Star game. Goren the
Sly of Arankeep, Huixon the Brave of Drache putting up career numbers in pretty
much every facet of the game, Gratte Tegar of Galanor, Franco the Sleek and
Saemon of Ruthmarna, despite their teams average spot in the standings and of
course, many others that are still trying to get their names on that prestigious
roster. The bids continue tonight, both for personal gain as well as for
the teams trying to reach a more open post-season. We start in Hornath
ul-Marfed where Tagrana Memorial is home to take on the Keepers who, of late,
have been playing with a definite purpose. We mention Goren the Sly
earlier and once again tonight, he scores a point late in the third quinting
which ends up being the game-winner. Elythan scored his first point of the
season and added his fourth helper on the campaign and Arankeep doubles up
Tagrana 4-2.
DA: "To Bralk Lakrath, Peraltok Valley trying
desperately to get a notch in the win column and as with all good things that
come to an end, eventually so do all bad things and tonight, in impressive
fashion, Peraltok Valley does end their winless streak for this season at eight
games, defeating Bralk Lakrath by a score of 4-1. Dorn Sarktuka had one
point and one assist for the Valley who keeps themselves from starting off to
their worst record ever with the win tonight. In the fourth quinting,
Marnuth the Regular scored his sixth point. Not in one game, of course,
that would be a record. Bralk Lakrath falls to 2-8 on the season with this
loss.
DA: "Ruthmarna United visiting the city on the
Darien, undefeated and defending Arlok Cup champion Drache. Drache came at
them at all angles, scoring five points in the first three quintings and
claiming a lead that would not even be close to overtaken. Kota the Wolf
had 24 kills as well as one helper on a pass to Sir Den Bedwyre who scored his
seventh point of the season. Den 'Why the Long Face?' Horsehead tallied
his eighth helper of the year as Drache wins, 5-2.
DA: "In Galanor, the Islanders of Myst were in town
and with them, Anika 'the Goddess' Conrad. Anika hooked up with Gorben the
Smooth once and Arving Brons once as well as she scored twice on the night,
giving her a league-leading 14 points on the year. To call her play
astounding is an understatement."
WT: "'The Goddess' could not be a more appropriate
nickname for this woman who, as was stated earlier in the broadcast, is still
technically considered a rookie. She has now played in the ten games
needed to qualify as a season and really, I see no reason why she will not
become one of the greatest to play the game at hinterplodder. Studying
under Gorben the Smooth has helped her immensely this year and you couldn't ask
for a better player/coach to be helping you along and the work has paid
off. She won't be breaking any records this season, but she is and will
continue to make a name for herself around the league. Already, you see
defenses trying to key in on her on the field and more times than not, she will
go right through them."
DA: "MystHaven looks to be one of the most-balanced
teams in the league, especially now with the much improved play of forschbowler
Ware the Vile, but you do wonder, will MystHaven look to shop around for a more
experienced forschbowler in the coming weeks as they push for the Arlok
Cup?"
WT: "A lot of teams will be shopping around,
especially now that there are more spots open. Teams with a solid defense
could look to upset some of the higher-powered offensive teams come playoff
time. You look at a few names around the league and three stick out in my
mind more than the rest. Tul with Fists of Steel is in the last year of
his contract with Arankeep. Of course, with the way he has been playing
and the team in general, I do not look to see him changing sides. I think
that Arankeep will do whatever it takes to keep him in their circle for the next
few years, especially if they show a chance of making the playoffs by this
season's end. Oryan Vanhest, also from Arankeep, is one name that could
come up as a possible trade. He played in only one game this year so far,
but it was a shutout. He could very well be a hidden gem just waiting to
awe the world with his magnificence. And the last name and Dern, I cannot
comprehend what would happen should this deal ever go through, but Kota the Wolf
of Drache. He's also in the last year of his two-year contract and I
guarantee that a lot of teams will be looking to buy out the rest of that
contract on the chance that he will be the key to the Arlok Cup. He's
putting up career numbers as well and while he's only been in the league a
couple years, his numbers put some legends to shame. Kota, Anika, Gorben
the Smooth, Jesiah Blanchard, Arving Brons and Rue Denali...that right there has
Arlok Cup and really, a serious push for the IGA championship written all over
it. The next few weeks should be very interesting, Dern."
DA: "If you're a grubball fan from a city other
than MystHaven, you hope and pray that the last deal doesn't come to be.
Not to say that the Islanders would be invincible, but they would be about as
close to that as possible. Other scores from around the rest of the
league. Sivriana defeats Gessihorna 6-2. Forg the Fartable scored
twice for the Sivriana team. Hornath ul-Marfed beats Sweet Milly 4-3,
Kylus of the North with two points as well. The Dire Sheep of the Vale win
again on the road, beating Tralazir 5-2. Dalt the Common had two points
and Lor the Inbred had 29 kills. That's all for us tonight, folks.
For Westin Tarbral, I am Dern Arnak bidding you all a grubball evening.
G'night, folks."
Next Games:
Angelsin (3-6) @ Mhernettla (6-3) Arankeep (5-4-1) @ Peraltok Valley (1-8) Bralk Lakrath (2-8) @ Galanor (6-2-1) Drache (9-0) @ Tagrana Memorial (1-6) Gessihorna (3-7) @ MystHaven (9-1) Sresar Vale United (6-1-2) @ Hornath ul-Marfed (7-1) Tralazir (2-8) @ Ruthmarna United (5-5) Jeff
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