Thanks to all the parents for dinner and all their support. A big thanks to coach Catt for the breffast. Most of all, thank you to coach Jim for all the hours he put in this season with us.
 

Also Sara Clarkson(Kibble’s mom) has a small number of shirts left for sale which she will have with her on the sidelines at nationals. More details on the bottom of the info page.

The Dukes dislocated finger after a layout D first round against Cal.(credits to scaughtyphotography)

Centex: We came out a little slow our first game partly because we thought games started 30 min later than they did and started down against some team I have never heard of and then went on a 10-1 run to end the game and then carried that momentum in our next game against Harvard. The Harvard game ended with probably the most sensational point of the tournament with a big sky by freshman Zander Padget over multiple defenders followed by a sky and line toe by senior Kevin Schipper for the win. We kept the energy up and finished the day with wins over Texas A&M and Texas despite coach Jim not being able to keep his mustache on. The 2nd day started with Jim cruising the town by himself  in one of the vans so the whole team drove to the fields in 1 van with all with everyones gear. We managed to get to the field on time this time though and came out strong against Stanford and slowly pulled away for the victory and did the same in the Illinois game. We were happy to see Washington in finals for some revenge after a 13-6 lose at Stanford. There was some wind for finals but both teams were able to score up wind. Fueled on humiliation, anger and mamabird hate from Stanford, we were able to get up wind and down wind breaks giving us 15-7 victory.

We will also be playing a showcase game against Bravo after the high school state championships at Colorado Academy May 10th.

Ben Thomas’s video camera broke upon arrival in Vegas. Instead of video, here are the stills he took.

Vegas went so-so, some disappointing loses help fuel the fire right now. Friday started out nice but got quickly got windy and Carlton took a 5-7 victory. The wind brought the rain storm Saturday, Vegas got their yearly average rain fall in one day and dreams of warm Vegas sun were crushed but games went well with a 10-6 victory over the hododes in the showcase game. Sunday’s games were played in a mud pit with a standard Vegas breeze and started with a disappointing lose against Oregon but a 5-2 record put us into quarters. Cornell played well but was not quite able to hang as bird advanced to semi’s against Carleton. Hungry for redemption from Fridays lose, Bird beat Carleton by 1 to advance to finals. Finals started out rough and Florida up with about a 5 point lead at half. Bird replied with a 4 point(?) run at the end but it was too late and hard cap went on at 13-11. Keep choppin.