Rock Ridge Rats
Retired!
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| Bulletin board from the coach |
| Feb. 17th, 2017 - old news |
What in the wild wild world of sports... Although I did not blog along pretty much at all with the rats, I think a look back is definitely in order for a team that in almost all fronts ended up my best team to date. Arguments can certainly be made against that, as they did not reach the playoffs their first year, but still a finish of 6-4 is nothing to sneeze at. The crazy is what could have been. 3 games into that season I had a 10 MV 5 AG Gutter Runner, after game 4 I no longer did. But out of his ashes arose a diverse and very skilled group, one not beholden to the 1 turn score.
Season 2 saw a playoff appearance, and the usual exit in the Semis, but my defense may have been as good as I've ever played, allowed less than 1 score per game. This team turned into control the pitch squad, using the mighty blow piling on of the Waco Kid and the 4 ST of Sheriff Bart to remove players and then use the man advantage and speed to hold the other teams at bay.
The loss of my a very skilled thrower in the those playoffs and a 4 skill gutter runner in game 1 of the next season could have spelled doom for the team. I was a one seed but much lower team value due to essentially not getting skills on lineman. Wizards worked well and Gum Chewer ended up easily surpassing the Gutter Runner he replace and the team despite a really bad start, won 9 in a row, including my first win the Semis to reach the championship game.
Against a strong Simyin team, the rats fought hard and had a single dodge away on turn 8 of the second half to score the victory. But there was no reroll to use, and the roll was a 1, and overtime did not go kindly, as a complete understatement, and the championship was not meant to be. Still ending up at 23-11 overall, that is the best winning percentage of any team I've coached, and for the first to make a championship, this team will remain very high on my favorite teams.
As for player of the team, to me it has to be the Waco Kid. As the fastest draw in the west, even if he found himself inside one to many bottles from time to time, he constantly laid a beat down on opponents. His 38 casualties puts him (as of this writing) in the top 10 all time, and his 7 kills is top 5. When he was doing his thing, he made the team run. Amazing enough, he also never missed a game. So despite being my best piece at removing players, he never stayed off the pitch for long. This just goes to show, you can't hold the people of Rock Ridge down, or the rats of Rock Ridge in this case. We did it all in the name of Randolph Scott. |
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| June 22nd, 2015 - old news |
A Rainy Day in the Desert Rock Ridge Review
A Rainy Day in the Desert
In the west, it rarely rains. The Tumbleweed rolls across the prairies, the dust settles into our shoes, and it stays dry. Having to deal with that rain in the only reason I can think of that the Rats from Rock Ridge seemed so lost. Almost everyone was knocked down at the start of the game, including the star player they brought in to deal with the Nurgle. Thankfully, the rain made it tough for those ghastly beasts to pick up the ball as well, and along with some tricks (like a pit in the middle of the pitch) it was knotted at zeros come half time.
The rats, still outnumbered, made a valiant effort to score in the second half. But after *Hedy Lamaar dodged away from the Beast of Nurgle, he was unable to pick the ball up, and was then shown the sidelines. The Nurgle then found their passing game, and the rats found themselves all on the ground, and would lose in the end.
Sadly, Lili Von Shtupp would also pass away during the game. Main can remember her last words to the team, "Let's face it. Evewything below the waist... is kaput!" We also were able to get a quote from Gabby Johnson on his thoughts on the game, and as always, provide us with some authentic frontier gibberish, saying, "I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter." How can you argue with that.
- John Johnson
Correction to article: * Should be Hedley Lamaar. |
| - Nick |
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