[Sportsandrec] Fw: BORP Goalball Tournament 14 Report

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> From: "Jonathan Newman" <jonathan at borp.org>
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> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:35 PM
> Subject: BORP Goalball Tournament 14 Report
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>
>> The 14th BORP Goalball Tournament featured hard fought competition
>> throughout the day and a championship finish unmatched in BGT history.
>>
>> The morning session of 6 games had each of the 4 teams play each other.
>> Games were 5 minute halves and ties were allowed.
>>
>> Game 1 matched the Autopsychic Animals against the Lighthouse Lightning.
>> Autopsychic's roster had 2 players, Victor Hakopian and Khemnesuel
>> Fisher from last year's championship team, the Grandpas. Autospsychic's
>> third player, Bill Johnson, has been a champion twice, in 2000 and 2001.
>> Lighthouse was led by Roger Acuna, the all time BORP tournament title
>> winner with 5. Coached by Tony Fletcher, the Lighthouse had a strong
>> line-up of experienced players including Acuna, Kim Cruz and Shen Kuan
>> and two promising rookies, Rusty Rendon and Sergio Lopez. Kim was the
>> only woman player this year.
>>
>> Autopsychic started strong and had a 3-1 lead at halftime. Lighthouse
>> surged in the second half behind 2 goals each from Acuna and Rendon but
>> came up one goal short and lost 6-5. Hakopian led the Autopsychics with
>> 5 goals including all 3 of his team's goals in the second half.
>>
>> Game 2 had Team Gryffindor in against the River Bats from Sacramento.
>> Team Gryffindor had a lot of fire power with Brandon Young and Marco
>> Zepeda but that was matched by the Bats rocket arms of Joe Hamilton and
>> Jairo Rodriguez. Richard Rueda held down the middle for the Gryffindors
>> while Bats rookie Tom Lake proved to be a defensive stalwart on the
>> right side.
>>
>> Game 2 had a similar script to game 1 with the Bats taking a 3-0 first
>> half lead and the fighting off a Gryffindor second half come-back to win
>> 4-3. All 3 of Gryffindor's goals were scored in the last 1 minute 8
>> seconds and if not for a Hamilton goal at 56 seconds mixed into the
>> Gryffindor flurry the game would have ended in a tie.
>>
>> Game 3 pitted Gryffindor against the Autopsychics. A defensive struggle
>> with amazing stops on both sides and a 0-0 score at half. In the second
>> half Gryffindor got an early goal from Zepeda but Autopsychic's Fisher
>> tied the score a minute later. On the very next throw Young scored for
>> the Gryffindors and that was the end of any offense for either team.
>> Gryffindor wins 2-1.
>>
>> Game 4 had the River Bats versus the Lighthouse. Lighthouse's Acuna
>> scored on the first and last throw of the first half but 3 goals from
>> the Bats' Rodriguez had the Bats up 3-2 at halftime. In the second half
>> the Bats wore down the Lighthouse defense with 2 goals each from
>> Hamilton and Rodriguez and won 7-4.
>>
>> Game 5 was a back-and-forth contest between Gryffindor and Lighthouse.
>> Both teams turned up their offense late in the first half with 5 goals
>> scored in less than a minute. That was it for the half and the
>> Gryffindors took a 3-2 advantage into halftime. In the second half Young
>> added 2 goals to the Gryffindor side but Acuna's 3 goals including the
>> tying tally with 11 seconds left earned the Lighthouse a 5-5 tie.
>>
>> Game 6 between the undefeated River Bats and Autopsychic has a lot
>> riding on it as the winner would be seeded number 1 in the semifinals.
>> An early goal by Autopsychics's Hakopian was matched late in the half by
>> the Bats' Hamilton. Great defense from both teams kept the score at 1-1
>> at the half and well into the second half. Hakopian again gave the
>> Autopsychic's a lead with a goal at the 3.32 mark but Hamilton blasted a
>> goal through a minute later for the tying score and Rodriguez followed
>> with what turned out to be the winning goal 45 seconds later. The River
>> Bats 3-2 win put them in first after pool play and relegated the
>> Autopsychic side to 3rd.
>>
>> Game 6 was the end of round robin play and the semifinals shaped up as:
>> Semi 1 - River Bats vs. Lighthouse Lightning
>> Semi 2 - Team Gryffindor vs. Autopsychic Animals
>>
>> After the completion of the round robin play was the lunch break. Lunch
>> was a feast of delicious sandwiches and brownies provide by A Cote.
>>
>> For the play-offs all games require a winner and the length of the
>> halves was also extended to 7 minutes.
>>
>> Semi 1 saw the full fire power of the Bats unleashed and an overwhelming
>> 11-4 victory for the Bats. At one point in the second half the Bats
>> scored 5 goals in 7 throws with 3 from Hamilton and 2 from Rodriguez.
>> Acuna held up the offensive end for Lighthouse with 3 goals.
>>
>> Semi 2 had the Autopsychics seeking revenge for a 2-1 round-robin loss
>> to Gryffindor. Bill Johnson led the charge with 3 first half goals, his
>> first goals of the day and Fisher provided support with another 2 that
>> coupled with sterling defense gave the Autopsychics a 5-0 halftime
>> advantage. Gryffindor and Autopsychic matched goals in the second half
>> but the 5-0 lead was too much for the Gryffindors to overcome and
>> Autopsychic won 8-3.
>>
>> The Third Place Game of Lighthouse and Gryffindor was a scoring frenzy
>> in the first half that had Gryffindor up 6-4 at the half. Young and
>> Zepeda had 3 goals each for the Gryffindor side while Lighthouse had  2
>> goals from Acuna and one each from Kuan and Cruz. In the second half the
>> Gryffindors kept up the offensive assault adding 2 goals from Young and
>> one from Rueda. Lighthouse added one more goal from Cruz but that was it
>> with the final score Gryffindor 9 and Lighthouse 5.
>>
>> The Championship game matched-up the River Bats and Autopsychic and the
>> hope was for a reprise of the drama of their round-robin contest.
>> Autopsychic came out with a bang as Hakopian scored on the first throw.
>> The Autopsychics built a 2 goal advantage twice in the first half but
>> the Bats stayed calm and had the gap to 1 at the half. The second half
>> went over 4 minutes with no scores. Goals from Hamilton at the 2.20 mark
>> and the 1.18 mark gave the Bats their first lead at 5-4 but it was
>> short-lived as Fisher scored at 1.13 to pull the Autopsychics even, 5-5.
>> At 9.9 seconds left in the game, the Bats took their final time-out and
>> overtime seemed almost certain. The Bats' Hamilton fired a hard shot at
>> the left side of the Autopsychics that Hakopian stopped with a slide.
>> While still down Hakopian fired a quick gapper that found a seam in the
>> Bat's defense and crossed the goal line with 1.2 seconds left in the
>> game. The game ended 6-5 Autopsychic and provided a stunning finish to a
>> great day of goalball. Hakopian scored on the first and last throws of
>> the game.
>>
>> Individual and team scoring totals are contained in the attached excel
>> spread sheet. They are game by game and totals. The figures are number
>> of throws, goals scored and penalties.
>>
>> High scorers
>> Hamilton 17
>> Acuna 13
>> Rodriguez 13
>> Young 12
>> Zepeda 9
>>
>> A non-competition highlight of the day was the visit by a large
>> contingent from the VA hospital in Palo Alto. BORP and the Lighthouse
>> will be collaborating with the VA starting in January to provide
>> goalball opportunities to veterans.
>>
>> Thanks to our volunteers (years volunteering follows name):
>> John O'Connor 14, Bill Johnson 14, Scot Goodman 13, Mike Webber 5, Larry
>> Joe 11, Sheila Geritz 2, Larry Liederman 4, Loren Corotto, 12, Janet
>> Ziegle 12, Mike Bartek 6, Phil Wiegand 11, Don Misumi 3, Martha McGaw
>> 10, Loring Barker 7, Dan Fernandez 7, Leslie Zander 8, Mickey Kay 1,
>> Andy Jokelson 13, Esteban Sifuentes 1, Kyle Kodani, Greg Milano 1
>> Martha McGaw attained 10 year status as a volunteer and received the
>> coveted 10 year sweatshirt and certificate.
>>
>> Thanks to our wonderful sponsors:
>> BORP - 14 years
>> Nakashima Fine Arts - 14 years
>> Innovative Interfaces - 14 years
>> Sue Johnson, Custom Lamps and Shades - 12 years
>> Vision Faire Optometry - 10 years
>> Autopsychic.com - 8 years
>> Zander Associates - 8 years
>> Clif Bar - 6 years
>> A Cote - 5 years
>>
>> Thanks to Scot Goodman for 13 outstanding years of photography. Photos
>> from the tournament will soon be posted on Scot's website:
>> http://scotgoodman.smugmug.com/. Photos from previous tournaments can
>> also be viewed at this site.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who helps make the tournament happen and supports
>> BORP and the goalball program.
>>
>> Happy Holidays to you all!
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathan Newman
>> <jonathan at borp.org>
>> Adult Sports Coordinator
>> Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP)
>> 600 Bancroft Way
>> Berkeley, CA 94710
>> 510-849-4663 X 304
>> 510-849-4616 FAX
>>
>>
>>
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