Fred's Retreads are on a 2-league winning streak.
The Retreads, composed of former and current Warren Sixpak junior players, captured the Spring Mens Sixes championship on June 10, beating Team Beer 30-28, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21 in the best-of-five final.
Ziggy Goryn, who completed his junior playing career in 2002, led the Retreads with 25 kills, at least 7 digs (statman does not claim to note all digs!) 2 blocks and an ace. Mark Kochan, a current player on Warren's 16-under team, added 13 kills, at least 3 digs, and 2 blocks.
Goryn had the Retreads' final three kills in the key third-game victory. He had 9 kills in that game.
In the hotly contested first game, Beer jumped out to a 9-4 lead on a kill by Scott Fitzpatrick and also led 10-5 on a kill by Glen Soria, 20-15 when setter Sean Mackey hit on 2 off a dig by Chuck Roy, and 21-16 on a kill by Dan Botzan. But 2 straight kills by Goryn, the second after a dig by Taras Borysyuk, made it 21-18.
Rob Curran had a kill for Beer as they took a 22-18 led, but a kill by Goryn, an ace by Mark Gacki, and another kill by Goryn after another dig by Borysyuk made it a 1-point game.
After each team had several game-point chances, the Retreads finally took a 29-28 lead on a kill by Justin Beaumont and won on an error by Beer.
Curran led the way in Beer's game-two win, with 5 of his team-high 15 kills. That game ended on a Retread error followed by a kill by Botzan (12 kills, at least 4 digs overall), for the 25-23 Beer victory.
But Goryn took over in Game 3, and Borysyuk, who completed his Warren playing career in 2000, ended Game 4 with his 7th kill of the night.
Borysyuk also had a block and at least 6 digs while setting in a 6-2 format with Mark Gacki, the setter for this year's Warren 18s. Gacki finished with 7 kills, a block, a game-high 4 aces, and at least 3 digs.
Chris Schuler, who also finished his junior career in 2002, contributed 9 kills, 2 blocks, an ace, and at least 3 digs to the Retread effort, while Beaumont, who played for Warren's 2007 18's team, had 9 kills, 3 blocks, and at least 5 digs.
Mackey finished with 2 kills, 3 blocks, an ace, and at least 3 digs for Beer, while Curren also contributed an ace and at least 4 digs to go with his 15 kills. Fitzpatrick contributed 8 kills, 2 blocks and at least 3 digs for Beer, which won the regular-season title in the league.
Roy had 7 kills, 2 blocks, an ace, and at least 4 digs, and Soria had 5 kills, 3 blocks, and at least 3 digs for Beer.
The Retreads had also won the Winter Mens Sixes League title, beating Ugly Ball in the final.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Summer leagues starting/new open gym hours
Summer leagues are forming now! There will be Reverse Coed Fours on Thursdays and Mens Fours on Tuesdays.
There will be a pickup night for the Reverse Coed Fours League this Thursday (June 12) starting at 8 p.m. Players seeking teams and teams that need players can find each other, plus teams will be able to get ready for the league start by scrimmaging against each other.
The Mens Fours league will start Tuesday, June 17 and the Reverse Coed Fours will begin June 19.
Roster sheets are available at the front desk.
OPEN GYM HOURS
There will be no open gym on Sundays through the summer. Open Gym will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:30-11:00 p.m. in the summer.
There will be a pickup night for the Reverse Coed Fours League this Thursday (June 12) starting at 8 p.m. Players seeking teams and teams that need players can find each other, plus teams will be able to get ready for the league start by scrimmaging against each other.
The Mens Fours league will start Tuesday, June 17 and the Reverse Coed Fours will begin June 19.
Roster sheets are available at the front desk.
OPEN GYM HOURS
There will be no open gym on Sundays through the summer. Open Gym will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:30-11:00 p.m. in the summer.