Subject: July 12 - Banana vs White

From: "Jeff Fleischaker" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:54:04 -0400

This hard-fought battle between two evenly-matched teams came down to the wire.  The game was as long as it was sloppy.  Both teams played hard, tight defense, and as a result, both offenses failed to click on all cylinders.  White started the game by eating bananas on the line, which clearly struck fear deep into the hearts of the banana team as White raced to a 5-1 advantage.  Slowly, but surely, however, the Banana team regained its composure and fired back to tie the game at 6, before slumping to fall behind 9-6 at half.  The White team's intimidation tactics for the second half involved a cheer about yellow snow, but it only served to fire up the Banana squad.  The 3-point halftime deficit was quickly erased and the game was tied at 11.  From that point, no team built a lead larger than 1.  Back and forth play went, with great defensive plays turning points into marathons, and slowly chasing away that powerful 65 degree summer sun.  At 15-15, White marched down the field and scored to take the slim 1 point lead, but Banana responded with another fantastic endzone catch, off a deflection no less, by Greg Guffanti to tie the score yet again.  The final point of the game was played in near darkness.  Several turnovers kept the game alive for both teams, before the White team finally punched in the winning goal on yet another grab by Karen "The Scoring Machine" Bernhardt.  A tremendous game and a fun time for all.

Jeff Fleischaker