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BLACKBALLER’S BOUNCE
CHRISTOPHER MEBUS
Summer is in full swing and many of us are enjoying our
summer activities such as golf, boating, vacationing
and/or just spending time with our families.
Our group has been busy with the 3Bs Golf Outing in June
and the Old Club outing in early July. The courts are still very
active with formal leagues or informal games among friends. We
chose this issue to primarily focus on our end of the season
basketball leagues. I wish everyone a wonderful and healthy
summer. Following is an account of activities for each sport.
HANDBALL
No leagues are scheduled during the summer, but many
players are still playing on Monday and Wednesday. Weather
permitting, a group of players are playing outdoor three-wall
handball at Belle Isle or St. Clair Shores.
SQUASH
The summer heat is no excuse not to get on the court.
Especially with the fun in-house tournaments coming up! On
July 13 we will have the “Timed-Handicap-Quiz” squash
tournament where you will be matching your racquet skills with
your mental ones. And on Aug. 11 we are running the “Race
Against the Clock” event where all your matches will be for 10
minutes flat-out. Kegs will be provided on both occasions, it will
be the justification to swing your racquet. Please see Mick Joint
for details.
BASKETBALL
After almost eight grueling months our
basketball season has come to an end. We
were pleased to see a lot of new members in
the league this year, bringing our numbers
up over 10 percent from last!
Our playoffs started back in March with
all eight teams making the playoffs playing
best-of-three series.
The first rounds consisted of the top
seeded Magic Men led by Bernie “Ice Man”
16 DAC NEWS JULY 2011
A look back at
our hoop season
The championship series gets underway.
Fuhs against the
number eight seed
Mike “Millen” Evans.
Even with their fearless
leader out for the first
game, the Magic Men
were able to beat And 1
in two games with a
true team effort.
With the second
seed in the tournament,
Grecian Formula (GF)
captained by Andrew
The winning hoop team, Magic Men, included Sean Moran, Justin
Remington, Tom Paglia, Andy Curoe, Ryan Gallagher, Joe Kaiser,
Tony Saunders and Bernie Fuhs.
The runners up Grecian Formula team included Hank
Brennan, David Janis, Andrew Mellos, Dimitri Vasilos and
Pat O’Keefe.
Mellos took on the number seven seed Ole Dirty Rhinos led by
Mark “off in the corner” Brown. Game one proved to be tough
and was eventually decided at the free throw line. Dave “6 Fouls”
Janis led the late charge for GF in the last few minutes of the
game earning them the W. Game two was then captured by the
Rhinos after tough play from Gino D’Agostini and Matt
Agnone.
However, Grecian Formula proved to be too much for the
Rhinos in game three beating them pretty easily being led by
Dimitri “Red Shorts” Vasilos and Hank “Hansbrough” Brennan.
In the 3-6 matchup we saw the Rookie Captain Lorron “LJ”
James take on Veteran Laden, led by Captain Ryan “69”
Dempsey… I’ll clarify the 69 by
letting everyone know Ryan scored a
league record 69 points in a game
this year. This series proved to be a
tough one but the shooting of Nick
“Shaker” Aubrey, Andy “Seles”
Penoza and the sheer speed of Matt
“Baby Golic” Earley and Ron
“Judge” Giles proved to be too much
for the Veteran squad.
In the 4-5 matchup we also saw a
good series between The Dynasty led
by Captain Marcus Ivery and Miller