The MPANMMEFSL Thread (The Nine Man League)

[Drk]

I thought I'd try doing like a few other solitaire players do and keep one thread going with updates on my league. I'm just getting rolling (played the first of three games yesterday) with week 5.

Here is how things look through week four:

WESTERN DIVISION
Camp 53 Shays 3-1
Northome Bears 2-2
Gratton Swamp Loggers 1-3

EASTERN DIVISION
Plum Creek Pioneers 3-1
Wildwood Woodsmen 2-2
Caldwell Busties 1-3

I'll post week five's first game summary soon.

[RooMorgans]

Excellent stuff. Looking forward to reading more!

Ed

[Drk]

Wildwood Woodsmen @ Camp 53 Shays
Week 5
‘A Comeback With Out the Extras’

The early stages of this contest had the makings of a one sided affair. With the Camp 53 Shays being guided by guest coach Owen the Woodsmen took the opening kick off and two plays later had a touchdown. Little did anyone know, the miss of the ensuing extra-point would be repeated and become the deciding factor in the game.

With Owen resigning his post as the Shay’s head man full solitaire play resumed midway through the opening quarter. The Shays’ first drive lasted just three plays ending when an errant throw by Sophomore QB Bill Thayer was picked off by the Woodsmen. Wildwood could not capitalize though. Their three and out ended the first quarter: Wildwood Woodsmen 6 Camp 53 Shays 0.

The second quarter was all Shays. Roy Eldred scored on a scamper of 57 yards and Thayer redeemed himself with by intercepting a Wildwood pass attempt late in the quarter. Two plays later Thayer decided to keep and run on an option pass. 42 yards later Thayer was in the end zone and the tables had turned. The half ended with the Shays dominating but the lead was just eight at 14 - 6.

The Shays continued to steam roll the Woodsmen in the third quarter. Thayer caped the second half’s opening drive with a TD run of 19 yards off of a beautiful draw play to make the score 21 – 6.

The Woodsmen came roaring back however on the strength of a pair of 59 yard TD runs. The rally fell short however as a failed two point conversion and another missed PAT kick left the Woodsmen 0 – 3 for PAT’s on the day.

The Shays were able to run the clock down and held the feisty Woodsmen on the last play to secure the win 21 – 18.

Thayer led the way for Shays all day with 74 yards rushing on 9 attempts for 2 touchdowns. He was also 4 of 5 passing for 57 yards and he threw one interception. Thayer also contributed on defense with two assists, one for a loss, and an interception.

Woodsman running back, # 33*, was also impressive getting 150 yards and 2 touch downs off five carries. He also had one catch for a third TD and had a game high four tackles. One can’t help but wonder what may have happened had he not missed nine plays in the second/third quarters due to inury.

The Shays now have a league leading 4-1 record while the Woodsmen fall to 2-3.

*Wildwood Woodsmen players have not been given names/ages yet.

Camp 53 Shays 21, Wildwood Woodsmen 18

Score by quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildwood Woodsmen	6	0	6	6	18
Camp 53 Shays	0	14	7	0	21

Scoring summary	Qtr	Time	Scoring play	WW	C53
Wildwood	1	6:00	#12 28 yd pass to #33	6	0
Camp 53	2	6:30	#34 Eldred, Roy 57 yd run (#3 Pollard, Lester kick)	6	7
Camp 53	2	1:20	#10 Thayer, Bill 42 yd run (#3 Pollard, Lester kick)	6	14
Camp 53	3	5:00	#10 Thayer, Bill 19 yd run (#3 Pollard, Lester kick)	6	21
Wildwood	3	2:30	#33 59 yd run	12	21
Wildwood	4	5:00	#33 59 yd run	18	21

Team stats	Wildwood	Camp 53
First downs	6	8
Rushing yardage	172	142
Pass completions - attempts	3-4	4-5
Passing yardage	51	47
Pass touchdowns - interceptions	1-1	0-1
Total plays	17	19
Total offense	223	189
Fumbles - lost	0-0	0-0
Penalties - yards	3-25	1-5
Defensive sacks - yards lost	1-11	0-0
Time of possession	15:30	16:30
3rd down efficiency	1 for 2	0 for 2
4th down efficiency	0 for 0	0 for 0
Punts - average	1-28.0	2-43.0

Wildwood Rushing Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #33 5 150 30.0 59 2 #44 7 29 4.1 19 0 #49 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 Total: 13 172 13.2 59 2		Camp 53 Rushing Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #10 Thayer, Bill 9 74 8.2 42 2 #34 Eldred, Roy 2 53 26.5 57 1 #26 Naes, Oscar 3 15 5.0 16 0 Total: 14 142 10.1 57 3

Passing Name Cmp Att Yds TD Int #12 3 4 51 1 1		Passing Name Cmp Att Yds TD Int #10 Thayer, Bill 4 5 47 0 1

Receiving Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TD #33 1 28 28.0 28 1 #44 1 19 19.0 19 0 #48 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total: 3 51 17.0 28 1		Receiving Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TD #83 Delusion, George 2 21 10.5 17 0 #84 Smith, Dick 1 16 16.0 16 0 #34 Eldred, Roy 1 10 10.0 10 0 Total: 4 47 11.8 17 0

Fumbles Name Fum FL FR Yds		Fumbles Name Fum FL FR Yds

Kicking Name FG FGA Lng XP Pts #2 0 0 0 0 0 #3 0 0 0 0 0 Total: 0 0 0 0 0		Kicking Name FG FGA Lng XP Pts #3 Pollard, Lester 0 0 0 3 3

Punting Name Num Yds Avg Lng I20 #3 1 28 28.0 28 1		Punting Name Num Yds Avg Lng I20 #3 Pollard, Lester 2 86 43.0 48 1

Kickoffs Name Num Yds Avg Lng #3 3 104 34.7 60 #2 1 60 60.0 60 Total: 4 164 41.0 60		Kickoffs Name Num Yds Avg Lng #3 Pollard, Lester 3 139 46.3 56 #10 Thayer, Bill 1 0 0.0 0 Total: 4 139 34.8 56

Kickoff returns Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #12 1 13 13.0 13 0 #44 1 5 5.0 5 0 #49 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total: 3 21 7.0 13 0		Kickoff returns Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #26 Naes, Oscar 2 38 19.0 27 0 #83 Delusion, George 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total: 3 42 14.0 27 0

Punt returns Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #33 1 11 11.0 11 0		Punt returns Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD #34 Eldred, Roy 1 25 25.0 25 0

Defense Name Tkl Ast Sac TFL Int #33 4.0 4 0.0 0.5 0 #48 3.5 5 0.0 0.5 1 #89 2.5 1 1.0 2.0 0 #83 2.0 2 0.0 1.5 0 #67 1.5 1 0.0 0.0 0 #68 1.5 3 0.0 0.5 0 #12 1.5 1 0.0 0.5 0 #44 1.5 1 0.0 0.5 0 #49 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 Total: 20.0 18 1.0 6.0 1		Defense Name Tkl Ast Sac TFL Int #26 Naes, Oscar 5.5 1 0.0 1.0 0 #74 Johnson, Nick 2.0 2 0.0 0.0 0 #34 Eldred, Roy 2.0 0 0.0 1.0 0 #84 Smith, Dick 2.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 #42 Carlson, Howard 1.5 1 0.0 0.5 0 #50 Flintwood, Oscar 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 #10 Thayer, Bill 1.0 2 0.0 0.5 1 #66 0.5 1 0.0 0.0 0 #58 Angel, Val 0.5 1 0.0 0.0 0 Total: 18.0 8 0.0 4.0 1

Camp 53 Shays Drive Charts

Start qtr.	Time of poss.	Drive began	Plays	Yards	Result
Q1 5:30	2:00	-27	3	16	Interception
Q2 8:00	1:30	-43	2	57	Rushing touchdown
Q2 1:40	0:20	-42	2	58	Rushing touchdown
Q3 7:30	2:30	-46	4	54	Rushing touchdown
Q3 2:00	3:30	-20	3	0	Punt
Q4 4:30	4:00	-45	5	4	Punt

Wildwood Woodsmen Drive Charts

Start qtr.	Time of poss.	Drive began	Plays	Yards	Result
Q1 7:30	1:30	+40	2	40	Passing touchdown
Q1 3:30	3:30	+46	3	0	Punt
Q2 5:00	3:20	-13	5	23	Interception
Q2 1:10	1:40	-17	2	-7	End of half
Q3 4:00	1:30	-22	2	78	Rushing touchdown
Q4 6:30	1:30	-43	2	57	Rushing touchdown
Q4 0:30	0:30	-13	1	2	End of half

[Drk]

a game to save arse! With five kids, two in basketball and one in hockey, chores at home, Super Bowl parties, and honey do lists it just aint happing in February so far.

I finally started another game last night though.

After one quarter the Swamp Loggers from Grattan have a 6 - 0 lead on the Bears from Northome on a 100 yard punt return. The Bears should be dominating this game with their speed. The Swamp Loggers had a deep drive thwarted when that speed picked off a short pass or the lead may be larger. The Bears' offensive and defensive lines are getting man handled. They'll need to make some adjustments.

Stay tuned................but I have board meeting tomorrow night and Al's fantasy draft Thursday night so................tune in Friday; I hope

[WEIRDWOLF]

I had a model train Shay engine when I was in high school and into model railroading! Go Shays!

[Drk]

I didn't think anyone here would know what a shay was. Camp 53 was a real logging camp where shays were used. It's quite a story actually. All my teams in this league are historically based right near where I live.

My boys and father-in-law love model trains as well.

You do logo work, right. At some point I'll be looking for logos for the teams in this solitiare league. Do me up a shay if you like.

My other teams are the Swamp Loggers, Bears, Woodsmen, Busties (bet you don't know what that one is....) and Pioneers. I have logos I like for the Bears and Pioneers. I'll post them up some day as I get more organized.

Thanks for checking out my thread.

[Drk]

I got that game I couldn't get to completed tonight.

The Northome Bears staged a come from behind win over the Grattan Swamp Loggers. After trailing 13-3 at the half the Bear defense pitched a second half shutout and the offense did just enough to get the win 16-13.

It's late so I'll do a complete write up with pictures tomorrow.