A tale of two games

We played our first games of the season this morning for Grass Roots Ultimate. Dragos is co-captain of my team, the Flying Disc Monsters (Discafarians). Our first game was at 9:45 down in Broomfield (Boulder is lacking in proper fields) against what appeared to be a pretty new-ish team. We won the game by reaching the score limit of 15 (to their 7). Our second game was at 11:45 or so against a team of great players. They were hucking that disc all the way down the field time and again. They scored a couple of points off the bat, but we came back and tied them up. In the process, Dragos' shin and one of the other team's arms had a nasty collision; I don't think anything was broken. The game stayed pretty close until the very end when they pulled ahead and hit the captain-agreed-upon score cap of 12. We ended up with 8 points, so it wasn't all that bad. They had some fast damn players and we just couldn't keep up at times. But, things should improve the more we play. Afterward, we went out to our sponsor restaurant BJ's for beer and pizza. The league coordinator showed up and bought each table a pitcher of beer, which when combined with our food discounts, meant that my total bill was $3.83. Not too shabby for a glass of doppelbock and a mini-pizza with jalapenos, pepperoni, tomatoes, cheese, and artichoke hearts. Anyway, I'm sore as hell and have piles of work to do for this week. Until next time. XAIPETE