Winter Kickball Tourney Recap & Notes

Congratulations to the SAVAGES for winning the 6th Annual CLUBWAKA VA Raptor Winter Kickball Championship. This talented squad capped off an impressive 9-1 regular season with a pair of tournament victories and the trophy. They shutout their rivals, Beast Mode, in a close finals contest.

Other Tourney Notes: With the championship at stake, all seven teams came to play. The afternoon featured several close and competitive games, especially in the first round. Naughty broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 5th inning to advance via walk-off. This was the fourth time this season that Shiver Me Timbers lost on the final play of a game. We didn't really close these games out well... In the biggest upset of the afternoon, The Big LeBUNTskis defeated the #3 seed, Deep Purple in a 6-inning thriller. Their cinderella run would end in the semis as they didn't quite have enough to overcome Beast Mode, falling 3-1. Certainly an impressive run for the lime green crew and one that will give the individuals lots of confidence going into the spring seasons.

Beast Mode's Brian Neal videoed their team's games and has already begun editing and posting to YouTube. Their first game against Buntcheeks 2.0 is already online.



Grazie, Paparazzi: Big thanks go to Shiver Me Timber's Brad Kirby. All season long he snapped some amazing action shots and candid portraits of the entire league. Over 400 photographs in all were uploaded to the CLUBWAKA Facebook page (please give us a like!)




Thank yous: Shoutout to everyone who volunteered to help ref yesterday. Couldn't have asked for a better crew. Special recognition goes out to Ian Fluke and Jesus Rosales for doing a tremendous job umping the finals. In the immortal words of Kevin Durant, "You da real MVPs".

As always, Bryan Freed deserves the utmost gratitude for volunteering to help set up the fields each week. The selfless service to our kickball community never ceases to inspire me... Big thanks goes out to the staff at County Grill for taking care of us every Saturday afternoon. CG was the perfect post-game clubhouse for us!

I'd say that's an understatement.

Also, I want to thank our great coordinator Josh Carr for all of the hard work he did this season to make 2017 one of the best VA Raptor leagues yet!

Finally, thank you to everyone who joined us. Whether it was 35 degrees or 70 degrees out, I looked forward to spending Saturday afternoons with you this winter! Now, on to the spring!