2023 league tournament

Yesterday concluded the 2023 fall tournament so no bocce until next year.  We didn't play until the third round of games which worked out great for us.  Lisa fixed a big roaster of her famous championship chili and I had a guy stop by to buy my riding lawnmower.  I also had some cousins from out of town stop by to say high to myself, Lisa and Roberto who was playing for another team.
In our first game we played The Naturals on the middle court.  Once again we started off slow before getting ourselves back in the game bolstered by a four point frame.  We got the score to 7-7 but they moved ahead 8-7.  Both teams exchanged throws before they put one close to the pallino.  My first throw was off but my second was on target to at least rearrange thinks but sadly at the last couple feet it veered to the right and we went down to a 9-7 loss.
Immediately after we were done we got called to play on the same court against Pookies.  They'd played quite some time earlier and on the third court.  They couldn't find the right speed and their shots kept going long.  We ended up cruising to a 9-2 win.
We once again played on the middle court for our final pool game against Can't Be Trusted who surprisingly hadn't won a game and were the number one seed in our pool.  With The Naturals losing to Pookies we need a win to get in a roll off to advance but Can't Be Trusted waited until they played us to get their mojo back.   Time after time they put their first of second shot close to the pallino putting us behind in the ball count and piling up points.  There was no comeback as they smoked us 9-0 ending our chances of advancing.
Overall I thought we played well but had a lot of shots go between two balls or miss by a small margin, good shots that just didn't work.
I can't say I'm sorry for the season to end, it's been a rough year for me trying to find my throwing mojo while battling injuries and soreness that make if difficult.  While we really missed Herb and Lissa it was great seeing the improvement Mike and Debbie made over the course of the season and I look forward to more of that next year.