Relay for Life tournament

 On Saturday we teamed up with Fred and Cathy to form S & M Rollers and play in the Relay for Life tournament.  The weather was cooler than expected.  The Glue fixed Garlic, Jalapeno & cheddar and sweet italian sausages and they went over great.
In the first game we played a team that had never played before and they snuck in a few points but we beat them handily.
In the second game we played the Bootleggers.  They only had three and I thought we were in trouble but we crushed them 9-0.
In the third game we played they Calandro family.  Mick & Jann have a lot of experience but their daughter and her friend didn't and we handled them easily too.
In the last game of pool play we played Bocce Bandits.  A win would put us in but a loss would have made things too interesting.  It was a close game and Donna was on fire for them but in the end we got the win 9-8 to move into the championship round.
In the first round we played Big Muddy Monsters.  They jumped out to a 3-0 lead and we answered to make it 4-3 but they gradually moved away and were leading 8-6.  On their last throw they put a ball a few inches away from the pallino but we had three balls left.  Fred went for a kill shot and hit the pallino knocking it way back against the wall with his ball being closest for a point.  We had about 15' to work with for the win but Cathys throw gave us a few anxious moments but it settle short of the back wall.  Fred capped off the win nicely and we were in the championship.
We played a team made up with a couple who'd never played, one who'd played a little and one who had some experience.  They were never in the game and we won 9-4 to win the championship.
It was a very fun day for a good cause.