1999 Condors Tournaments
(page 1 of 4 of Condors tournaments in 1999)

Saturday:
Cold, windy and even a rain/hail delay.
Condors vs Barry White..........................10-3
Condors vs UC Davis..............................15-3
Condors vs Yankee Clipper (Love Gun)..12-8

Sunday:
Sunny, mild with a very slight breeze (aka beautiful day).
Condors vs ????........win......quarters
Condors vs SOIA.....14-10...semis

So it was a Condors vs Matza Balls finals:
Close at first, then MBs went up 12-8. Condors came back to almost even it up at 13-12. Then I think the fact that the Condors only had 11 players began to take its toll vs the MBs 18 guys. The MBs pulled ahead to stay and won the game 17-12 and the tournament. This is the 4th time in the last 5 years that the Matza Balls have won Fools West.

Some amazing bids and grabs in the finals. I think Stephen got most of it on video. Towards the end, it appeared to me that the Condors were playing on sheer guts with their bodies saying 'stop', but their minds saying 'never'.
Great game. Great team. Great guys.

Saturday:
Condors 15 - Penultimate 2
Condors 15 - Hyperion 5
Condors 15 - Jam 11
Condors 15 - San Diego 6

Sunday:
Quarters - Condors 15 Pirates (Santa Cruz) 4
Semis ---- Condors 15 Seattle 11
Finals ---- Blaze 13 Condors 12

Highlights from the SB Classic '99-
1. JD's play, especially in the final, INSPIRING.
2. Jay spiking anything in sight at the feature game, "you need money for what?!!!"
3. Ted's skying catch late in the final in the crowd.
4. Corey's block late in the final (a prediction made by Faust prior to the game).

Steve

Pickups for the tourney were Ted from Portland (who is moving here in two weeks), Dennis from SF, and Sean from Seattle. Everyone played well as a team, especially Steve Dugan, who despite all of the distractions of running the tournament and getting over the flu, completely took over a couple of the games on Sunday with some stellar defense. JD Lobue was the standout on offense for most of the tournament; seemed like everytime I turned my head, he was burning his guy deep by 10 yards. As Shep said in the middle of the Seattle game: "JD, you're the biggest short guy I've ever seen." The heart-breaking loss in the finals on our own turf probably came down to an inability to make some easy plays in the first half. We snapped out of it in the second half and should have taken the game, but Blaze prevailed in an opposite fashion to how they went down to the Condors in Tempe. There's no doubt in my mind, that if we had stayed consistent in the first half with how we had been playing the rest of the tournament, we would have beaten Blaze by at least a few goals in the finals. Well, material to inspire us each to work on improving ourselves to the point of taking care of business next time. There will be no more losses this year.

Garrett

Saturday:
Condors 13 - Calistona 6
Condors 13 - B-Sides 5
Condors 13 - Pirates 6
Condors 4 -- Jam 13
Condors 13 - Barry White 5

Sunday:
Quarters - Condors 15 Snake 8
Semis ---- Condors 15 Pirates 6
Finals ---- Jam 15 Condors 13

The Condors looked sharp in the quarters and semis. Very few offensive errors (I don't think I saw any) and great D. Jam came out strong in the finals and went up 3-0. The Condors then matched points for a while and the game went to 8-5. Jam then pulled away even more to 11-6 (I think). With the game to 15, Jam went up 14-10. It looked over... but the Condors began to play their game and fought back. 14-11, 14-12, 14-13, and the Condors got another D. It was great Ultimate. But Jam got the disc back and scored for the 15-13 win. Next match in Scotland!