League News

Mother Nature put a damper on the final leg of the SDFHL Winter 2023-24 season, but all signs point to a dry course this Sunday. Five teams are already in, two are already out, and the remaining four are carbo loading as we speak in preparation for one final sprint to the playoff tape…

Captain Sean Bathgate’s ‘ScrantoNeonicity’ seems to still be in search of the groove as we edge into the final weeks of regular season play. Now sitting at 3-3-2, they have hit their share of high notes and low notes, with the most outstanding statistical evidence of that range coming with the see-saw-from-hell pairing of most goals scored (28) AND most goals allowed (27) so far this season. A convincing (and important) Week Ten win over Brown has them looking likely to play their way into the postseason encore, but a snare here, or a flat note there could have their season putting on the red light…

Captain Steve ‘The AARP Dog’ Linke and ‘Red-DIt-Dit-Di-Doo’ have done their namesake proud, and worked their way up to ‘ranking number two’ in the office through name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake. It was another big win for Red in Week Eight…their fourth, and while the standings may also show two ‘losses’, I think it’s important to note that they don’t lose games…they win them…or they quit them because they are unfair…

Captain Mark Nagy & ‘The Money Beets’ finally uprooted a win in Week Seven, plucking their way past Grey 2-1 to prove they still have a heartbeat in their playoff chest. While Nagy’s crop remains planted below the cut line, they hope to finally grow up and out of the discard dirt starting with this Sunday’s showdown with ‘Threat Level Midnight’…

Captain Rob Gaudio’s ‘Threat Level Midnight’ secured their second win of the season, besting Brown 6-3 to move above the cut line with four games remaining on their schedule. The threat of missing the playoffs is still very real for Black, and a (fitting) faceoff with Gold(en Face) this Sunday will either tick them closer to a second season stamp, or tock them back down into CriManSqua territory…