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While the namesake for Captain Mark Nagy’s ‘The ORangeVILLE’ fell outside of the realm of Star Trek proper, the Final Frontier ultimately belonged to the intrepid skipper and his quirky/plucky crew. It can certainly be argued that fates would have been changed in an alternate reality with Captain John Boddy beamed into the lineup for Blue, but space and time care not for ifs and buts. Congratulations to Orange…our SDFHL Fall League 2025 champions, and kudos to Blue for a VERY hard-fought and all out effort in the absence of their captain…

Ten space-worthy vessels embarked on a voyage of destiny back in mid-September, and after four months of intense space battles, ravaging space…storms, and even a space fire (somehow possible without oxygen), just two crews remain on course. Captain Mark Nagy’s ‘The ORangeVILLE’ (ironically, one of two teams with off-theme names) navigated past Captain Jeremy Copp’s Teal, and are now set for one final battle (or two) with Captain John Boddy’s Blue as the SDFHL Fall League 2025 Final (finally) gets underway this Sunday…

Captain Luke Wolmer certainly looked to be at the helm of the champion ship with ‘Into Darkness’, cruising into the final third of the regular season at 6-0-0, but a 1-2-0 final stretch, and a shocking 5-1 loss to Purple in their playoff opener left the crew shaken and their shields at half power. With their primary weapons system also out of operation against Captain Copp’s Teal, their season officially flipped from ‘destined’ to ‘doomed’. One team has already reached ‘The Final Frontier’, and three others remain on course as the final two weeks of the postseason are set to unfold in the new year…

Anything can (and will) happen in the SDFHL playoffs. Rags to riches…riches to rags…all part of the ‘any given Sunday’ dynamic that makes this league great. Captain Ryan Karns’ ‘Grapes Of Wrath Of Karns’ were certainly great in their second season opener, knocking off top-seeded Black in convincing fashion to send shockwaves through the bracket and cast doubt over any one team’s perceived ‘dominance’…