League News

Our 25th anniversary season has been an homage to all things 1997, and the definitive pinnacle of art and culture that year was the timeless work of cinematic excellence that was/is the movie film ‘Face/Off’. Orange and Grey can only hope to deliver the same powerhouse performances that Travolta and Cage blessed us with in the year of our league’s birth, 0 AD (After Dale). The scene is set, the cameras are ready to roll, and the action is set to unfold in a thrilling one (or two) hour epic/preposterous thrill ride this Sunday…

Captain Joel Gattey’s ‘GO, OJ, GO!’, have done their infamous namesake well so far, slicing through two playoff victims, and making a run for the ages. In (fitting) summary, one could say that they’ve acquitted themselves quite well. The ‘real killer’ in Week Two was David Schlatter, who proved at least as adept as Eric Herrmann at slashing opponents…hopes. Orange have now reached the fork in the road that is the Winner’s Bracket Final, and yet…they definitely cut like a knife…

Captain Ryan Karns and ‘Karnsma Police’ started the season with two wins. Little did they know at the time, but those would be their only two wins of the season…a season that ended in an overtime loss to White in the league’s first ever ‘play-in’ game. What goes up must come down…what goes around comes around…clichés are like a box of chocolates, and Blue became the first casualty in the most preposterous parade of playoff parity in twenty-five years of SDFHL playoff history…

For the first time in league history, nine teams set sail on playoff waters. Spoiler alert, something will likely go horribly wrong for eight of those teams. One team will find space on a life boat, float past the frozen bodies of their foes, and be rescued by the RMS Cup Winner. It’s sink or swim, starting this Sunday…