Ford F1 - My first try at HDR
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I decided to create one of these myself:
]]>Ten teams took the hardwood at Northfield High School Saturday for the first dodgeball tournament, presented by Wasted Talent, the dodgeball team that participated in the World Championships in Las Vegas last fall.
All proceeds from the event, right at $1,000, were donated to the Casey Sparling Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Team Caucasian Invasion cruised through the competition, posting wins over team World Champs and the Sophs.
In the semi-finals of the winner's bracket, The Invasion posted a win over the Jaundice-Stricken Jaguars to advance to the championship game in the double-elimination tournament.
Pre-tourney favorite, the Coaches, benefactors of a first-round bye, were sent to the loser's bracket by the Miller's.
The Miller's posted a win over Off Constantly in the opener.
The Sophs had an opening round win over Dodge Caravan (with front side airbags) before the loss.
The Divas (the all female team) were handed two straight losses as were the World Champs.
The Miller's and Coaches both battled through the loser's bracket before the Miller's claimed the upset win.
With the Jaguars lying in wait, the Miller's were stalked and eliminated.
The Jaguars then went on to beat the Invasion twice in the championship series.
Several individual awards were handed out on the day.
The Human Bullseye went easily to David Price. Price was the first one out nearly every match the Caravan played in.
Ty Mills took home the Laser-Rocket Arm award while Andrew Glasscock was the Artful Dodger winner.
Glasscock was crafty all day, and even eliminated Coach Tony Uggen in a one-on-one showdown to place the Miller's in the semi-finals of the loser's bracket.
Levi Allen took home the Best Hands certificate, coming up with numerous putouts via the catch.
The Dodge Caravans (with frontside airbags) won the Clark Fork Wampus Cats best team name award.
The Jaguars went on to beat a depleated Wasted Talent team.
After that was the free-for-all last-man standing contest.
Nate Dunn was the victor, outlasting the field.
Finally, Jared Tackett took home the Casey Sparling Memorial Dodgeball Tournament Sportsmanship Award for his etiquette on the day.
The works are in progress for a fall tournament next year.
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Congratulation Jennie and Jason!
Arizona's loss to the Bears on "Monday Night Football" was bad. Really, really, really, really bad.
But the Cardinals still have more than half of a season left to play after that debacle, and they need to focus on the positives if they are to regroup and make it through the rest of their schedule. (And I hope they do regroup, because Monday night's game was extremely entertaining and I'd love to see a few more like it out of them.)
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Come on guys, it wasn't that bad, right? Well, actually ...So here are 10 positives the Cardinals can take from the loss to the Bears.
1. There were probably a million or so people who went to bed before the end of the game last night, and they all woke up this morning thinking you are awesome, Cardinals. So don't worry -- not everyone is making fun of you today. Although they will once they see the score and learn how you blew that game. Because, man -- that was pathetic.
2. Arizona's new stadium had no history to it until last night. But now the venue has played host to a historically embarrassing, soul-crushing loss by the home team. And that's all that was missing for it to be the true home of the Arizona Cardinals.
3. Blowing a 23-3 lead? That's called snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. And anyone who is willing to snatch something from the jaws of anything is pretty brave in my book. Heck, I once tried to snatch a chocolate bar away from a little puppy and he scratched me, so I gave up. And that puppy died. Kind of like the Arizona Cardinals.
4. By forcing Rex Grossman into six turnovers, you put an end to all this ridiculous talk about Grossman being an NFL MVP front-runner. So you deserve a lot of credit for that, Cardinals. Now, if only you could go back in time to 2002 and somehow erase the scar of Rich Gannon as league MVP, the award would still hold the prestige it truly deserves and everyone might forgive you for what happened last night.
5. When you're a terrible team, it's hard to stay positive and happy all season. But not after last night. I mean, did you see coach Dennis Green's postgame news conference? Awesome. And hilarious. I have no idea what he was even talking about, but if you guys can't get some laughs out of that, you're not even trying.
6. Blowing that game to the Bears and keeping them undefeated means there's a pretty good chance you might become immortalized through the lyrics of the new "Super Bowl Shuffle" song the Bears inevitably will record. So that's cool.
7. Sure, you lost by a point. But you covered the 13.5-point spread by a mile. And you all really should feel free to bet on your games for the rest of the season. I mean, do you really think anyone is going to care if the Cardinals are betting on their games? Heck, much of the nation didn't even know you existed until Monday night. A little bit of gambling isn't going to raise any eyebrows.
8. This loss came three weeks after the University of Phoenix agreed to pay $154 million over 20 years for the naming rights to your stadium. And what fortunate timing on your part, because if negotiations were still under way, the University of Phoenix surely would pull out because it wouldn't want to be associated with such an inept franchise as the Arizona Cardinals. So, in a way, by putting off a signature Cardinals loss like this until Week 6, you made your organization $154 million. Well done. Maybe they'll let you have some of that money for gambling.
9. If there is one thing we know, it's that Arizona's loss made Nick Lachey sad. And anyone who has turned on the radio and been subjected unwillingly to one of his songs can agree he deserves to experience some misery of his own as payback.
10. You learned a lot about yourselves as a team last night, Cardinals. For instance, if you want to beat a good team like the Bears you'll have to build a 30- or 40-point lead, because anything less than that you'll choke away pretty easily.