AC-VII, Spring 2000
Another Happy Valley Cup
In another thrilling, last day, last event finish, it came down to the North Halls boys on North Halls tennis courts. Nursing a 1.4 point overall Cup advantage, but trailing in the round robin tennis event, Wagner staged a strong 3-set comeback against Leahy on Sunday morning to bring a 1-1 record to the final match against 2-0 Rose, an earlier straight set winner over Setzer. A win for Wagner in the final match would force a 3-way tiebreaker in tennis which would preserve his lead and secure the Cup. With Cup-vision eyes, Wagner came in firing to take a convincing 6-3 opening set. After a seesaw opening to the second set, Rose finally got a service break and took the set 6-4. Given time constraints and lengthy play, the match came down to a "first to 7 points" tiebreaker. Both players matched to a 6-6 score. After Wagner delivered the match point serve, the gritty pair engaged in a lively rally that finally ended when Wagner's expert drop shot was barely saved by Rose and dumped down the sideline for a winner.
In the other events, Wagner used some hot streaks to garner the lion's share of net score and match play golf, while Rose picked up the bonus points for low 2-day net score. On opening night, Rose used some streaky play of his own to garner 3 bowling game wins and high pincount.
Our thanks to the social committees this year who scheduled an invigorating bus ride to watch the Altoona Curve battle the Reading Phillies, and to the wonderful chef(esses?) who "catered" Saturday night's barbeque/margarita binge/wiffle ball challenge/karaokefest (call Debbie and Heather for YOUR next party!).
Next year's Cup competition is... well who knows where, but there will be one!
The Final 2000 ACUP Leaderboard (78 points total)
Leahy Rose Setzer Wagner Total
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GOLF - Stroke play (2 + 8-6-4-2 = 22 points) 2 7 4 9 22
GOLF - Match play (3+18 = 21 points) 1.8 3.8 6.2 9.2 21
GOLF - Low 2-day net (2 points) 0 2 0 0 2
Tennis (8-5-3-1 = 17) 1 8 5 3 17
Bowling (5 + 5-3-2-1 = 16) 3 8 1 4 16
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Totals: 7.8 28.8 16.2 25.2 78
The AC VII Crew.
Actual Scorecards from the Competition