A sincere congratulations to Matt & Stacey who got hitched May 28th with a slew of BC'ers in attendance. Now that I've been married a full 7th months, I can give some sound advice. "Happy wife, happy life". I know the wedding was an excellent time... it's just a little blurry after the Fernet shots...

I caught up with Jordan Kemp (U.S. Air Force) recently and thought it was worth a post. Sounds like there's a chance he'll be back with us. I just pictured him and Loulet on the field at the same time and wet myself. Here's the thread:

Chris,

Hey dude, sorry for the unbelievable delay before getting back to you. Believe it or not, I had followed you guys through the email chain and via the website last year so I knew you guys had won. So congrats on that. Did you ever get to play the team from San Diego or did they never commit to a game? Anyways, I'm almost done with pilot training here in Columbus, MS. It's been a brutal year as far as training goes, but it's almost over. I think I'll be getting a pretty good assignment out of here but even that's still up in the air. I won't find out what I'm flying or where I'm going until mid June. Travis AFB will be high on the list and if we go back I'll definitely look you up.

I can't tell you how much I miss the game man. Especially playing with you, the Kim Bros., and all the rest of the BC guys. What a great group. Ever since I left I've been itching to play so you can bet that if we get sent your way I'm definitely in to play again.

One of the most frustrating things is that there are actually a lot of lax guys here at Columbus but no one has a goal or time to play. And if we did have time there's really no competition within a thousand miles so it doesn't really do us any good.

Thanks again for the note dude. Hope all goes well this season for you guys. Keep me posted on the inevitable success in the defense of the coveted NorCal championship.

Jordan

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Chris Clark wrote:

A few of us on BC were talking about you the other day, and it made me realize that you may not even know that we won the NorCal championship last year. Somewhere there's a pretend championship ring for you. If you're ever back in the bay area you're welcome to play with us again.

- Chris

Captain Dansky, seen here celebrating Saturday's victory, decrisbed a post game celebration that made everyone at Murder Burger jealous.

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - BC captain H. M. S. Dansky anchored the attack for two important road tilts as BC climbed back to .500 this past weekend. Dansky showed textbook jibes on Saturday at Palo Alto, while Sunday Streets of London’s Nimitz Class defenders were no match for his veteran tacks. Sean “I’ve Got No Beef with Cattle, But Ostriches Really Ruffle My Feathers” Whitacre once again proved that he has no off button, playing through the final whistle on Sunday. Pat Lorian was his usual beady eyed self in net, allowing everyone else on the field to relax a bit. Special thanks to Tom Loulet for his work at close defense, and also for sparing Thumper the Rabbit. BC is back in action this Saturday against CLIF Bar in Sausalito.

Team Barbary Clark lost a nail biter in overtime to a scrappy (yet poorly dressed) 40 Thieves team to conclude the San Diego Lacrosse tournament. In a coaching move that could only be called "Clarkian", Coach Clark benched All-American goalkeeper Milk "FerNet" Fenton, electing to start his always confident (yet untested) backup Kris Klark. Previously, Klark's contributions to the Barbary Clark team appear to be his ability to 'boot & rally', as well as his short-stick defense which generally referred to as "Eff You Guys".

Never one to let opportunity pass him by, Klark logged a impressive first half. Activities were not necessarily limited to goalkeeping, and included the heckling of the opposing team, the heckling of his own team and the heckling of an old lady walking past the field. Klark also made at least one impressive save, thanks in part to an attackman who still believes that stickside high shots useful… “assuming the goalie just gets out of the way.”

Unfortunately, the second half would not smile so kindly on Barbary Clark. One of the referees (who had decided that getting paid for actually working the game was just asking too much) elected to not bother enforcing the rules of the game, and drew the ire of Clark Nation. An arguing Assistant Coach Clark was told by the ref "It's just a consolation game, and I don't care". An incensed Kris Klark then pulled the cage over and announced "Then you can not enforce this rule a-hole". Everyone on the sideline gave the scrappy backup goalie from Upstate New York a standing ovation, commenting that if nothing else "he certainly does have quite a mouth on him".

Few pix from the SD Tourney a few weeks back...unfortunately, the 'Remote Control Robot' duo were not documented.