The Ian and Jessie Throw Down Show

Out of storage comes the racquet and Jessie.. Ian too!

With heaps of trash talking flying in all directions, the stage for the long-anticiated showdown between Ian O and Jessie O was set.  Ian ended his break from the game, returning in rather large and intimidating fashion.  Jessie was exceptionally agressive in her debut, certainly causing a bit of fear in the sleeping giant that is Olvera.  And to the delight of spectators, both parties hit balls in.  Battles back and forth surged, with Olvera slowly carving out a lead.  After much give and take, Olvera edged Jessie 6-1, moving to an impressive 1-0 on the year.

Meanwhile, Vincent and Jut teamed up for their first doubles match-up, taking on Dave the Human Net Beast and Mikedog Hoefferle.  A solid 6-1 showing snapped Jut's 5 game losing streak. 

A shuffle of players saw Mike and Jut throwdown against Ian the Victorious and Vincent.  A solid battle ensued, with Vincent serving with more power than usual, and Ian often confusing games between tennis and hockey.  Jut and Mike were playing pretty good, and were able to pull out a 4-2 lead. With Ian taking his service and moving the duo to behind just a game, Jut and Mike pulled out the win 6-3, snapping Vincent's impressive reign of tennis terror.

Dave and Jessie matched up, with Dave letting out his go go gadget netarm, blasting Jessie to a place of fear and pain (see Jessie's FB posting 2 days later).  A 6-1 matchup saw Dave revived and Jessie satisfied with her first outting in 27 years. 

Jut also faced Vincent again in the routine head to head match-up, with neither party playing particularly well.  Vincent, despite playing 29 straight hours of tennis with only routine breaks for text messages, was able to efficiently destroy Jut with a 5-0.  A resurgence of Jut helped to take two consecutive games, with Vincent finishing it 6-2.

Additional squabbling ensued following these sets, including attacks of darkness on the facility lighting.  But tennis prevailed, with Jut and Mike taking on Dave and Ian.  A blitz attack led by Mike, though briefly interrupted by gadget arm, promptly crushed Dave and Ian 6-3. 

End scores for the day:

Vincent: 2-1
Mike: 2-1
Ian: 1-2
Jessie: 0-2
Jut: 3-1
Dave: 1-2

Through Week 9

Vincent: 7-1

Bricco: 3-1

Jut: 13-6

Michael: 6-5

Alan: 1-1

Dave: 2-4

Tony: 3-8

Bob: 1-5
Ian: 1-2

Steph: 0-1

Jessie: 0-2

Kris: 0-0

Week 9: The Day of Vincent and Michael

Mike says:  "I won, I won. Yeah!"

This Sunday (June 23) welcomed tennis alum Alan Siman - Alan even had a new racquet to debut.  A solid 6 showed up in total, including Bob, Jut, Tony, Michael, Vincent, and Alan.

Games started with Bob & Jut Vs Alan and Vincent, while Tony and Michael battled.  The doubles match was the tightest of the year, with ties at 3 and 5, and eventually heading into a tiebreaker.  Vincent and Alan stormed back for a 2-4 deficit in the tiebreaker to smack down Jut and Bob 7-6 (7-4). 

Michael, who was relegated to the Bush League for the day, took down Tony 6-1, 6-1.

Next, Jut and Vincent again faced each other in a head to head, while Tony and Michael teamed up to take on Alan and Bob.  

Jut, having lost 4 consecutive matches to Vincent in the week alone, had some confidence with a  4-3 lead.  But a strong ending from Vincent and a love of hitting the ball out by Jut combined to give Vincent the win 6-4, moving him to 5-0 on the summer.

Tony and Michael had no problem smacking down Bob and Alan, finishing it 6-1.

End results of the day:

Michael: 2-0

Vincent: 2-0

Alan: 1-1

Tony: 1-1

Jut: 0-2

Bob: 0-2

Standings through Sun, June 23:

Vincent: 5-0

Bricco: 3-1
Jut: 10-5
Michael: 4-4 
Alan: 1-1

Dave: 1-2

Tony: 3-8

Bob: 1-5
Steph: 0-1
Kris: 0-0
Ian: 0-0
Jessie: 0-0

Next Game is THIS WEDNESDAY at 8:30pm at UW OSHKOSH.

The Fall of Jut. The Intro of Dave and Vincent.

Vincent quickly moves to 3-0 this summer

Entering Wed night, Jut was 10-0, including a solid destroying of Michael in the Oshkosh Olympic final (6-0) that left Michael scared of tennis and the color green-yellow for days.

Enter Vincent Clune, the unexpected but invited tennis player who first appeared on the scene last year at two UWO evening outings.  Vincent, who is a current high school player for Oshkosh North, was certain to inflict some damage into Jut's record.

In addition, the evening brought out Dave Ruby, master of the running lob and new tennis player.

Opening up the evening was a match-up of Bricco and Jut vs Vincent, which ended quickly with a 6-2 beat down facilitated by Vincent.  Dave quickly pounded Palmeri as well 6-1.

Bricco then moved over to take on Palmeri and Dave, while Jut battled (or attempted to battle) Vincent.  Bricco held 6-4, while Jut was solidly destroyed (6-2, 6-4).

The last match of the evening came as Jut and Dave teamed up vs Vincent and Bricco.  The match was called early due to the lights going out, with Vincent and Bricco grabbing the default win (score was 5-4), despite the almost assured comeback led by Dave's monster presence at the net.

End results for the day:

Bricco: 2-1
Vincent: 3-0
Jut: 0-3
Dave: 1-2
Palmeri: 0-2

Standings through Wed June 19:

Vincent: 3-0

Jut: 10-3
Bricco: 3-1

Michael: 2-4

Dave: 1-2

Bob: 1-3
Tony: 2-7
Steph: 0-1
Kris: 0-0
Ian: 0-0
Alan: 0-0
Jessie: 0-0

Next Game is THIS SUNDAY at 8:45am at Menominee Park.

Week 8 Flies By

Bob earns his first win of the year!

Damaging winds and torrential downpours resulted in a last minute cancel of the Wednesday night match.  However, Sunday was certainly a go, featuring the first annual Father's Day Open.  Three out of four showed, with Bricco bowing out later than the last minute (BRICCCOOOO!!).  Required format was a rotating 2 on 1, best of 3 sets.  Winners were anyone who snagged 2 sets.

The day opened with Jut Vs Michael and Bob, with Jut dropping the opening game on his service.  The set ended strong for Jut, taking it 6-2.  Michael Vs Jut and Bob followed, with a slightly more competitive 6-3 win for Jut and Bob.

The last set proceeded in unique fashion, with Jut and Michael up 2-1 and in the midst of the 4th game when Michael forfeited the match due to leash tightening.  Jut continued to play Bob to finish the set with a win (6-2), but Michael's forfeit cost him a loss while giving Bob a win over Michael.  Bob therefore snags his first win of the year!

End results of the day:
Jut: 3-0 for 1 win
Bob: 2-2 for 1 win
Michael: 0-3 for 1 loss

Through Week 8

Jut: 10-0

Bricco: 1-0

Michael: 2-4

Tony: 2-5

Bob: 1-3

Steph: 0-1

Ian: 0-0

Alan: 0-0

Dave: 0-0

Jessie: 0-0

Next Week:  TENNIS WEDNESDAY at 8:30pm at UWO;   SUNDAY MORNING at 8:45AM at Menominee Park (slowly moving earlier with nicer weather)

Week 7 Tourney!

A wild weekend of games took place in Oshkosh, including a great 6-player tennis tourney ripe with upsets, comebacks, and full-on ball-dropping.

Palmeri, the comeback kid!

The tennis side of the games involved 6 players, each playing two short 3-game seeding matches, followed by a bracket elimination tourney.

At the end of seeding, Michael earned the 2 seed while Jut snagged the 1 seed (each getting a round 1 bye).  Tony Palmeri opened up as the 5 seed vs 4 seed Jamie M.  Tony was down 5-3, and the curtains were being pulled, but an amazing comeback including tremendous hustle brought about a 4 game terror by Tony, pulling off the win 7-5.

Tony then faced Jut in the semi-finals, while Michael faced Jaybird in the other bracket.  Jut took out Tony 6-0, while Michael took care of Jaybird 6-4.

In the consolation game (for 3rd), Tony was up 3-0 over Jaybird, but let it slip away, finishing up with a Jaybird win at 6-4.

Michael never really got anything started in the championship game, dropping to Jut 6-0.

Totals for the day:

Tony: 1-2
Michael: 1-1
Jut: 2-0

Overall 2013 standings:

Jut: 9-0

Bricco: 1-0

Michael: 2-3

Tony: 2-5

Ian: 0-0

Alan: 0-0

Steph: 0-1

Bob: 0-3

Next Up:  Wed at UWO at 8:30pm weather permitting.

And so it begins...

Courts were dry by 8:30pm

Wednesday night tennis has officially been kicked off.  What was looking like a great doubles match-
up featuring the return of both Bricco and Robert the Robber Poeschl to go along with Jut and Palmeri ended up being a fine night of singles.

Palmeri played the "I'm old" card, which could either mean he is old or his wife (just married this past weekend) has already taken control and cancelled his participation.

Bricco was more on the fence, but once Jut suggested the games would be cancelled, Bricco took the bait and climbed in the tub with his ladymate, together eating garlic.  As it became clear the weather was turning for the good, Bricco cried "wet court".  Bush league.

What was left was a good head to head between Bob and Jut.

Despite rains all day, tornado-like winds, and what might have been Clintonville-ish earthquakes, the courts were in good shape.  Over 96% of the court and near backcourt was dry.  In fact, Bob, who often falls, didn't even fall - a clear indication of the stability and dryness of the courts.

And damn, Bob was just wailing on the ball, left and right, corner shots, slices that hardly bounced like a dropped baby.  That is, of course, until the game started.

Bob opened with confidence, nearly taking the first game.  However, Jut broke serve and continued to win 4 straight.  Bob's revenge was short, taking only game 5.  Set 1 ended with a Jut win at 6-1.

Set 2 went fast.  5-0 lead for Jut was briefly interrupted by a 1 game win by Bob.

Jutdog: 1-0
Bob: 0-1

Through Week 7.5

Jut: 7-0

Bricco: 1-0

Michael: 1-2

Tony: 1-3

Ian: 0-0

Alan: 0-0

Steph: 0-1

Bob: 0-3

~ NOTE - SPECIAL TENNIS TOURNEY SUN, JUNE 9 (featuring Jut, Michael, Tony, Ron Hardy, Jaybird, and Jamie - part of the full day olympics)

~ Wednesday, June 12, 8:00pm at UW Oshkosh (great lights)

Week 6 enemy showdown: More hype, less battle

Overheads killed Michael all day, hitting only 1 out of 7

The long-anticipated showdown between Michael Hoefferle and Jut Mitchell - two opposing enemies who really can't stand each other in any way - was set to occur the Sunday of Week 6.  Bob Poeschl continues to be relegated to the minor leagues, as he isn't ready for Oshkosh Tennis Smack.  Palmeri is in Vegas getting married, and there weren't enough additional players to make a doubles battle.

The day started out in shining fashion for Mikedog.  Two quick points in game one, with an eventual 3-1 lead.  However, Jutdog came back tying it for deuce.  Michael fell 0-1.  Then 0-2 and 0-3.  The fourth game was service break for Michael, bringing it to 3-1.  Jutdog won the next two games, taking a solid 5-1 lead.  Michael pulled out two unreturnable serves in the seventh game, closing the gap to 5-2. Jutdog finished the last game in 4 straight points, sealing the first set.

Michael, looking to do better in set two, was not better in set two.  Overheads plagued him all day, as did most shots requiring hustling.   Michael lost the second set 6-1.

Final score of the day:  Jutdog wins 6-2, 6-1

Jutdog: 1-0
Mikedog: 0-1

Through Week 6

Jut: 6-0

Bricco: 1-0

Michael: 1-2

Tony: 1-3

Ian: 0-0

Alan: 0-0

Steph: 0-1

Bob: 0-2

~ Wednesday Night (JUNE 5) at UWO, 8:30pm
~ NOTE - SPECIAL TENNIS TOURNEY SUN, JUNE 9.