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The 1st Annual "America Outdoors
Challenge Classic" Tournament
January, 2002
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Team 1
The Terminators
Seth, Raymond, Ed, and Bob |
Team
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Fearsome Foursome
Tex, Sandy, Debbie, and David |
Team
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Jolly Volleys
Penny, Don, Francine, and Gary |
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Team 4
80 Degrees
Mark, Gary, Vinnie, and Jim |
Team
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The Stingrays
Kyle, Barbara, Lee, and John |
Team
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The Manatees
Bob, Gary, Harold, and Dirk |
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Team 7
Ever Ready
Ewald, Helen, George, and Bob |
Team 8
The Winners
Don, Paul, Frank, Jack, and Maurice |
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The 4pm Challenge Game
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The AO (Mikey)Team
Ritchie, Alphonso, Millie, and Mike |
The All Star Team
Sandy, Don, Kyle, and Seth
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Here's how it all played out:
The Jolly Volleys were the early odds on favorite to win the whole
thing, unfortunately they lost a close match early in the tournament &
were forced to fight their way back thru the losers bracket. 80 Degrees,
made up of unknown players looked good early and had a fairly easy time of
it to make it to the final of the winners bracket where they beat the
Fearsome Foursome with no problem.
After a long wait the 80 Degrees were overflowing with confidence that
they could handle the winner of the loser's bracket who turned out to be
the Jolly Volleys! The Jolly Volleys had won three close games in a row
& were dead tired. All 80 Degrees had to do was win one game & go
home. But somehow the Jolly Volleys won the first game!
The crowd was stunned & word spread like wildfire throughout the
campground. Soon the stands were filled and the tension was so thick you
could cut it with a knife. The confidence that 80 Degrees had was no
more. The Jolly Volleys won going away! This was surely a comeback for the
ages.
After the final, the players voted for an all star campers team. The
top vote getter was Don Johnson from the Jolly Volleys with 22
votes. The All Star team then proceeded to humiliate the Mikey team
winning the match by scores of 15 to 1 in the first game, and a skunk in
the second game, 11 to 0. The consensus was that Mikey's team needed a lot
more practice before they issued anymore
challenges.
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Some of the action... |
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| Bob kept score
all day |
Alphonso
serves... |
Mikey serves... |
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| The Battle
Rages... |
The Crowd Falls
Silent... |
You'd rather read
than watch the game? |

The All Star
Campers Win!!! |
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