Monday, October 28, 2082
TYCOBBIAN UNION
TU North
HELLCATS STARTED SLOW; WOUND UP WAY AHEAD IN TU NORTH
For the fourth time in eight seasons Hartsdale (97-57) is the best team in the TU North. Picked to come in fourth in the pennant race, the Hellcats took off like a cat out of hell in June and ended up an easy winner. Second place Fairfax wound up a whopping 12 games behind. The Frogs made a good race of it until August when they went on the blink and dropped completely out of contention. Defending champion White River (81-73) came in far back in the third spot, 16 GB. Luxora (73-81), the preseason choice, was never in the race and finished in fifth place, trailing by 24 games.
TU South
'CANES CLAIM 2ND STRAIGHT TU SOUTH CROWN WITH 2ND HALF COMEBACK
After four decades of frustration, the Cape Coral Hurricanes (89-65) are enjoying their second straight season of success with another Tycobbian South title. But it was not easy -- the 'Canes trailed perennial power Turon (87-67) by almost 10 games at midseason. Then the Hurricanes began to regain strength in the hot summer months and cut the Typhoons' margin to a paltry one and a half games going into September. Cape Coral went 13-11 down the stretch, while Turon slumped to 8-15. The Hurricanes eventually prevailed in the pennant race by a scant 2 games. Three other clubs contested during the year. Southport (83-71) and Ginza (83-71) winded up in a third-place tie, 6 GB, while Summerland (82-72) was fifth, 7 games off the pace. Cape Coral was forecast to win a very close four-team race.
TU East
NATS NAB TU EAST TITLE IN CLOSE RACE WITH STALLIONS AND PANTHERS; 1ST FLAG SINCE 2041
Ozarka and last year's winner East Point were supposed to duke it out for the Tycobbian East flag this year in the preseason prognostications, but it turned out to be harder than that. In all, five challengers made the race at various times in the year. South Fork, Midway and High Mesa also made their presence known. In September it came down to four clubs. Ozarka went 14-8 and held off second place South Fork by 3 games and East Point by 4 games. The Stallions finished strongly with a 16-7 mark. So did the Panthers at 15-10. The Wolves were a poor 10-14 and fell out of the chase.
TU West
KENWOOD DETHRONES PRO CUP KING ROLLING HILLS IN TU WEST
Rolling Hills' (79-75) perennial rival in the Tycobbian West, the Kenwood Wildcats (90-64), did them in again this year, spoiling the Racers' hopes for a repeat Pro Cup Trophy. Rolling Hills has won 4 of the last 8 flags and 2 of the last 3 Pro Cups, while Kenwood has taken 3 of the last 5 crowns. This year Bayview (79-75) was the number-one pick in the preseason poll, however, the Vikings never really were in the race and wound up tied for third place with the Rolling Hills (79-75) and Arlon (79-75) 11 games behind. The Wildcats were rated the third-best club in the early-season voting. As it turned out the seventh choice, the Denton City Redbirds, put up the best fight. They ended up 6 games behind the pennant-winning Wildcats. Kenwood took command of the race from Rolling Hills and Denton City in August and were never seriously challenged the rest of the way.
2082 Tycobbian Union Final Standings
