Velma vanquishes Scooby Doo rivals
Velma's game winner was as odd as the game it won.
The speedy winger streaked in from the side of the crease, batted his first shot off Twizzler's leg pads then somehow managed to knock his own rebound past the lunging keeper to salvage a 20-18 nailbiter over a side comprised of his Scooby Doo compatriots.
Moments later, he was still scratching his head over how the evil orange plastic ball careened into the back of the net. But he was relieved that it did.
That's because he and his mates had been pushed to their limit in Sunday's modified half-court game, necessitated when a number of regulars were spooked by a heavy downpour that delayed the opening faceoff by about a half hour.
"They pushed us to the bitter end," said Velma of his rivals. "We had a bunch of chances, but we either just whiffed on them or Twizzler made some nice saves."
Indeed his side seemed to have the game well in control after a pair of whiffle ball shots by the Living Legend managed to elude Twizzler, first on the short side and then right along the ground on his stick side.
But then their scoring touch seemed to abandon them. Scooby and his speedy mates, Doo and Scrappy used their control of the end board to hoard the ball and forge a gutsy comeback.
"We didn't get too many bounces off the end board," said Velma of his team's inability to retain possession of the ball at critical moments. "I think that contributed to our inability to finish."
Doo recovered from a near self-impaling to score a pair of seeing eye goals, including an unlikely mid-air deflection. Scrappy and Scooby also pitched in.
"The other team all contributed equally, they all got goals," said Velma.
But their comeback fell just short, chopped at the knees by Velma's chop into the net.
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