19-02-3

Pahrump Wild Burros Secure Second Win in Style Despite Great Effort From Grandview Garter Snakes 

Game three this week was another nail biter, featuring a riveting chase, tight scoring, and another victory for the home team.  Nicholas Stanton was the star chaser in hour one for the Burros, with a hefty 10 attempts at the Garter Snakes’ hoops, aided by 5 attempts from Cristina Williams and 2 from Raymond Elliott, making the Wild Burros’ score at the close of the first hour 120 points.  The Garter Snakes also ended the first hour with 120 points, partially aided by the Wild Burros’ beater, Franklin Mays, who on a misjudged bludger beating knocked his fellow beater, Tommy Wolf clean off of his broomstick.  Fortunately, he came away with only a broken arm and leg, and should be ready to play next week with help from the team’s Mediwizards.  The Garter Snakes, with morale high after this favorable misfortune took the initiative.  Pearl Pearce dominated the pitch for much of hour two, making 14 attempts and scoring on 9 of them, outpacing Elliott’s efforts, who only managed 8 goals for the Wild Burros out of 11 attempts.  The score was only 1 goal different at most through the whole of the second hour, and frequently tied.  Then suddenly, at 1 hour and 50 minutes Mable Thornton and Julia Lindsay, seekers for the Wild Burros and Garter Snakes, respectively, simultaneously spotted the snitch and gave chase.  Lindsay started with a slightly stronger position, and managed to keep Thornton off for quite some time, and encouraged by this, the chasers for the Garter Snakes redoubled their efforts, and managed two more goals during the chase, to bring them up by 20 points.  Then Stanton got hold of the quaffle for the Burros and made a goal right past Victor Wilson, as the seekers screamed by and distracted him, bringing the scores up to 250 and 260, Snakes leading.  Then, in a wild burst of energy, Thornton threw herself into a corkscrew dive after the snitch, catching it just beyond Lindsay’s grasp, ending the game at 2 hours 11 minutes in the Wild Burros favor.

Final Score: Wild Burros 400, Garter Snakes 260.