Oct 10, 2026: madtown

We were up well before the ass crack of dawn today to head down to Madison for a jeff meff volleyball tournament special.

I saw that nasty creature from across the street in a coffee shop and I couldn't help but snag a photo. Shouts to bucky:

• wisconsin badgers, basketball [24th] ↗️ (24 cards); football [125th] ↗️ (32 cards)

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In their first match, they were overmatched right out of the gates. There's a certain level of competition, often when size plays a major factor, where they just can't quite reach that level. They fought like hell in the second set though - they always fight like hell.

0-2 against the Franklin Sabers (the eventual champs of the tourney).

Uh oh, here we go again......

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Now, against the Madison East Purgolders it was a different story, a story framed in domination. Well, at least the first set - the second set was touch and go until they pulled away in the last half of the set. 2-0 W.

Again, again.....

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As you may or may not know about me, I am a leo, and as such, I snapped a bunch of photos with me and a lion. Lions were everywhere today. Myself included.

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In the first set of the third match against Burlington Demons our terrors and ya boi, mr. meff, might have played their best set of the year.

That was followed by all of these bois just being gassed and losing the second set - to include clark getting hurt, noah showing signs of fatigue, an multiple others also showing signs of running out of gas.

As is typically the case though, they battled back in the third set to advance to the Silver bracket. 2-1 W.

You can't escape without the trifecta......

Just my partner in crime and I chasing kids around today.

They ended up matching up against Appleton North Lightning in the fourth match and while they were competitive, they couldn't overcome clark not being at full strength, and the rough schedule of the day. No more left in the tank. Full stop.

I'm guessing at logging them as having finished tenth in the tourney because they never kept the GSheet updated with the final standings. 10 out of 24 (ish).