by Chuck Martin Thursday, July 15, 2010 – San Francisco CA – The spring 2010 incarnation of the Castro Basketball League (CBL) saw two exciting games to finish its season, one that went overtime. Gay Fish, who came into the playoffs with a 3-6 regular-season record, hoped for a second consecutive upset win, and almost [...]
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W14a: Gay Fish, Mack Attack win tight games to advance to championships
by Chuck Martin Monday, July 12, 2010 – San Francisco CA – Last Thursday was the appetizer, a single first-round playoff game that saw High Tops (& Bottoms) edge Passion Posse for a trip to the A Division final. Tonight was the main course: six teams in action, only three earning the right to go [...]
W13: Posse folds late, Hi-Tops advance to Finals
The only playoff games of the night proved to better match than expected. The #1 seed in the “A” division, Hi Tops (& Bottoms) had defeated the #4 seeded Passion Posse two of the three times they met during the regular season. However, HT&B would be missing one of their top players, Mike O’Connor, so [...]
CBL Playoffs begin, McSweeney’s, Castro Fun Gayme..
The 24th Castro League Playoffs begin tonight featuring the #1 seed Hi Tops (and Bottoms) taking on #4 seed Passion Posse at 7 pm. After the game, we’ll be holding our second annual Castro Fun Gayme which brings players from both divisions together for a casual match. Stick around after the game and come to [...]
W12: Playoffs set, late B Division standings shakeup
by Chuck Martin Thursday, July 1, 2010 – San Francisco CA – The playoffs are set. Gay Fish (3-6) edged Passion Posse (2-7) 40-36 to avoid going against league leader High Tops (& Bottoms) in the first round of the A Division playoffs. Positioning in the B Division got all shaken up; Defenders (4-5) got [...]
W11: A division leaders win out, B Division leader upset
by Chuck Martin Thursday, June 24, 2010 – San Francisco CA – The top A Division teams held serve in the penultimate week of Castro Basketball League (CBL) action, while the B Division leader skipped a beat, getting upset by the last place team. Team Jacob (6-3) wrapped up its season by edging Passion Posse [...]
W10: High Tops, City Swishers clinch top playoff seeds
by Chuck Martin Thursday, June 17, 2010 – San Francisco CA – Two teams clinched top playoff seeds in Castro Basketball League (CBL) action tonight. High Tops (& Bottoms) (6-2) took advantage of a shorthanded (yet very energetic) Team Jacob (5-3) to win a close game, 50-40, and earn the A Division top spot. City [...]
W9: Swishers almost falter, Passion Posse doesn’t
by Chuck Martin Thursday, June 10, 2010 – San Francisco CA – City Swishers snatched last-second victory from defeat to edge Mack Attack, and Passion Posse finally succeeded in holding a lead to get only their second win in Castro Basketball League (CBL) action tonight. City Swishers played a near duplicate of its previous game [...]
W8: Celtics-Lakers…who cares? It’s Thursday Night Gay Basketball!
Disclaimer: I was busy playing during the first game of the evening and busy chatting during the other two, so if my account is off, blame it on the hotties who kept distracting me… In what has become a B-division Battle for 2nd place (Swishers appear to be a lock), Mack Attack and Moonlanding faced [...]
W7: top teams hold serve
by Chuck Martin Thursday, May 27, 2010 – San Francisco CA – Teams at the top op the standings all maintained their status, facing varying challenges that they overcame. On the A Division side, Team Jacob (4-2) followed up its stirring comeback win from the previous week to take control the whole way over Gay [...]
