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Sequence, a mixed club team, began its third fall season under captain Jeannie Reakirt-Gulbis by travelling to Chattanooga for this year's Shawn Adams Tournament. After being chastised by team coach Randall Anderson for moderate tardiness, the team began its effort to redeem its place as the bottom seed in the pool. Despite dropping a double-game-point heartbreaker to Tater Sak, the team captured solid wins against the third and fourth seeds in the pool to put itself in contention for Sunday. After some quality time in the hot tub and dinner downtown, the team made a valiant showing at the party, led by Rick Wyatt and Julia Daly. Sunday began early with a solid win against Ah Fudge / East Atlanta before running into an inspired Shotgun. Sequence's Darin Heuermann literally gave Shotgun the finger, finding his pinky bent at a ninety-degree angle at the knuckle following a layout for a diving hammer. Losing one of its main handlers made the ensuing rematch against Tater Sak all the more difficult. However, thanks in part to stepped-up play from Kevin Brown and Maryann Rose and a momentum-shifting layout score by Jeannie, Sequence battled to vanquish Saturday's loss (and Darin's finger) with a closely-fought two-point win. The drama of the day left Sequence at a disadvantage as it entered the B finals against IP, who felt they needed a crafty "half-back pass" play to take the victory.

As always, the strength of Atlanta's mixed division makes for a very competitive Sectionals, and this year was no exception. Sequence had solid first-halves against Shotgun, Rival, and IP, but took its only Saturday win against Emory. The team knew it was still in contention for a Regionals bid, but needed a Sunday win against the reincarnated Atlas to earn it. On paper, the game appeared to be a relatively lopsided matchup, with one or two Sequence players having as much tournament experience as most of Atlas' players combined. In reality, the youthful bunch brought out some absolutely phenomenal early-morning play. With the game knotted at ten, Sequence found a way to pull down the final two points, with Tonya Lanthier sprinting deep to snag the game-winning score.

While a trip to Nationals sounded nice, 12th-seeded Sequence decided to relinquish that goal in advance and aim to have as much fun as possible at Regionals. The roadblocks came fast and hard, beginning with a tournament hotel with no continental breakfast and a hot tub that closed at 11pm. Saturday began with solid starts against Holes and Poles and (for the third time) Shotgun, but Sequence continued to struggle with its second-halves. The team found itself in a must-win game against Florida's Alpha Omega Ultimate, and pressed through a hard-fought game to take the two-point win. IP arrived for the cross-over game, and, given the previous two match-ups, seemed to be expecting an easy game. Instead, the game turned into a battle, with IP eventually finding their footing late in the second half to take the win. After noshing on Italian food, the team aimed for the party, only to discover it practically over by 10pm. Undaunted, Sequence took the party to their hotel room, even dragging Jason Simpson out of a booty call and occasionally waking up his Chain teammates across the hall.

With the A bracket out of the picture, Sequence began Sunday with a hotly-contested game against Florida's Reentry. Highlighted by Patrick Corn's breakmark scoobers and a garbage-collecting layout score by Chris Blackburn, Sequence took the windy game, and faced Death Knell for ninth place. The consistent wind made the game somewhat ugly to watch, but Sequence, aided by several solid defensive plays by Rick Wyatt and stepped-up offensive work by Sam Cooke and Marlys Brothers, took the win to capture ninth place. The team returned to Atlanta proud of its successful season, but especially proud of its commitment to fun, spirited play.

For more information about Sequence, contact Jeannie Reakirt-Gulbis at Jcrwkgtkg@aol.com.

SEQUENCE 2005 Roster: Randall Anderson, Craig Arnold, Nat Aryucharoen, Chris Blackburn, Marlys Brothers, Kevin Brown, Sam Cooke, Patrick Corn, Julia Daly, Darrell Drogula, Robert Dulaney, Stacey Hartmann, Darin Heuermann, Tonya Lanthier, Linda Nordahl, Jeannie Reakirt-Gulbis, Maryann Rose, Alex Washington, Chris Witmer, Rick Wyatt