WEEK 5
The Four Tops were a top recording group of Motown, but they've got nothing on the 4 undefeated teams left from our leagues.
THIS WEEK'S OVERALL HIGH SCORE:
Ridley's Parlay of the All Stars had a monster week with 198.38 and is looking to begin a dominant streak!
Week 5 Recap
B and B Librarians
Winners of the Week: Blazer Ragers, What you should have done, Weapons of Math Destruction (first win of their career), Captain Lamarvel (1st place and high score with 156.34) and The Hail Mary Shelleys
B and B Librarians 2
Winners of the week: Amateur Footballer, Cleveland Rock Bottom (high score with 168.98), Mac Attack (1st place), GREGZ PICKS and I Must Break You
B and B Pros
Winners of the week: Singlebarfacemask (high score with 156.18), Chiefs not Chefs, Dewey Decimators (1st place), Hoover Hawks and Talking Turnipheads
B and B All Stars
Winners of the week: Uncle Rico, Redeem team, Vinny V, Team Name (1st place) and Ridley's Parlay (high score with 198.38)
B and B Benchwarmers
Winners of the week: Player to be Named Later, Chalupa Batman, Bailey Boomers (1st place), AUNewDay (high score with 174.36) and Taco Cats
B and B Rookies 
Winners of the week: Dominic, Coker (1st place and the high score this week with 175.32), The Meme Team, gottie and Ivan the Impaler
B and B Rookies 2023
Winners of the week: Return of the Mac (1st place), Team Romo, Jeronimo and just joshin allen (high score with 162.34)
 
 MVPs (Top 20 Overall Team Scores)
1. Captain Lamarvel 5-0-0 699.1 (Librarians)
2. Team Name 5-0-0 645.2 (All Stars)
3. Bailey Boomers 5-0-0 608.66 (benchwarmers)
4. Coker 5-0-0 606.82 (Rookies)
5. Return of the Mac 4-1-0 705.48 (Rookies 2023)
6. Player to be Named Later 4-1-0 675.98 (benchwarmers)
7. Kenny's Bills 4-1-0 654.56 (Rookies 2023)
8. Team Romo 4-1-0 630.18 (Rookies 2023)
9. Redeem team 4-1-0 616.58 (All Stars)
10. Dewey Decimators 4-1-0 610.82 (Pros)
11. Uncle Rico 4-1-0 601.68 (All Stars)
12. Dominic 4-1-0 590.78 (Rookies)
13. Mac Attack 4-1-0 562.18 (Librarians 2)
14. Brooklynne's Team 4-1-0 545.62 (Librarians)
15. Team Bama 4-1-0 528.56 (Pros)
16. Ridley's Parlay 3-2-0 722.84 (All Stars)
17. AUNewDay 3-2-0 692.34 (benchwarmers)
18. Chiefs not Chefs 3-2-0 630.6 (Pros)
19. gottie 3-2-0 612.56 (Rookies)
20. Tucker 3-2-0 612.1 (Librarians 2)
Pictured Above: Jim Thorpe
Just before the season-ending series between the Canton Bulldogs and the arch-rival Massillon Tigers in 1915, Bulldogs general manager Jack Cusack signed the most famous athlete of the age, Jim Thorpe, for the princely sum of $250 a game.
Thorpe was everything Cusack expected him to be – an exceptional talent and an unparalleled gate attraction. With Thorpe as star and coach, the Bulldogs claimed unofficial world championships in 1916, 1917, and 1919. His mere presence moved pro football a giant step forward in the public’s estimation.
In 1920, when the National Football League was organized, the charter members named Thorpe league president. While Thorpe's exploits tend to be exaggerated with the passing years, there is no question he was superb in every way. He could run with speed as well as bruising power. He could pass and catch passes with the best, punt long distances and kick field goals either by dropkick or placekick.
Often he would demonstrate his kicking prowess during halftimes by placekicking field goals from the 50-yard line, then turning and dropkicking through the opposite goal post. He blocked with authority and, on defense, was a bone-jarring tackler.
Of mixed French, Irish, and Sac and Fox Indian heritage, Thorpe was born in a one-room cabin in Oklahoma, but when he was sixteen his father sent him to the Carlisle Institute, a school for Indian youth. His Native-American name was Wa-Tho-Huk, meaning "Bright Path," something he was destined to follow in the sports world.
Excellent at every sport he tried, he gained his greatest fame by winning the decathlon and pentathlon events at the 1912 Olympics, only to have his medals taken away because he had once been paid to play minor-league baseball (the medals were restored posthumously in 1982). Although he played six seasons of major-league baseball, football always remained his favorite sport.
-From the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 
 

UNDEFEATED
Captain Lamarvel 5-0-0
Team Name 5-0-0
Bailey Boomers 5-0-0
Coker 5-0-0
COOL TEAM NAME OF THE WEEK:
Ridley's Parlay may seem like a gamble but they put up a huge number and have a cool name "may the odds ever be in your favor".
 AVATAR OF THE WEEK:
The Fantasmic Football Fan has a magical avatar.

Sports Themed Books
Path Lit by Lightning (Adult Nonfiction)
by David Maraniss

From Amazon:
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.
Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw’s New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities, he was one of a kind.
The Football Fumble (Juvenile Fiction)
by David A. Kelly

From Brightly:
With the big game coming up, the MVP kids couldn’t be more excited, at least until they get a look at who they’re playing — the big, tough-looking kids from Hamilton Elementary School. The MVP kids know, though, that heart, perseverance, and effort are the real keys to winning even in the face of a really tough opponent.
(Ages 6 – 9)

 

Hoover Public Library
200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, AL 35216
205-444-7800

@hooverpubliclibrary  |  hooverlibrary.org  |  #imagineMORE