“After the match, coach Johnalex looked at his rats in a whole new light.

"We've got potential." said the inexperienced coach last Wednesday in anticipation of the third match. "The team is really amping up the game, and we've got alot of players looking for extra training out there."

Highlights include Cluny (ex-tyrant rat) coming out for an MVP-worthy Completion of 2 yards... a feat only dwarfed (no racial offense!) by AHBP's Stallone, who being an elf (racism intended!) should have done better.

"It's all about the fans." stated team mascot/rookie linerat Smooshy after being flipped off of his exercise wheel in a team training session. With 8k of the 11k total attending fans cheering on Skaventure, truly how could they have lost? By the end of the match, Skaventure merchandise was reportedly scarce in the East-Bay shopping mart... The Fanfactor is really rising with this team after this.

"We just hope they don't get the plague..." commented high-casualty-inflicting blitzer, Mattimeo from the team. While elf-pileups aren't unusual the major concussion, broken jaws and ribs that were inflicted was a mighty bit scary when it was coming from the rats.

"They just seemed like babies yesterday, reaching up for the ball from 'the big meanies' of those last guys," coach Johnalex recalls, having largely erased the defeat from his memory, "and they've really shaping up."

The match was played early last week and put Skaventure at 3rd in their division. A place previously thought of as unreachable by coach Johnalex, who is starting to believe in the little fellas.

"go skaventure!" "GO SKAVENTURE!!!" the coach and team cry in the locker-room, with Rat-Ogre hybrid, Rat-ah-Tat-Tat only screaming "Smash, Ugg, Ugga, Smash!" which is most all of what he does... but today, its for Skaventure.

-Andy Alefilled, assistant sports editor NWN”