One month after competing at the Michael Lipov Memorial Cup in Chicago, our men’s team attended the first edition of the Texas Cup in Dallas. This tournament, co-organized by Dallas THC and Houston Handball Firehawks, was another opportunity to play competitive games against some of the top teams in the nation.<\/p>\n
The first day couldn’t be better! SF CalHeat consecutively beat Air Force (28:24), Dallas (22:19) and Houston II (22:6) to finish first in the group. Our team clearly dominated the round robin and managed to rotate the roster to keep the team fresh for the championship games.<\/p>\n
The semifinal between Houston I and SF CalHeat saw a rematch of the last year’s Cal Cup final. Despite the early morning schedule, both teams battled hard in one of the best games of the tournament. SF CalHeat took a 5-goals lead at half time (12:7) thanks to multiple fast breaks. The second half saw the Texans coming back to a 1-goal game a couple minutes before the end. But CalHeat stayed calm and focused and brilliantly qualified for the final, end result 24:21.<\/p>\n
In the final CalHeat had the opportunity to rematch against Chicago. While their last confrontation turned in favor of the team from the Midwest (34:23, semifinal Michael L. Memorial Cup), this game was completely different. CalHeat debuted strong, with a very strict defense on Eloy Rubio. The team played as one and ended the first half with a 5-goals lead (13:8). In the second half, our team kept up with the tempo but lacked the energy to maintain the well deserved gap from the first half. Chicago equalized 2 minutes before the end, 20:20, and took a surprising lead and victory in the crunch time (20:22).<\/p>\n
Our men’s team fought hard and demonstrated an excellent performance throughout the weekend. With this second place, the team got awarded with 6 additional points in the wild card race for the Elite Nationals. Now, it’s time for recovery before starting the preparation for the upcoming California Cup (Jan 26-28, 2018). One thing is sure, our men’s team has only one thing in mind: the title!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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