05/20/2026
Spring 2026 Mays Landing Co****le League: Week 8 Recap
Beautiful Thursday night for round one of bracket play. Doggos in the lot, club music dialed in just right, and the brackets ran on separate courts for the first time this spring. Two Thursdays left, the second is the championship, and the seeding fight is the only thing standing between you and a higher seed in the double-elimination tournament on May 28.
Nine of ten A-bracket teams showed up. Seven of thirteen B-bracket teams did. Almost half of B bracket sat home on a perfect co****le night. Scoreholio caught a couple of accidental doubles in the round generation, but the results are clean.
Born Fish was out sick on the A side. Chas and Mary pick up a 0-4 for the week and drop in the cumulative for the first time this spring. Corny Bastards, Tossin' Turtles, Nuthin Butt Holes, We thought the sign said Corndogs, and Mother Shuckers all missed Week 1 of bracket play. Hole Patrol still MIA. Two Thursdays left, and both count toward your seed.
Splash Bros. ran the A bracket at 4-0 and are now 32-0 on the spring. Charles and Dutty opened 21-2 over Fairways, 23-2 over Bagstreet Boys, 22-8 over Baggin Dragons, and a 21-1 closer over Your Hole is My Goal. Eighty-seven points scored, thirteen allowed. Their teachers, Crackle and Pop, went 28-0 in the regular season and 28-0 through the playoffs in Spring 2024. One more seeding Thursday and the championship to see if Charles and Dutty match the only perfect run in nine seasons of MLCL.
DEEZ NUTS went 3-1. Brandon and Ray's only loss came to These Effin' Guys in round two, which they returned the favor on with a 24-5 closer in round four. These Effin' Guys went 2-2 with both wins coming against top-three opponents and both losses coming against the teams below them. A 2-2 night that felt like 4-0 and 0-4 depending on which two games you watched.
Air Mail went 2-2 with the night's biggest blowout: a 23-0 shutout of Lucky Sacks. Bagstreet Boys flipped 0-2 into 2-2 with a back-half rally that included a 25-6 over Fairways and a 21-0 shutout over Baggin Dragons. Anthony and Brian had the comeback of the night.
Lucky Sacks went 1-3 with the lone win coming against Baggin Dragons 21-1. Justin held ninth in the cumulative anyway. Baggin Dragons got the full A-bracket welcome at 0-4 with 15 points across four games. Kristen and Jessica were appalled they made the A bracket in the first place, and the bracket let them know how appalled it was right back. They have Barnyard Baggers (Vegas wedding) and Department of Bagriculture (new boards) to thank for the seed.
Department of Bagriculture ran the B bracket. Justin and Trevor put up 87 points across four games, the same total as Splash Bros. in the A bracket. Justin missed the A-bracket cut last week by two wins after breaking in new boards instead of practicing on them. This week the new boards came alive. DB is now tied with Baggin Dragons at 12-20 in the cumulative and outscores them by 91 points across the spring.
Ginger ash tornado also went 3-1 with the only loss coming to Natural Corn Killers. Paul opened with a 23-1 demolition of Barnyard Baggers and took the 21-18 upset over Department of Bagriculture. Back to Black went 3-1 with the 22-20 thriller over Barnyard Baggers in the back half, one of two 2-point games on the night. Natural Corn Killers opened with a 6-22 loss to DB and then ran three straight, including a 23-18 over Ginger ash tornado.
Four teams in the B bracket finished 3-1, all within 14 points of each other. The B-bracket seed is wide open going into Week 9.
Three of the four close games of the night were in the B bracket. Twenty of thirty-two games ended with a margin of 15 points or more, which is 63 percent of the night. Two shutouts, both in the A bracket. Now that the field is sorted by ability, the close games are clustered with the closer teams.
Barnyard Baggers went 1-3 with both losses by two points. Haylee played with a sub while Krista is still celebrating in Vegas. Shuck Your Co****le got the round-four save: 0-3 to start, then 21-6 over Barnyard Baggers in the rematch to climb two spots in the cumulative. Corndoggs finished 0-4 with Caitlyn solo.
Bottles and cups are showing up around the boards again. Throw them in the trash on your way through. Kneble's Auto opens the lot back up Friday morning. Help keep this lot clean.
Dollar wings and two-dollar Yuenglings every Thursday at Freddy J's Bar and Kitchen. Buckets of High Noon, Stateside, Surfside, and beer on the menu. Kitchen open the whole time we are on the boards. Games wrap around 9, and the late-night happy hour kicks in right after. Half the league finished the night at the bar trading B-bracket scenarios over wings.
Thanks to Freddy J's Bar and Kitchen and Kneble's Auto Service Center for the lot, the boards, the bar, and one more Thursday before the May 28 championship.
Week 9 is Thursday, May 21 at 7 PM. Last of the four guaranteed games. Reminder: substitutes are not allowed in bracket play unless your opponent agrees. Full recap, standings, and photos:
https://mayslandingco****leleague.com/week-8-recap-spring-2026/
