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Chapter Six – Prophet Clip

THE DAILY PROPHET

SATURDAY OCTOBER 23, 2004

SPORTS SECTION

HOGWARTS SEASON OPENER: Rival Match Between Gryffindor And Slytherin

Friday afternoon's match began like any other I commentated in my days of tutelage at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: quite misty for the fall season and high anticipation of the rival, season opening match between Gryffindor and Slytherin house. The game began with Madam Hooch's ritual blowing of her antique official's whistle and the serving of the Quaffle to the green and scarlet clad chasers who waited hungrily.

Muland Wolfe took first possession of the Quaffle for Slytherin and passed it off to Jake Guide before a bludger nicked him in the back. Jake dodged a tackle from Sean Anderson before awkwardly shooting at the left goal hoop and blocked by goal keeper, Kyle Quodrono, who happens to be the son of world renowned, and 3 time M.V.P. and 5 time all league Keeper of the Salem Arrowheads.

He resets the play serving to Gabby Purcell who takes it mid-field passing to Anderson who takes a one touch punching pass to Donnie Oats in the Scoring area on the left side. Without touching the ball he does a bicycle kick movement and makes the pass it back to Purcell for a goal.

The match continues in much the same manner with amazing tackles from the Gryffindor chasers and impossible saves of Quodrono, but all made possible from the rapid firing bludgers from Gryffindor beaters Joe Praco and Mike Tanner. Gryffindor set a new bludger hit record of 27 hits toping the old one of the 1981 Ravenclaw record of 18 hits in a match.

At 78 minutes into the game with the score at 140 to 0, Slytherin beater Edwin Quaker launched an attack on Quodrono causing him to swerve en route to make a save. The micro seconds that the bludger assault bought was enough for Wolfe to put Slytherin on the board.

Kyle served the quaffle to his chasers who went into a rapid passing frenzy where they flew circles around the Slytherin team. The play moved deep into the Slytherin territory before entering quickly into the scoring area where they continued to pass with lighting speed and confusing the keeper who hadn't made a save all game. Purcel put it in the goal left hoop scoring where Anderson waited and punched the ball back out toward the field where Oats waited to make a quite legal but vary rare, widely disputed, and looked upon as under handed move, 2 shot combo which was first used in the 1626 World Cup finals which won Bulgaria there first National Quidditch Title. This put the score 160-10 Gryffindor continuing to dominate over Slytherin.

With the score at a demanding lead the seekers go into a race around the outer perimeter of the stadium swerving in and out of the raised bleachers of the arena, Gryffindor seeker, Gunther Kelligan, son of the 6 time all league seeker for the pro squad Salem Arrowheads, in the lead. Another bludger attack emanates from Slytherin beater Ike Brewer which makes contact with Kelligan's broom tail sending him into a flat spin causing him to collide with a spectator's tower.

Shaeleigh Snape for the Slytherin team took a solitary chase on the golden glint going into a death defying nose dive which must have been some sixty feet or so at the field bellow. With a gutsy leap from her broom, arm extended she caught the snitch, ending the game in a draw after 89 minutes of play.

-Commentary by Lee Jordan

(Match Stats on page D3 under HOGWARTS SEASON OPENER)