Team Kiko Lake

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'''Kiko Lake's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team''' is a strong contender, but entered 2006 with a lot to prove, due to the injury of [[Helmo Timm]], the flashy (yet erratic) play of goalkeeper [[Ditan Colb]], and their superstar defender [[Meela Kitah]] coming off the worst year of her career. Not making it past the first round, fans hoped for a surprise in 2007, similar to that of [[Roo Island]]'s team, though many believed they wouldn't make it past the Round-Robin Phase. With the addition of forward [[Moni Vyshan]], they hoped the team would be more competitive than the previous year's.

En route to AC III, they were sidelined by a rock slide. Kiko Lake entered AC IV with a drastic lineup change fans thought would help them a lot. Although this new line-up beat Maraqua in the first game which led to be a confidence booster, they later fell from grace and into the final bracket being beaten by Terror Mountain, placing them 14th. And after making no changes to their lineup in [[Altador Cup V|2010]] they were not expected to do much better. Though after beating expected contender [[Shenkuu]] in game one, they didn't play well after leaving them in 16th place at the end of the finals.

[[Altador Cup VI]] had the Kiko Lakers excited for some time, holding 11th place for much of the second round-robin. However, as they began to falter against stronger teams, Teams Shenkuu and [[Brightvale]] kicked them out to fourth tier. Then, going into finals, they lost against [[Mystery Island]]. However, after losing against [[Faerieland]], they finished 16th.

==Roster==
[[Image:Kiko lake logo.gif|right]]

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
{| wikitable border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- style="background:#733D1A"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Left Defender || Right Defender || Left Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 || rowspan="2"| [[Ditan Colb]] || rowspan="2"| '''[["Poke" Cellers]]''' || rowspan="2"| [[Meela Kitah]] || [[Holbie Pinnock]] || [[Relle Felson]]
|- align="center"
| 2007 || [[Helmo Timm]] || [[Moni Vyshan]]
|- align="center"
| 2008 || colspan="5" | Did Not Participate
|- align="center"
| 2009 || rowspan="3"| [[Erli Quinnock]] || rowspan="3"| '''[["Poke" Cellers]]''' || rowspan="3"| [[Ditan Colb]] || rowspan="3"| [[Holbie Pinnock]] || rowspan="3"| [[Meela Kitah]]
|- align="center"
|2010
|-
|2011
|}

==Fun Fact==
Right Forward Meela Kitah shared with us a Kiko Lake success story: "None of us are millionaires, and our community has never been excited about Yooyuball, so it was a real struggle getting to the Cup. Our first year, Poke got a job with Health Frog Groceries delivering door to door, Holbie helped out in his uncle's antique shop, and I sold newspapers. Anything so we could go to the Cup. Playing in the Colosseum is a dream come true."

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[[category:Yooyuball Teams]]

Team Faerieland

2011-08-03T17:52:26Z

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In 2006, '''Faerieland's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team''' featured one of the most potent offensive attacks in the game, consisting of three forwards, making for one of the biggest stories going into the Altador Cup. Their trio of quick, undersized forwards had a tendency to wear down against larger and more physical opponents, however, and their fans were stunned when they were defeated by such forwards from Mystery Island in Round 1.

In 2007, Faerieland decided to switch back to two forwards, adding defender [[Elbin Towse]], who showed vast improvement in practice and then in the regular season the past year, moving Faerieland up to 15th place in Altador Cup II. In 2008, Ciona Broan was added to replace Elbin for her tough tackling. Unfortunatley, they didn't improve, but they did remain 15th. With no changes they returned for the next year, however, the hype didn't quite help Faerieland, giving it last place in [[Altador Cup IV]]. Thus the expectations for Faerieland weren't too high in [[Altador Cup V|2010]] as they again made no roster changes. However they did improve, getting 15th place out of 18, rather than 15th out of 16th and winning eight Yooyuball games, more than ever before.

Once [[Altador Cup VI]] came around, things continued to remain unchanged, despite adding Left Forward [[Elbin Kroe]] from [[Tyrannia]]. They floated around the fourth tier for nearly the entire time, then lost to [[Lost Desert]] and won against [[Kiko Lake]] to finish 15th.

==Roster==
[[Image:Faerieland logo.gif|right]]

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
{| wikitable border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- style="background:#EEAEEE"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Centre Defender || Left Forward || Centre Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 || rowspan="1"| [[Valtonous Rea]] ||rowspan="1"| [[Delma Harrence]]|| [[Babolino]] || '''[[Kakoni Worrill]]''' || [[Palia Alback]]
|- style="background:#EEAEEE"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Right Defender || Left Defender || Right Forward || Left Forward
|- align="center"
| 2007 || rowspan="5"| [[Valtonous Rea]]||[[Elbin Towse]] || rowspan="5"|[[Delma Harrence]]||rowspan="5"| '''[[Kakoni Worrill]]''' ||rowspan="4"| [[Babolino]]
|- align="center"
| 2008 ||rowspan="4"| [[Ciona Broan]]
|- align="center"
| 2009
|- align="center"
| 2010
|- align="center"
| 2011 || [[Elbin Kroe]]
|}

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[[Category:Yooyuball Teams]]

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