Venersborg Venusaur vs. Federal Way Pharos

In a league as close as the PDL, each week friends are forced to become enemies. The Federal way Pharos hosted their close friend and training partners the Venersborg Venusaur. These teams have seemingly flipped position in our rankings with the Venusaur surprising everyone by jumping to a 2-0 record and claiming the top ranked position. The Pharos on the other hand have gone from a competitive squad in each of the past three seasons to sitting at the bottom of the rankings with fellow veteran trainer, Pilot Daniel. 

Maybe the closest match of the week, this one did not disappoint. BillytheMid controlled the pace of play well in the first two games, utilizing his cast of support pokemon and attackers to great effect. That wouldn’t stop Michael from battling until the last second. Game three flipped, leaving Michael standing with two pokemon when it was all said and done. Coming back from 2-0 is difficult, so props to the Pharo squad for keeping their feet moving and staying alive. Unfortunately for the Pharo fans out there, it looked like Michael ran out of energy. BillytheMid’s Whimsicott took a bow as it sent the final nail, a sneaky shadow ball, straight into Annihilape’s coffin. 

With a 3-1 victory William now has the most wins he has ever had in a season and is in great position to keep the record going. The top ranked trainer will need to keep the momentum going as they travel to take on the Mercer Island Mudkip next week.

Infielder Michael dropped the ball this week. It's hard to keep your eyes up and feet moving when you have been worn down by such a difficult schedule. They will need to win out the rest of the way if they want to avoid the wildcard round of the playoffs. Michael had some tough thoughts about his team this week, using phrases like “garbonzon beans” and “losers only”.