Sacred Sundays: Championship Time!!

The cream has risen to the top! In dominating fashion the top two teams in the league dispatched of their semifinal opponents and will face off for the 2025 Sacred Sundays Title! Sprouts made quick work of my Scottish Rebels, winning easily 103-57. Worst to 2nd also won convincingly over American BadAss with a 127-96 score. James’ Worst to 2nd is turning it on at just the right time, as the 127 points was tops this week giving him his 2nd Weekly High Score prize in a row, and his third one on the season.

This marks the second time James has snagged a high score with one of his players laying an egg, as TreVeyon Henderson scored nil this week. But who needs that guy when you’ve got Puka Nacua (37 points), Bijan Robinson (22 points), George Kittle (17 points), Kaimi Fairbairn (16 points), plus your remaining three players all scoring in double digits! Nice work Cap’n!!

In the playoff for 5th place, Joe’s Pats narrowly edged Unlucky Irish 83-82. So in official standings, Joe finishes 5th and John finishes 6th.

Back to the Championship game this week… this marks the fourth time in the last six seasons where the top two seeds have made it to the finals. James last won the title in 2023 and has won three overall, and Russ’ best finish has been 2nd place which he has done twice, most recently in 2020. So far this season sprouts has won the most Weekly High Score Prizes (4) and Worst to 2nd is next with 3. In terms of total scoring, sprouts leads all this season with 1,641 points and Worst to 2nd ranks 3rd with 1,495 points. (Wt2 trails Unlucky Irish by just 29 points). So this really is a matchup of two of the best teams. Good luck to both you!

Just a reminder the Championship prize is $500 and Runner-up is $300, so there is a big payout awaiting one of these teams. Also a reminder that if there is a tie in the championship game, the tie-breakers will go to: 1) Team with the highest scoring QB, 2) Team with the highest scoring RB, 3) Team with the highest scoring WR, and if it is still tied at that point co-champions will be declared.

BEST BENCH

One team has dominated the Best Benches this season, so it is only fitting for this team to snag another one this week. With a very solid 41-point-improvement-possibility, the Week 16 Best Bench goes to… Joe’s Pats!! This marks Joe’s league leading 5th(!!) Best Bench of the season to go along with the ones he took in Weeks 2, 7, 9 and 12. Joe needed just three roster moves to get there: C. Olave for D. London (+24), R. Stevenson for B. Hall (+10) and H. Henry for M. Andrews (+7).