Sentences with phrase «championship game for the team»

It was a heavily anticipated district championship game for the team, as they wanted their first district championship ever.

Not exact matches

Although Riot funds the championship prize pools and pays $ 12,500 stipends for pro players and coaches for each season split, teams have become increasingly vocal about sharing the revenue Riot makes when it sells world championship sponsorships, strikes distribution deals to stream games and tournaments online, and sells team - branded in - game goods.

Curry, point guard for the Golden State Warriors, debuted his fourth signature shoe on June 1 during Game 1 of the NBA Finals, on the way to the team's second NBA championship in three years.

CNN: Playoff game rescheduled for Jewish basketball team that refused to play on Sabbath A Jewish high school basketball team that had opted out of a shot at a Texas state championship because it refused to play on the Sabbath will now get that shot, after a playoff game was rescheduled on Thursday.

Team Refugee is focused on proving itself for future championships after the games.

While neither team is really in the hunt for the national championship, one could both go a long way toward earning a bid to a BCS bowl game with a win.

And various undefeated teams — No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Florida State, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 10 Miami and No. 18 Virginia Tech — find themselves fighting for two spots, not just one, in the Sugar Bowl, which will be the national - championship game if the Rose Bowl doesn't horn in on the action.

1 championship game, a two - run shot that put her team up for good, after her earlier single tied things up.

It was particularly emotional for Shepherd and Sarah Arnaudon, who played as freshmen on the varsity team that went unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the U.S., only to lose to Liberty in the NCS championship game.

Still, it'd be very surprising for Monday's championship game to be as lopsided as that one, or either of the two meetings between the teams this season.

That hat looks like the «champions» merchandise that gets made... for the team that loses the championship game.

A game 7 loss must have been a major disappointment for a Vancouver team favored to win and a fan base dying for a championship.

It was the first home basketball game for the Bulldogs since the football team's loss to Alabama in the national championship game on Monday night.

Since 1950, when the Los Angeles Rams faced the Browns in Cleveland for the NFL title, there had been 19 games in which a warm - weather or dome team had played for the championship in cold weather.

Potential new bets were brainstormed, the staff guessing which teams would emerge from the championship games (inevitably getting one wrong) and starting their work on updating the data for this year.

Two Stars, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, were at the top of their games; two teams were playing for the NFC championship, but all the big plays were on one side of the ball.

«And they'll be OK with it because with eight teams that's going to make up [financially] for the championship game anyway.»

But the Big 12 decided to add a conference championship game for next season, even though it only has 10 teams and no divisions, in part because the conference believed it would improve its chances of making the Playoff.

I would rather spend some money on BT and watch games at home.Lucas will eave, Alexis is almost done and we get the Wonder from a league less competitive than the championship teams and all of you are looking forward for success.

Even with the first section championship and perfect season in the school's 10 - year history, the Jaguars were not selected for the CIF Division II Bowl Game, although they were Northern California's only unbeaten team on the board.

Fans of teams in the Playoff will likely expect a national championship trip in the second week of January and have little incentive to travel for the undercard game the week before.

Saco has since led the CIF in adding regional playoff games to qualify the section championship teams for the state bowl games, and also added an Open Division — for championship games between the state's top NorCal and SoCal programs regardless of division and enrollment — in both football and basketball.

Mississippi State is a team looking for revenge in the national championship game in 2018.

In the midst of the basketball scandals, ironically enough, 16 college teams fighting for a national championship were showing off the game at its glittering and unpredictable best.

The 2017 edition of «which team got snubbed by the playoff committee» is in full force, with Ohio State backers blasting Alabama for not making their conference championship game while Nick Saban truthers can point...

Right after a single - arm weight - lifting championship and just before a meeting of the Midwest taekwondo club, the Granby Halls Leisure Centre in Leicester, England, has pried open a November date for the most meaningful game in the history of England's national basketball team.

The locations for the national championship games following the 2015 and 2016 seasons are out, as the two finalists from the four - team Playoff will square off in Glendale and Tampa, ESPN's Brett McMurphy is reporting.

In addition, they posted odds for which team will represent each conference in next year's championship game.

The Cal Stars Nike Elite rolled through the Diamond Bracket, with Mariya Moore MVP of the 16 - team group, but their reservations made it impossible for them to play the 1 p.m. overall championship game on July 9.

The original four - team playoff proposal, which was passed in June, called for six bowls to rotate among the two semifinal games played prior to the national championship game.

I'd say this Sunday night rematch of last year's NFC championship teams qualifies for «game of the week».

Amat had come into California's Southern Section Division I championship game against Mater Dei High (from Santa Ana) as the top - ranked team in the nation — unbeaten, untied and unseen by the person who had made Amat No. 1 for most of the season in USA Today's Super 25 national high school football rankings.

Arsenal has been the same for the past decade and probably this season gonna be same all same old stories — to make my story short, right now we are way behind teams say Real Madrid they way they dominated Bercelona on those three games i do nt know about Arsenal if we can stand a chance and biggest problem facing Arsenal has been recruitment of quality players — when we need atleast 5 new players we always brings in 1 or 2 and starting convincing ourselves we gonna win championship if we loose those two of our new players is the same old Arsenal i just do nt know what to say any more

In what could realistically be a match - up in our championship game at the end of the season, I'm sure Team Lalez is licking their chops for a rematch against these guys down the road.

SAN ANTONIO — Before Michigan became the hottest team in college basketball and rode a 14 - game winning streak to a Big Ten tournament title and the national championship game against Villanova, the team's captains gathered at the end of a grueling summer looking for a bonding exercise.

Like in its last title game, Quinnipiac is the road team because its miniature pitch isn't suitable for hosting championship games.

The game against the under 21s of Belarus is the last friendly before England begin the campaign to win the Euro championships and you would expect Southgate to go for his strongest team.

The table below displays the current championship futures for every team at 5Dimes along with their odds to reach the Sweet 16, Final Four and the title game.

That team came within one game of competing for a state championship.

Fonte is a proven performer in the Premier League, with almost 150 games under his belt for Southampton, and he was one of the major reasons that an unfancied Portugal team were able to lift the European championship trophy in France this summer.

And while it was indeed a team effort for Bishop O'Dowd, two players emerged as heroes amongst Rubendall's squad in the championship game, the Powell brothers.

The Monarchs, showing off a uniquely interchangeable, skilled and versatile squad — not to mention tenacious — especially for such a young team, rolled to their fifth state title with a 56 - 54 triumph over equally tough J.W. North - Riverside in the Division II championship game at Power Balance Pavilion on March 23.

He was with Maryland for the past two school years, which means that he was a part of two Terrapin teams that reached the NCAA championship game, including winning the whole shebang in 2017.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — John Beilein will earn $ 175,000 for the Michigan basketball team's run to the NCAA Tournament national championship game.

«Man United will certainly come back into it, so if you have six teams to fight for the championship that would mean that every other game will be of a huge importance.

With both teams sitting in first place in their respective divisions and in contention for a first round bye, the thought of the NFL championship game featuring Blake Bortles and the Saints» -LSB-...]

Every NFL team has played 14 games, and the various races for division championships and playoff spots are in full swing.

Alabama coach Nick Saban announced Monday morning that Kiffin will not be with the team for the national championship game vs. Clemson.

Although last season's Spartak victory started the run that confirmed their first championship victory for 16 years, such a massive game after each teams» own... [Read more...]

Like last year, it's unlikely that the championship game will feature an undefeated team and, as was the case last season, even a team with two defeats could play for the title.