International Globular Legion Opening Day!

The International Globular Legion held its Opening Day fesitivites in Sjorkgen, Luxembourg, marking the very first time the IGL began its Opening Day parade outside of North America. (Of course, the IGL is in its first season, so everything is "for the very first time.") A slew of teams met on the grassy fields today, fresh with optimism and hope that they will in the Nakrab Jar, the IGL's version of the Stanley Cup. Here are the scores and highlights from today's games:

Boston Wicked Awesomes 9.3, Philadelphia Rocky Balboas 4- The Wicked Awesomes prevailed in the sixth and final period when Boston center guard Petey "Pants" McGillicudy scored a back-handed double homer against vaunted defensive swinger Lucious Zing. McGillicudy was 3-4 shooting on the day, with five assists, two singles, and a double homer.

New York Greaseballs 44, Los Angeles ToxicFish 41- Tied at zero after two periods, the game escalated when New York shortstop Roscoe Bernini forced the ball through the north ultra goal, giving New York a 20 point lead. Los Angeles countered, sending wingmen Phil Andrea, Andre Yurnioff, and Cal "Peanuts" Dunn over the hurdles for 17 points. The star of the game was New York left ringman Hall Donald: Donald netted two double homers in the final period along with two assits and five tackles.

Greenland Icebabies 1, Alaska Dogbeaters -6 - The story of the game was Greenland roundback Higgins Smith and Alaska power wingfooter Kulu Rejavich each stepping into the negative zone during the third period. At the time of the negative zone infraction, the score was tied at 79. With the score returned to zero, Greenland returner Rik Holdash hit a ball over the fence, giving Greenland a one point lead. Alaska couldn't recover and was eventually tackled in its own net twice, losing six points.

Switzerland Neutrals 18, Paris Chimpanzees 7- All of Switzerland's scoring was done by star first ringman Justino Grolash. The strapping Grolash knocked a quadrangle, scored a semi-ultra goal, recorded nine tackles, and made a stupendous catch robbing shootingback Claude Davier of free-throw in the final period. Paris was dominated the entire game, only managing to score in the final minute after Pierre Boler launched a desperation shot beyond the seven-point arc.

Beijing Rocketdudes 106, Hong Kong Screaming Ninjas 105.9- This game became an instant IGL classic when Beijing first bagback Mei Feng drove a triple through the ultra goal with only two minutes left to play. Beijing was trailing Hong Kong by 95 before the heroics of Feng. Hong Kong managed a spin tackle in the final minute scoring a ninth of point. However, it was not enough.

Tokyo Megamonsterdestroyermons 6, Korea Guppies 4- Defense dominated this conest. Tokyo defensive swinger Hiroshi Iwamura had three stops and four blocks on goal. Iwamura teamed with south defensive swinger Akira Masomato to form a "flying ozuma" block in the third period, knocking out half of Korea's offense. Korea roundback Di Sun-Yap avoided the "flying ozuma" and kicked three balls in beyond the two-point arc.

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The Nakrab Jar is the IGL's championship trophy