Temper, temper!!!

Chick's been watching all of this hullabaloo over Trough Hockey with trepidation.  She knows what happens when those BCM cats lose.

THEY COME UNGLUED!!!

There will be two more rounds in the
Orange - y Bowl of Trough Hockey, so the cats still have a chance.  Right now the score is horses 1, cats 0.

Chick just wishes she and Blue would be called to play.  Dogs play with balls too, you know!!  They could be the "Farm Team".

Practise makes perfect!!

Big Kitty took over the duty of coaching Flag, only because this little grayish black cat NEEDS some coaching.  Who better to encourage concentration than the Big Kitty himself.  BK moved the ball a few times, then turned it over.  He instructed Flag to disregard any flying objects, dead or alive.
Put BOTH eyes on the ball and use your "paw/eye" co-ordination to maintain control of the ball until you reach Team Equine's goal, then

PUSH THE BALL TO THE WALL!!

Keep your eye on the ball!!

Following the devastating loss to Team Equine, OT and H"C"S ordered

"hockey practise".

The cats are going to have to pull up their socks if they want to win the next round.  It's not acceptable for a player to be distracted by a simple sparrow.  Every cat must concentrate on the game.  After all, a round only lasts for 10 seconds. How hard is it to focus for a measly 10 seconds?

Cat in the box!!

If you've ever been in the penalty box, you'll know its not a great place to be.
Flag spent 20 seconds in the box for a serious infraction and he didn't like it one bit.

Timbit jumped in after Flag jumped out.

She wanted to see what the big problem was with "the penalty box".  Yes, its a bit tattered and torn, but you don't go there to have fun.  Its a punishment for bad behavior.

Timbit thinks Flag is a sissy!!!

Abnormal behavior??

Timbit retrieved the ball and passed it over to The Tipster.  He got tired of waiting for Flag's release from the penalty box, so flopped over on his side to take a rest.

Flag was penalized for 20 seconds.

But we've noticed something strange about the only neutered cat at BCM.

He is L A Z Y !!!

He's kind of thick around the middle, and never puts much energy into his daily life.

Is this behavior normal?!!!

Sore loser!!

Flag is now in the Penalty Box!!!

20 seconds for Unsportsmanlike Conduct,
or UnSMLC for short.

When the whistle blew, he sunk his claws into the red ball and flung it out of the Trough Hockey trough.

Timbit ran to quickly retrieve it.

Horses win

.......Flag whirled around and tried to get to the ball.

He was about to put a paw on it when

the dreaded whistle blew

to end the round!!

Score:   TH  1        TF  0

The suspense is unbearable!!

This is what we know so far.....

Little Eagle took possession of the ball and rolled it to his end of the trough.

Flag ran along and was about to use a paw on it when a sparrow flew past the Trough Hockey trough.
The cat turned his attention to the bird!
Little Eagle nosed the ball into position!

Team Equine was about to win the round when suddenly.....

10 seconds left!!

A few  rules we forgot to mention:

1:  Each round will last a total of 10 seconds.
2:  Whoever is in possession of the ball when
      the whistle blows will receive one (1)
      point for their team.
3:  Possession for Team Equine is defined  
      as "having a nose close to the ball"
4:  Possession for Team Feline is defined as
      "having a paw close to the ball"

Tipster placed the ball and quickly ran for his life.

Pre-game highlights!

We have more rules to go over, but Player Selection has begun, so we'd better catch up.  Flag isn't orange, but we'll bend the rules and allow him to play.  Here, he struts his stuff for the only male player on Team Equine.  He's hoping to have Little Eagle for an opponent, since this horse has no experience playing Trough Hockey.

Flag is trying to intimidate Little Eagle with his sheer strength and good looks.  On the other hand, the horse is attempting to sedate the cat with soothing breath emanating from his ultra soft nose.  It works on humans, so it should work on cats too.