We only had three games on Court 4 the other day, but two of them were magnificent. In the first one, Regulators used a balanced attack to come away with a tight, two-point win over Los Toxicos. Eddie Contreras scored 14 points to lead the Regulators, who had four players score in double figures. Sal Perez had 13 points at halftime for Los Toxicos, who held a 28-22 lead at the break. He finished with 21 points and six rebounds.

In the second game, Isaiah Ortega and Anthony Ortiz combined for 47 points to lead Phantomz to a thrilling 78-76 win over NOVA. Here's how tight the game was: Phantomz outscored NOVA by one point in the first half and by one point in the second half. NOVA's Justin Kerr exploded for 24 of his 32 points in the second half, but his team fell just short.

In other games:

--Cool Arrows (don't ever say that fast to someone who speaks Spanish) got 25 points from Fred Simms in a 70-68 win over Rogue Sharks. The Sharks got balanced scoring from Adiel Acuña (16 points), Luis Salinas (also 16), Gilberto Palacio (13), and Kenneth Gonzalez (12). 

--JAK handed defending top-league champion Splash Pad another regular-season loss, 67-58.

--The Good Guys got balanced scoring and held on to edge Hickory, 64-60. 

I'm not fond of being in charge of stuff, but I kinda' have to be in this case since I've been doing it for 38 years. I'm losing my patience with a few people. Do you know how some people from The Windy City tend to start sentences with, "Aw Man, back in Chicago..."? Well, my ongoing problem/fault is starting sentences with "Next season..." I keep promising/threatening to make constructive changes to the League. I get 95% compliance, but then, short on time, I let the slackers slack and it drags things down. Well, next season, every team will have its roster input into the system by the end of its second game. If they don't, there will be no third game until it's done. As the worst rapper of all time (Vanilla Ice) would say, "Word to your mother."