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The NHL has the Stanley Cup, and in these parts, local beer league hockey players lust after a different holy grail: the Southwest Cup.
And last Sunday, the Cup came home to Durango after an extended stay in the Gunnison Valley. A short-benched Durango Betties won the Cup over cross-mountain rivals, Gunnison’s DaBeers, in a fierce OT win with 19 seconds left on the clock in championship play. The winning goal was scored on a breakaway by Devon Schmidt, a typically mild-mannered La Plata County employee, to bring the final score to 4-3 Betties.
The Betties last brought the Cup home to Durango in 2009 or ’10 – nobody really remembers.
The ladies partially credit the victory to a mysterious and rather large pair of gray granny panties that appeared in their locker room courtesy Crested Butte’s Cougars & Kitties. In a show of classic beer league one-up-womanship, the copious undergarment was worn during the championship round by a Betties power defender, who shall remain nameless due to her respectable day job at a local accounting firm. And yes, she did score in them.
The Southwest Cup will enjoy the next year in Durango, where it will likely make the rounds to several barbecues, The Ranch and perhaps a hot tub or two. And when not being used for beer bongs, it can be viewed at the Betties home ice, Chapman Hill Ice Arena. The undies, unfortunately, will not be on display.
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