Two Leagues, One Competitive Streak: Joe Spear and Peter Fitzpatrick Keep the Games Going
A volleyball championship and a basketball playoff are bringing DistrictWON coworkers Joe Spear and Peter Fitzpatrick (known on the basketball court as “P Kerpatrick”) together with friends and colleagues beyond the workday. Their basketball postseason gets underway Monday, Nov. 9, marking the start of the playoff stretch and their chance to compete for a postseason title.
The pair competed with The JSpear Beach Volleyball Experience, a co-ed recreational sixes team that played Monday nights from August through Oct. 12. The team recorded 35 set wins, two losses and three forfeits, skipped its Labor Day game and captured the championship in three sets. Joining Spear and Fitzpatrick were Molly Harrison, Erin Mingus, Mary Clare Hough, Joe Webb, Joe Godina and Grace Delaney. Mingus and Hough stepped in as substitutes for the playoff run.
The title brought Spear, Webb and Godina to four championships apiece, while Fitzpatrick now has two. The group hopes to move up a division next season. Monday nights meant more to the team than competition: they enjoyed playing on shaded Court 3 and often headed to Mulberries afterward to watch the Guardians together.
On the basketball court in Willoughby, their team entered its final regular-season game with a 9-3 record. Fitzpatrick averaged 15.8 points per game and was among the team's scoring leaders alongside Cam Brown and Nick Ball, while Spear averaged 3.2 points. The roster also included Brady Bowser, Sam Krayer, Colin Walsh and Kevin Eiseman. Fitzpatrick and Krayer were the team's only west-side players, making the trip to Willoughby each week for games.
That commitment to showing up extends beyond their own teams. While recreational leagues bring coworkers and friends together as teammates, Fitzpatrick also devotes time to younger players as coach of the St. Angela Merici sixth-grade boys basketball team. Alongside a playing schedule that includes weekly travel and postseason competition, Fitzpatrick is helping those student-athletes pursue a city championship.
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