Sunday Wrap Up
OHSUC 2008 is in the books - and it was a hot one!
But before I dive into the scoop on the weekend – a huge thank you to Andrew and Jim for all of their behind the scenes work at the tournament. And thank you to Dana for helping to hold down frisbee central on Saturday. These folks brought it all together this weekend.
Eight high school teams and three middle school teams came to Corvallis looking for their respective titles. And after two days of hot weather and sweet ultimate – it’s only memories, scraped knees (and elbows and hips and …), and photos (those waiting for my photos – it’ll likely take a couple of days to post them – I’ll let you know here when they’re done).
Let’s start off with the middle school tournament on Saturday. Down to three teams on the weekend – Roosevelt X and Roosevelt Y (from Eugene) and Horde (from Corvallis). Roosevelt’s experience (both X & Y) was clearly evident over their first year competition – and Roosevelt easily won both well played and spirited games over Horde. And, in case you were curious, Roosevelt X escaped Roosevelt Y 11-8. The Roosevelt squad(s) took home the trophy for OMSUC and Horde took home the hardware for SOTG.
On to the high school play.
First, let’s talk Saturday. Pool B – at the end of the day, as called: Churchill X (3-0), Summit (2-1), Sheldon (1-2), and Bend (0-3). The Summit vs. Sheldon game was a close one – as Summit one in cap 10-9. Pool A – almost as called with Philomath (1-2) and Summit B (0-3) holding seed. The A1 vs. A2 game (Tribe vs. Churchill Y) looked to be going as called – with Tribe up big (something like 11-5) – and then Churchill made their run. The Lancers locked down on defense, Tribe’s flowing offense jarred, and Churchill turned in some big disc. Fatigue, weather, and dehydration taxed both sides. Final score – at the horn – 13-11 Churchill.
Crossover games: A2 vs. B3: Tribe vs. Sheldon. After the big game with Churchill, Tribe had nothing left in the tank – and Sheldon, with their deep game, easily took control, winning 10-5 for the opportunity to play in the semifinals on Sunday. B2 vs. A3: Summit A vs. Philomath – and Philomath chose prom. Summit won in forfeit and walks into the semifinals (and still got to camp early for showers).
Sunday: Semifinals pitted Sheldon vs. Churchill X – and X won a close contest 13-8. As for the Churchill Y vs. Summit game – Summit’s gritty play was rewarded with a 7-4 halftime lead. And as time on this game began to run out - Y worked themselves back into the game and scored the last 3 points to win 12-9 in hard cap.
Churchill was simply dominant on the weekend by winning both pools with a split squad. The championship game (with themselves) - turned showcase. Churchill alumni were on hand (where in the heck did they all come from?) – and it became a game of alumni vs. current Churchill players + extras from Sheldon and Tribe. We’ll have to see if the photos turned out.
B Bracket: First game of the morning – the MS All Stars (Emu – top players mostly from Roosevelt middle school – who wanted to play in the high school rounds on Sunday) found themselves up against Sheldon B at 9AM. And, once again, Emu found their tournament upset – sending Summit B to try for 5th place via the backdoor bracket 13-10. However, at the end of the day, Tribe claimed 5th.
Congratulations to Churchill in repeating their OHSUC title. And congratulations to Summit B for running away with the SOTG award.
High school scores will eventually be reported here: http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=65&id=5042
Thank you to all of the teams, coaches, and parents that made the trip to the sidelines in Corvallis. -Jones
