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Event
Report:
UPA
Club Championships
Another Club series is history with the three remaining Championship
finals now finished in Sarasota.
Womens
Seattle Riot v. Vancouver Prime
Although Riot pulled to start, they jumped out to a lead with
a pair of breaks. At 2-0 Prime settled down and got a break
of their own to even the score at 3's. Riot threw up an obviously
effective zone and pushed Prime to call a time out at 5-3 Riot.
The teams traded until Prime got another break to even the score
at 8's. Bodies were flying everywhere with offensive and defensive
bids from both teams, and possession changes became more frequent.
Riot scored the last point of half, and gained the advantage
of receiving in the second period.
Riot found some inspiring energy during half. After keeping
possession of the disc to score the first point, they ran up
4 breaks in a row to effectively seal their victory. At 14-8,
Prime was able to score again, but from here the two squads
basically traded points to a 17-12 Riot victory. With some big
d-blocks and a few scores, Liz Duffy of Riot put in an exceptional
effort, as did core performers Viv Zayas, Sarah GR, Kathy Scott,
and Deb Cussen. Prime relied heavily on their accomplished core.
The return of Leslie Calder to UPAs made a big impact on offense
and on defense, and the play of Hilary Dunn and Suning Strube
also helped put points on the board. In the end the Canadians
will go home with their first final appearance and the Championship
trophy will head 90 miles south of them, where the Riot gals
will be relaxing after finally pulling it out in the big game.
Open
San Francisco Jam v. Seattle Sockeye
The rivalry in this competition was unmistakable from the first
point, which had no less than 3 foul calls. Sockeye received
and eventually punched the disc in to start the scoring. Jam
got a pair of points back, before Sockeye kept and scored the
first point without a turnover…with a greatest! Neither
team was giving any quarter, with multiple d-blocks per point
common. At 4's Sockeye again kept for the score, and then took
a two-point lead as Jam missed a huck. At 8-6 Sockeye gained
possession near Jam's goal and called a time-out. Sockeye put
the disc in play and a dozen passes later took half 9-6.
Jam answered quickly in the second half, and then got a break.
Working patiently around the field Jam scored and got back to
within 1. At 11-9 Jam turned over a huck and again Sockeye went
up by 3. Jam kept and scored for only the second time of the
game and closed to 12-10. Sockeye received but turned the disc
on a foul call that went to the observer, with the observer
ruling no foul. Jam scored and the game was again a 1-point
contest. On the ensuing point a quick Sockeye throwaway gave
Jam the easy dunk and the score was tied, the first time since
4's many points ago (and many turnovers ago). The 3-point run
by Jam pushed Sockeye to call a time-out and regroup. Both teams
came back from the timeout with renewed focus, and each kept
possession to tie the game at 13's. Sockeye overthrew a huck
to give the disc to Jam, and Jam closed it off to take their
first lead of the game at 14-13. After a wild point of blocks
and turnovers Sockeye scored to tie. Time was running out for
this game, and the score was now capped at 16. Jam worked up
field and scored with a scoober from Idris Nolan. Sockeye answered
right back, with Monahan and Philip Burkhardt working the disc
together into the end zone. Jam received with their chance to
win. A huck by Jam just missed out-of-bounds and Sockeye had
their chance. Returning the favor Sockeye turned the disc over
on a huck and Jam marched back upfield. Sockeye's Giora Proskurowski
got a pivotal d-block in the end zone to turn the disc back
to Sockeye. The Fish finally worked down field and finished
with a hammer into the end zone, and their first Championship.
The feeling of close-but-not-quite is gone for Sockeye, and
is setting in again for Jam.
Mixed
Chad Larson Experience from Ames v. Shazam of Seattle
In the first half the teams tested each other, trading points
and big grabs. At 4-4 the wind started to pick up, and the turnovers
increased. A couple of back-to-back scores and Shazam took the
half 9-7. Receiving to start the second period Shazam kept and
opened up the first 3-point margin. The disc was being aired
out by both squads successfully, and neither team could gain
the advantage. CLE brought it close at 11-10, and then the teams
started keeping possession and scoring. Shazam again built a
lead, 14-11, but CLE started to adjust their defense, and converted
a score and a break to a one-point game. Shazam regrouped with
a time out, but CLE got another break and finally tied the game
again at 14. Shazam kept possession and hit Steve Finn off the
ensuing pull for a point, but CLE eventually evened the total
with a lay out by Luke Voytas. Again Shazam scored quickly by
hitting Finn, and CLE also answered with a quick score. 16-16
and the game was going to overtime. Going to the well again,
Shazam's Steve Finn scored on a cross-field hammer to move to
within one point of the prize. CLE received, but turned the
disc. Shazam followed suit, and the teams traded throwaways
until a long huck was finally tracked down for Shazam…by
Steve Finn of course.
Shazam got big performances from their key players Steve Finn,
Charlie Ellis, and Aaron Bell to take the third Championship
title of the day back to Seattle.
The Chad Larson Experience received the honor of becoming one
of only two teams from the Central Region to have ever advanced
to a UPA Championship match.
Four teams won their first-ever Championship titles this week.
With their new-found knowledge of what it takes to win the hardest
tourney in the world, and after their taste of sweet victory
have we witnessed the birth of new dynasties? A year from now
we will know the answer.
Yesterday's
Errors
Okay, the fact-checker wasn't working at midnight Saturday
when the write-up was completed so these errors slipped through.
Apologies to those affected.
Somehow Billy Dobyns was named as the coach of Backhoe, rather
than Brian Dobyns.
Also, Jam was listed as having sat out the 2003 Championships,
when actually they missed qualifying for the 2002 tourney.
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