Monday, December 1, 2008

RU Grease Trucks Classic Recap

Week 1:
Notice I said week 1 because our tournament was split into two weeks because of the weather.
Game 1: Stuyvesant
We opened up the game going on a 3-0 run, throwing hucks into the heavy wind, but coming down with them nevertheless, then playing aggressive D with a layout D by John Barnum. After that, we allowed Stuyvesant to come back with a 2-3 point run. After that, we exchanged points with Stuy by allowing them get a couple of hucks off of our straight up mark. We had a sick sky by Jake Price, skying two Stuyvesant players, then throwing the disc into the air to pump up our sideline. During the last point, Steve Silva got a poach D, and then threw a 30 yd flick into the endzone, where I layed out over my defender for the game point.
Game 2: West Windsor Plainsboro North
Taking our anger from last year at States, we came down hard on WWPN with a four man cup, pushing them into the wind, which they could not throw into. We then responded by using their offense against them and scoring with quick breaks into the endzone. The weather and wind became worse and worse throughout the game, but we simply worked the disc up and skied most of the deep looks. With Steve Silva with his hucks into the wind we kept the disc close to their endzone, and eventually, the weather became so bad that we took the victory.

Week 2:
Game 1: Tenafly
A relatively new team, we played straight up against them, forcing them to throw sloppy hucks into the wind. They had one thrower, and most of the time we got the D on his hucks. Took the game 13-2.
Game 2: Stuvesant
Stuyvesant came out missing a couple of players, and we quickly received two Calahans in the first half. With a couple of deep shots to Jake, we quickly took control of this game, unlike the last week where we exchanged numerous points with them.
Game 3: CHS
We came out into this game unmotivated and lazy, and nobody was moving much, so not only was it hard to move the disc, but we were making too many stupid mistakes and letting hucks off of the straight up mark. Usually a cutter, I began to handle as a last resort, but to not much avail except a successful huck or two. We forced many throws which caused us to lose the game.

Winter workouts at the Eclipse gym for the next three months. Working on upper body, core, and legs.

End of Fall.

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