So I may have set the bar too high on posts about Western... We (Y) got fifth, and X got seventh. I'd go into detail, but I waited waaaay too long thinking I'd have time to write something significant at some point.
In other news:
Despite feeling like a sure thing, my mixed club team (Drag'n Thrust) did not advance to nationals. I'm not complaining - we lost our spot fair and square. Twice in fact. I do wish our region would have had another bid though. We would have definitely done some work at the show.
Machine, along with Walden, Stupca, Joel, and Pat, take the number 2 spot out of the region on the open side. Congrats to them. Sub Zero gets bumped off for the first time in a looong time. I have to sympathize with them, seeing as it's my home team, but they probably had a feeling this might come along with the rise of Madison Club (and Madcow).
Next on the Illinois agenda is No Wisconsequences. We're choosing to attend the tournament split squad this year. Hopefully this decision turns out to be a good one, letting the rookies see lots of playing time in a decidedly more competitive tournament than Western. The team list went out in email form, but I won't post it here until it's finalized. Hopefully I'll have some time to post at least a Saturday recap while I'm there. No promises on information about Sunday.
Till then...
Austin
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Western Classic '09 Day 1
Greetings from beautiful Macomb, IL
The cars made the trip down mostly with out incident. I say mostly, because a rookie may have been left behind due to lack of contact info. Also, Helen (my Magellan GPS) decided to take my car to Bardolph, IL instead of Macomb. The Macomb Econolodge is solid, and the manager is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
Anyway, Saturday:
Early in the morning, Team X (Papa Bear) got whiny and demanded that we (Team Y) relinquish control of Andy Kilinskis on the grounds that Brad was nowhere to be found. Since Team Y had a first round bye, Andy got woken up at the last minute to head to the fields.
Updated roster:
Team X
I watched some of the first game before heading back to the hotel to pick up some Y-teamers. X was admittedly shaky, and lost the game to Western by a decent amount, but the game never seemed totally out of reach.
Team Y's first game against the Western Alum didn't go any better. We were still figuring out how to play with each other, and to some extent catch and throw the disc. We lost by a ton.
Fast forward through the day
Team Y goes 2-1 with a great final game against Southern Illinois Edwardsville that went to 13-11. FC Champaign member Paul Holze did some work against us in this game.
Team X goes 2-2 (also losing to ISU-Y by 1) with a huuuuge comeback win against Augustana in the last round going from something like 7-9 to 13-9.
Highlights
The Austin - Pappy connection on a layout backhand greatest. Probably the coolest thing I'll ever do in ultimate, and then Pappy decides to sky everyone in the pile up.
A pass from Andy getting D'd (macked) waaaaay up in the air for Brandon to come down with in the endzone for a goal.
Rookies laying out! They were doing it like crazy! The future is bright.
Lowlights
Some guy swerved into my front bumper while we were driving from BWWs back to the hotel. Maybe this is why I don't drive to tournaments... Looks like I'll be driving home with a brokus front left turn signal.
More to come after tomorrow
Austin
The cars made the trip down mostly with out incident. I say mostly, because a rookie may have been left behind due to lack of contact info. Also, Helen (my Magellan GPS) decided to take my car to Bardolph, IL instead of Macomb. The Macomb Econolodge is solid, and the manager is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
Anyway, Saturday:
Early in the morning, Team X (Papa Bear) got whiny and demanded that we (Team Y) relinquish control of Andy Kilinskis on the grounds that Brad was nowhere to be found. Since Team Y had a first round bye, Andy got woken up at the last minute to head to the fields.
Updated roster:
Team X
Ryan Kurnik
Steve Haake
Dave Janociak
Brandon Smith
Kevin Bruns
Neal Phelps
David Zillner
Matt Glazier
David Kohn
Mike Ponte
Antanas Tricou
Brad DeBlauw
Andy Kilinskis
Team Y
Brad DeBlauw
Andy Kilinskis
Team Y
Austin Lien
Jacob Nelson
Brian Pierce
Kai Kosog
Colin Reid
Greg Atherton
Jake Antoniello
Mark de Chadenedes
Ryan Kent
Patrick Knapnik
David Mainzinger
Jake Midden
Teddy YehI watched some of the first game before heading back to the hotel to pick up some Y-teamers. X was admittedly shaky, and lost the game to Western by a decent amount, but the game never seemed totally out of reach.
Team Y's first game against the Western Alum didn't go any better. We were still figuring out how to play with each other, and to some extent catch and throw the disc. We lost by a ton.
Fast forward through the day
Team Y goes 2-1 with a great final game against Southern Illinois Edwardsville that went to 13-11. FC Champaign member Paul Holze did some work against us in this game.
Team X goes 2-2 (also losing to ISU-Y by 1) with a huuuuge comeback win against Augustana in the last round going from something like 7-9 to 13-9.
Highlights
The Austin - Pappy connection on a layout backhand greatest. Probably the coolest thing I'll ever do in ultimate, and then Pappy decides to sky everyone in the pile up.
A pass from Andy getting D'd (macked) waaaaay up in the air for Brandon to come down with in the endzone for a goal.
Rookies laying out! They were doing it like crazy! The future is bright.
Lowlights
Some guy swerved into my front bumper while we were driving from BWWs back to the hotel. Maybe this is why I don't drive to tournaments... Looks like I'll be driving home with a brokus front left turn signal.
More to come after tomorrow
Austin
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