2006 Seattle Spring Reign Coed Youth Tourney Results.
58 Elementary, Middle School, and High School Teams in 7 Divisions @ Skagit River Park in Burlington, WA
Weather: Saturday – Rainy the whole time. Windy a good deal of the time.
Sunday- No rain and less wind than Saturday though gusty on occasion.
Full Results:
High School: http://www3.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=121&id=2296
9th Grade: http://www2.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=121&id=2298
Middle School (and some elementary schools): http://www4.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=121&id=2297
Championship Games:
High School A: Kitsilano (Vancouver, BC) 13 def. Northwest School Coed A (Seattle) 7
High School B: Rick Hanse (Abbottsford, BC) 13 def Garfield (Seattle) 5
9th Grade: Northwest School 9th def Lakeside (Seattle)
Middle School A: Northwest School 8th A def Eckstein (Seattle)
Middle School B: Billings MS A (Seattle) def Seattle Academy A
Middle School C: Bailey Gatzert Elementary (Seattle) def Charles Wright C (Tacoma, WA)
Spirit of the Game Awards:
HS A – University Prep (Seattle)HS B – Nova Alternative (Seattle)9th –Island Pacific School (BC)MS A –Seattle Country Day SchoolMS B –University PrepMS C – Island Pacific School
Special thanks to DiscNW for sponsoring the tournament, William “Bunny” Bartram who stepped in to be TD at the last second, Mary Lowry, Jeff Jorgenson, the SCDS parents who served food for two days, as well as all the volunteers who helped put on the tournament. And of course thanks go out to all the players, families, and coaches who made it a great event.
Monday, April 03, 2006
2006 Seattle Spring Reign Coed Youth Tourney Results.
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Hey all,
A couple of quick notes before I get some sleep.
Kitsilano deserved to win the HS A Division. They were a senior dominated team not to mention tall, athletic, and well coached. Their zone defense was the difference in the tourney. They have two or three players who are capable of making the Canadian Juniors team. They also wanted to win the tournament more than anyone else and they made big play after big play against us in the final.
South Eugene and Churchill were great. They were playing during their spring break so they were missing some players, but even with smaller numbers they just have no quit in them. The Churchill coach, Luke Johnson, brought two middle school teams with him as well. (Sorry Luke had I been thinking I would have made sure all the Eugene kids were billeted with the big 4 Seattle Ultimate Schools - next year it will happen)
Crescent Valley was really great this year as they are every year. Everyone we saw played with a lot of spirit, Crescent had the most not to mention they have a lot of quality players.
Castro Valley was missed.
The only Seattle temas we saw were U-Prep and Lakeside. Lakeside struggled against us in the quarters but they are a team to watch out for this year and their 9th grade team made it to the finals of the 9th grade division but ran out of gas before facing the NWS 9th grade team. U-Prep is a program on the rise.
A couple of other notes about the tournament:
A one point there were more than 25 games going on at the same time. Pretty spectacular sight.
The volunteers were absolutely amazing.
It rained the whole time on Saturday. Believe it or not that doesn't happen very often in the Seattle area. There always seems to be the threat of rain in Seattle but it doesn't usually rain all day.
People don't do fancy post game cheers as much, which doesn't bother me at all especially when it is raining.
Many teams actually shake their opponents hands at the end of the games instead of giving high fives or lamely slapping the other persons hand. I like that people are shaking hands.
Time to sleep.
-Mike Mullen, Northwest School Boys Coach (and coed A coach this past weekend)
wondering about Churchill's performance.
exactly how many players were they missing? A loss to Crescent Valley doesn't seem right. They had a pretty tough lineup of teams though, so...
Kudos to Bunny for putting on what has to be the largest youth tourney!
Kudos to the teams that played through less than ideal conditions.
Because I knew many of the CV players when they knew little/nothing about the game, I gotta say I'm so happy to see what you've done!
Dave Dreher (DiscNW board member, former coach/organizer of youth ultimate in Corvallis)
Churchill was missing five players from their regular A team, but they fought hard all weekend. They just didn't have the depth to come out on top.
We only had 10 at the tournament. 6 guys and 4 girls. Many players went savage or close to it the whole weekend. This made it really hard to play against good teams with rested players. So it was a mix of being physically exausted and the high level of competition.
Having watched part of the Crescent Valley-Churchill game it became apparent that Crescent Valley was more than a match for the Churchill team that day. They lost by one to Northwest and on Sunday scored more points against Kitsilano than Northwest did. By the way Crescent Valley played I do not think that they should be taken lightly and that a win over Churchill cannot be contributed to Chruchill's lack of players.
I was talking to some Northwest guys after a game and they said they were missing 2 of their best girls. One whose an alternate for the worlds team apparently. And a crucial handler who made worlds (jeremy i believe) They still put on an impresive show in the finals, which was fun to watch.
Crescent Valley also lost their coach early on Saturday morning as he needed to be home for his new baby. Crescent valley and Kitsilano get a huge nod from me.
I am dissapointed that we did not do as well as the last two major tournaments (Sundodger and Slopfest), and therefore not meeting other people's expectations and even our own a bit. But for me, I am proud of my junior class for what they accomplished this last weekend. I was there Saturday night when they told me they were going to give everything they had on Sunday after going 1-3 earlier that day. I was there when they bid, when they got beat deep, when they cheered and spurred one another on, when they congradulated other players for sweet plays, when they hurt themselves, when they cried, when they won and when they lost. I am proud because we did it together. I am proud because even after being defeated by our cross town rival in the quarterfinals (who we hate to lose to most), they gave back to the team by coaching the our freshman. They could have left and gotten home earlier for their end to spring break, but instead, they chose to stay behind and cheer our youngest class on as they fought all the way to 4th place.
ultimate is a wonderful sport that has more to it than the glory of winning. This is something I have had forgotten a bit this winter season as our CHS A team climbed to the top of the rankings. It is good and sobering to lose a bit and remember why you play the game (and coach).
Thank you to all the teams who we played this weekend and good luck in the rest of your seasons.
To nwultimate17. I completely agree that Crescent Valley is great team this year and that they are not to be taken lightly. Churchill only lost 11-8, so I completely disagree that they are more than a match for Churchill. And you said that the loss can't be contributed to Churchill's lack of players. All I can say is that we were missing 3 of our starters and two other important players this weekend and I wish they could have been there because it would have helped us greatly in this tournament.
I think Crescent Valley is a great team this year and I really thought that they should have gotten an open bid to Westerns this year, I had a great time playing them this weekend.
And I guess we will just have to see what happens at state this year when we hopefully get to play them again with all our players.
Force,
You make very fine points. I'm sorry you didn't have everyone with you. Regardless of scores however, I really enjoyed playing you guys; in fact, all of the teams had an amazing amount of spirit. I look forward to playing Churchill at OHSUC.
Tim Steiner
TRIBE (Crescent Valley Ultimate)
While Kitsilano was an exceptionally strong team, I was surprised to see that they defeated Northwest by a margin of six points in the final. Does anyone have specifics from that game (besides JUNK's tight zone and dominant deep game) that they'd like to share? Thanks alot.
Jordan May
TRIBE
Yeah, our game with you was very good, and fun. I thought the competition at Spring Reign was great - there were a lot of talented teams.
On a slightly related tangent: your comment makes me wonder what others think about the importance of winning compared to just having fun and enjoying playing, regardless of scores.
Personally, I put a lot of emphasis on winning, and then expect the "fun" to follow. After going 12-0 and winning Sundodger and Slopfest, it was easy for me to sit back and say "yeah, ultimate's fun, spirit's great, yay ultimate, etc. etc." The one win amid several losses in the games since then have obviously been very different, and frustrating; but despite the emphasis I place on winning, it's still been fun to simply play ultimate. The one instance in which that's not the case was the regular season game with South, just because I didn't give my best effort, and the same can probably be said of the rest of our team.
Despite the fact that I did have fun, however, I can't look back at Spring Reign and be content with the results just because I had good-spirited fun playing the games.
I guess the point of all this is that my inclination is to emphasize winning as the top priority going into a game, but that doesn't necessarily take away from the enjoyment and spirit of the game.
It seems that the premise of any sport is to strive to do better than your oppoenent, but simply enjoying the sport is also obviously part of the desire to play it. I was just wondering: for most people, how much emphasis is on winning, and how much emphasis is on just enjoying the game regardless of scores? Can you be content with a loss if you had fun and it was a great game? Given the fact that ultimate emphasizes spirit and usually doesn't carry as much pressure and expectations as many other sports at schools, it seems that there could be a wide variety of responses.
I was just curious...
At any rate, I'm also looking forward to the upcoming tournaments. And Tim, the OHSUR tournament happens before OHSUC - is Crescent Valley planning on sending a team to that (Open, Women, or Both)?
~Collin Smith
~Churchill Ultimate
When I walk on the field and have fun I find that doing well, if not winning, usually coincides. When I am on the field I am there to win, but as importantly to have fun. I have found that playing well/winning and having fun go hand in hand. I do not think that having fun has to be sacrificed for the win. Losing is never fun, but the game can be. I had one of the most fun games I have ever had against Northwest this weekend and we lost. Did the loss hit me hard? yes, but it was one of the most fun games I have ever played. If we had scored one more point it would have been even more amazing. As it happened I had to take the sadness and disappointment of the moment. However, as I look back on it I can say it was one heck of a game.
Our game with Churchill was also an excellent game. You guys have a lot of talent and spirit.. I am looking forward to seeing you at full strength. We will be sending an open team to OHSUR. I am expecting that that tournament will also host fun and tough games.
-Isaac
TRIBE
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