From Mjbdisc@aol.com Thu Jul 11 11:41:30 2002 From: Mjbdisc@aol.com Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:41:19 EDT Subject: RIPUL - July 11th To: Mjbdisc@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 People: 1) Wheeler has a soccer event taking place Monday so we dont have fields to play. Sorry no games this Monday July 15. Don't forget playoffs are Saturday August 10th. 2) WEDNESDAY JULY 17 SCHEDULE: KIWI v. DENIM - baseball diamond WHITE v. BLACK - soccer field next to woods PURPLE v. BURGUNDY - single soccer field on walker FOREST v. ORANGE - soccer field next to road 3) TONIGHT, which is Thursday, and each and every Thursday thereafter until further notice, there will be beach ultimate at Scarborough Beach. Show up around 6. In addition, because there are no games Monday, there will be a special Monday night beach session. From Providence Take 95 South. Take exit 9 to Rt. 4 south. Past a few traffic lights and merge onto Rt. 1 south. Continue on. Pass the exits to 138E and 138W. Pass the Wakefield/Peace Dale exit. Take the "Point Judith/Rt 108" exit at the big intersection, turn right onto Rt 108 south after a few miles, turn left onto Burnside Ave. There is a traffic light there and a small sign that says "Scarborough Beach" right onto Rt 1A at the water then u-turn into the Scarborough Beach parking lot. 4) Brian Sauro of White is hosting a tourney on the Cape Saturday July 27th. If you want to send your summer league team or a combination of a couple of teams, email brian at flatball@capecod.net 5) Monday July 8 Results Kiwi -vs- Purple - FINAL SCORE ???? (Mike Dussault of Purple) Purple jumped out to an early lead, 5-1, and took the half quite easily at 9-4. Strong team play was the key as the D was solid and offensive flow was great. The second half was a different story. As the smell of hot dogs cooking on the grill wafted to the olifactory senses of the Purple players. The focus on the job at hand waned. Kiwi began a comback that fell short and Emily Grason caught the game winner for the victory. The fun really began after the game. Great cheers from both teams highlighted by a Jeff Cott full moon. Followed by a barbeque on the sidelines for both teams. Chad thanks for the grill. A new tradition has been started. ORANGE 17 Black 11 ??? Black did some good things, like huck to their women, but made too many mistakes to overcome the fast-running, always smiling Orange. White 17, Forest 16 (Brian of White) Forest was undefeated on the season, White was coming off a two-game win streak, and both teams were fired up for the game. White had Justin Lutes back, but was still missing Kit Wallach, Andre Beskrowni, Brian Nicholas, Bob Michael, Eric Weis to injuries, one of which was actually not, as far as I know, caused by Scott Wiant of Orange. I kid Scott, but really we love him... preferably from a safe distance. Forest has a very solid team overall; I can see why they hadn't lost before this game. They like to break the mark and look to do so early in the stall count. They seem to prefer a controlled game with passes underneath, working off the breaks, but have a couple throwers and several receivers who are capable of taking you deep. They also have smartly avoided the trap all too many teams fell into of loading up on Brians, Emilys, and especially Jeffs. Forest struck first and the teams traded points early but White got its offense in groove and took control. After another White D, a offensive miscue gave Forest the disc back and they capitalized, cutting the lead to 8-6. White converted on O to take half at 9-6. In the second half, however, Forest came storming back, running off four unanswered points. A straight up mark goaded an impatient White into forcing throws for a while but White got back on track, though Forest maintained a slim lead. As the White D clamped down on the underneath, Forest got some timely hucks from Dave Toohey and Chip Dietrich to Joe Tuazon and others. A late run put White back on top by two, and at 16-14, White got a D and had the disc to win. Forest was not ready to give up yet and showed why they had won six in a row including several close games. The last few points were very tense as both teams upped the D and forced turnovers. Forest tied the game at 16-16, cap at 17. Both team had chances but it was White that worked confidently up the field to Tim Gerheim who calmly looked off several covered receivers before throwing the game-winning forehand. DENIM 18 BURGUNDY 16 (Rich "Chia" of Denim) Wow, what a game, Denim played with no women subs, Mo (Lucky's sister) and Amy Silva played incredible D. and eventhough we told them to lay off on offense they still were able to score crucial points. Burgundy took a quick 4-1 lead and it looked grim for Denim, but Scotty and Amy Greer took the team aside and taught us the Zen ways of the Yokota. The Yokotaless denim team became Yokotafull and was able to take half 9-6. Some notable play was Luckys outrunning (he ran around him) Burgundy's excellent big man (Jeff Nield) and knocking the disc out of play for what would have been a big point. Things look great for Denim with some more Zen like play from Capt. Scotty, adrenalin charged Nick, and Jesse virtuoso Holstein. Denim was leading 16-11 (I think). But wait, here comes Burgundy and they were fired up behind Pranay (who he said he grabbed my bum by "mistake"), veteran Nat, Dirty Jeff Hollister, and others who I don't know there names and was able to tie up the game at 16-16! Denim somehow regrouped, a blatant foul by Dirty Jeff Hollister on Chia (me) which help an otherwise terrible throw stay in-bound, for Scotty to grab (He was fouled but, Chia using his 1979 ultimate frisbee rule book convinced Burgundy that Scotty gets the disc.). Denim eventually scored again and won but another excellent game as Denim has the smallest winning point differential in Summer league history. Great "Cheers" by both teams. WEDNESDAY JULY 10 RESULTS Burgundy 17 Black 11 Black played alot of zone 1st half and were able to convert turnovers into scores. Black was up 9-5 at half and hungry for their 1st W but Burgundy turned the tables and zoned and Black did not respond well. White 17, Purple 14 (Brian of White) Purple had its hucking game working, while there were almost no deep connections today for White. Maybe the fact that they had subs for the first time in several games confused the team in White. However with four of White's women taking the field, the team made good use of its advantage there to build an early lead. Purple played its trademark scrappy game to close the gap before White took half at about 9-6. Purple tried to continue with handler give-and-goes and squirrelly short game, but White shut that down. However Purple's downfield receivers stepped up and the team put on a mini-run to take back the lead. On D, Purple's 2-3-2 zone slowed the White attack, but could not stop it as White got excellent handling from Dave Buckingham and Julie Stein. Kira Lawrence and Adele Pascale also played big. ...And then there was the offensive explosion from June. The White players have learned to always be alert when June Park has the disc, because she will put it up with no hesitation. And the throw will usually be something unorthodox. Like a ruthless basketball point guard, she'll hit you in the back of the head if you're not looking when she wants to deliver the pass. Few people make that mistake twice. White built back a lead, but impatient offense as they aproached the red zone cost the team points. Mike Dussault and Jeff Baer started connecting with on hucks late in the game to make it close, but White buckled down to its usual high percentage game to close it out. Great effort from a depleted Purple team that was missing 4 of its top players and whose women had to play savage for much of the second half after trouble breathing kept Meg out of the game. Highlights included: The matchup between Dr. Bill Binder of White and his nephew Jeremy on Purple, a college player from Bowdoin. Jeremy had the speed advantage and was often open coming in, but Bill used all his experience and guile to win most discs in the air. A leaping point block by Jeff Baer on a short forehand by Jeff Fleischaker. The disc popped back in the air and Fleischaker skied for it, but Baer's D prevented a sure score to a wide open White player. June's hammer to the uncle-nephew matchup in the end zone, thrown for no other reason than she wanted to see those two battle. Orange 17, Denim 10 (Amy Greer of Denim) Orange came out running and never looked back. Denim managed to pull it even a couple of times, only to have O-Face make another run on scores. While the game was ridden by turnovers, O-Face always capitalized on the opportunities given. Scott Wyant and Jeff Petros had some great D's for Orange. Jonah, as always, made some hot deep cuts and brough Denim many of their points. It was a very spirited game!