Death or Glory Captures Easterns; Defense Allegedly Played
James C Parinella
returning the Easterns' championship to Boston for the first time
since 1983. The boys of big ego ultimate edged out Ring of Fire 19-17
in a spirited final. DOG (formerly Death and Glory) (formerly Earth
Atomizer) brought out a zone in running off four goals in a row to
pull away in the second half against the hard-running Carolinians.
This was the fifth tournament victory in five tries this spring for
Corky and the Tea Party.
"Why don't you guys play any defense?" In ending New York's 10 year
victory streak at this tournament, the "Scourge of the East" seemingly
walked on both sides of the disc, playing a shifting-a-lot-tempt-them
-into-throwing-it-away defense and a one-dump-sometimes-two-only-one
-guy-cutting-be-patient-except-when-you're-hucking offense. Boston
also struggled against a tough Rage (Philadelphia) team in the
semifinals before a heavily partisan Pennsylvanian crowd. Rage played
strong throughout the whole game, and had the disc at 17 all, but
couldn't capitalize and fell by two, 19-17.
This tournament, perhaps, marks the end of an era. Five Mid-Atlantic
teams qualified for the quarterfinals, three for the semis, in a
tournament that has been dominated by Northeast teams for the last
decade. The NY, NY based We Smoke Weed squad seemed disillusioned,
losing to Ottawa in pool play before being completely overmatched by
DOG, 15-8, in their earliest exit from a tournament since, well, ever.
Additionally, only DOG from the three Big Brother spinoff teams
managed to qualify for the quarterfinals. Whether the winds of change
will blow into Lexington, Kentucky, this fall remains to be seen.
MoonEE
pari...@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James C Parinella) writes:
Whether the winds of change will blow into Lexington, Kentucky, this
fall remains to be seen.
Reply:
Hey Jim, don't sugar coat it. IT'S OVAH !!!
Corky and the Tea Party have arrived (and not a minute too soon). I'm
tired of practicing and really tired of losing).
Christopher Corcoran
>Corky and the Tea Party have arrived (and not a minute too soon). I'm
>tired of practicing and really tired of losing).
Cork
Chris
>This tournament, perhaps, marks the end of an era. Five Mid-Atlantic
>teams qualified for the quarterfinals, three for the semis, in a
but it still marked the end of an era, with only two Northeast teams qualify,
and two of the three southern teams qualifying.
The quarters -
DOG 15-9 We Smoke Weed
Rage 11-6 Chain
Ring 12-11 Miami (in a *great* game.)
Port City 16-14 Shazam. Shazam was up 14-11 at cap, and PCS scored five in
a row to take game.
The semis -
have been mentioned often...
Pool Play
Pool A
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DOG 4-0
Shazam 3-1
Upstate 2-2
Sensative Guys 1-3
Club Perry 0-4
Pool B
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Ring 4-0
Chain 3-1
3 Rivers Flow 2-2
Left at the Altar 1-3
Black Teddy 0-4
Pool C
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Port City Slickers 3-1
We Smoke Weed 3-1
Ottawa 3-1
Schism 1-3
NPZ 0-4
Pool D
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Rage 4-0
Miami 3-1
Sommerville Youth 2-2
Cool Moose Cafe 1-3
Team X 0-4
Women's Division
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Pool Play
Pool A
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Godiva 4-0
Lucy 3-1 (highlight of Sat. play was the Lucy v. Godiva game. Godiva puled out
the comeback victory.)
Grits 2-2
Squeeze Left 1-3
JAMA 0-4
Pool B
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Ozone 4-0
Philly Peppers 3-1
Free Association (NY) 2-2
Carpe Disc 1-3
Y-Not 0-4
Qualifiers
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Philly 15-5 Grits
Lucy 15-5 Free Association
Semis
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Godiva 17-7 Philly
Ozone 17-6? Lucy
Finals
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Ozone 17-11 Godiva
Thanks to everyone who helped out with the tourney. Thanks to Matt & Gimp for
their work up at Lehigh, thanks to the teams for their spirited play. And
especially, thanks to Mrs. Dobyns for that cup of coffee when it was pouring
down rain and freezing on Saturday. Folks, the Lehigh people assure me that
it is occasionally sunny and warm in Lehigh, they swear!
See you next year,
Chris