Brian Harras
Michael Dishaw
Chris "Zeke" Conlan
Jamie Pidcock
Dan Boynton
Christian Doctor
Bohdon Pelekh
Alex "Scuttle Theiss
Luke Maggard
The D line would include:
Derek Bezeau
Kristopher Coley
Michael Okeefe
Michael Gordon
Doug See
James Rafko
EJ Cochran
Gary Grant
Aaron Hunter
Steve "Ramen-Noodle" Robenault
Here is a Picture of all the guys at the tournament.
We started off the tournament playing a team called Wayne. Wayne was composed of some of the top players from the Ann Arbor area. They used their knowledge and skills to take us down with a final score of 13-6.
Our next game was against Icarus. We took the first half against Icuras with a score of 7-1. We decided we would keep many of our new guys in the game to get them a lot of experience. Icarus worked their way back into this game and the score was 9-7. We decided to put our whole team back into the game and ended up winning 12-9.
Our last game of the day was against Michigan State-B. This was a much improved Michigan State-B team compared to the previous years. The Hellfish kept playing their game though and still beat Mich State-B with a final score of 15-11.
Our first game on Sunday was against Bowling Green, the host of the tournament. The Hellfish decided to throw clam's and zone D's against BG during this whole game. BG was just not able to cope to this type of defense. The Hellfish took this game with a final score of 15-0. It was the first shut-out I could remember in 4 years of playing for Eastern.
Our next game was against BG's Alumni team. The intensity for this game was through the roof because we definitely wanted a shot at making the finals. The Hellfish D was forcing many turnovers but were unable to convert on these turnovers. The Hellfish O was able to score about 70 percent of the time but it was not enough to keep up with BG's offense. The final score was not a good overall view how the Hellfish really played. But the game ended with the score being 15-7.
Our last game was against our rivals Michigan B. Michigan-B is one of the best if not the best B team around. They did so well last year that they qualified for Regionals. We all knew that this was going to be a tough game going into it. The game started with the teams trading points and being tied at 2 a piece. The Hellfish then scored and then forced a break and took the lead 4-2. The guys from Michigan-B would not be silenced as they fought back just as hard to break the Hellfish a couple of times. Michigan-B took half with a score of 8-7. Michigan-B received the disc after half and immediately marched down the field to make the score 9-7. It was about this time that the soft cap sounded off and it would be a game to 11. Once this happen Eastern scored three straight points to make the score 10-9. Michigan-B would march right down the field to tie up the game at 10's. It was universe point and Eastern was receiving. We did not want to give Michigan-B a chance so we wanted to make sure we valued the disc and did not turn it over. Eastern marched down half the field when someone on the team put up a cross field break that would be contested by one of Michigan-B's better players. The disc flew up into the air for anyone to grab and one of the Hellfish sprinted over to towards the disc and caught it a second before it hit the ground. At this point Eastern was only about 15 yards away from scoring. The disc was on the sideline, so it was immediately swung to the middle of field. Michael Dishaw was there to receive the disc and found Dan Boynton immediately in the end-zone and threw it to him. Dan had to make a jumping catch but was able to come down with the disc for a Hellfish victory. It was an amazing match by both teams and also it was the beginning to many more throughout the rest of the season.
The Hellfish ended the tournament in 3rd place out of 9 teams. But it ended the tournament in first place out of all college eligible teams. A 4-2 record throughout the tournament was enough to make all Hellfish proud of their work.
Also the Hellfish have a tradition of rewarding their two best rookies at each tournament. And this tournament the honors went to Doug See for his outstanding defense and Christian Doctor for his amazing cuts, and his rapid improvement for the knowledge of the game.
Now the fall season is over but we all look forward to what we could potentially achieve in the winter season. Great Job 09 Hellish, and best of luck to the 2010 Hellfish, I have a lot of confidence in you.
Derek "Beez" Bezeau
4 comments:
Sounds like a sick tourney. Disappointed I couldn't make it.
Great job this weekend everyone. I also don't recall a game where the Hellfish skunked their opponent but would not be surprised if someone with a better memory correct me on this. How did having a dedicated O line and D line work out over all? Did it help out with time spent on the line?
The O and D lines worked well. It gave every single person a lot of opportunities to play since the game wasn't being run by only veteran players. It was also good because we were able to split the team up into two separate groups which helped the veteran players work with smaller groups of new players.
I definitely liked it, but I still think there will be a time and a place where we may need to stack a couple lines for a few points in must win games.
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