Spring Break, Myrtle Beach

Spring Break 2K10 was a week that all in participation will never forget. I however was not able to participate in this glorious event, but I will try to summarize some of the main things that happened on this awesome trip.

After 16 hours of driving through snow, drifts, rain, and mostly Ohio the Hellfish finally arrived at their destination in Charleston, SC for the first game just 15 minutes late(actually one van of 7 players showed up 45 minutes late). After a long day of driving, a lack of sleep and no time to warm-up the Hellfish were forced to get on the field for their first game. The Hellfish would have to do without three of their top handlers and two of their top defenders for this tournament because they all had to stay behind in Michigan for one reason or another. Even with horrible circumstances the Hellfish were able to put on a battle but eventually fell on Universe point against Furman College with a score of 9-10.

The rest of the day would be kind of similar. The team was still exhausted from the long trip and eventually lost their next three games to Charleston,Georgia College state, and Georgia Tech-B.

Day 2

This would be a new day and the Hellfish were ready to act like it too. With a positive attitude and not ready to quit the Hellfish would win the next two games pretty smoothly. It was said by some players that the team really shined these two games and had some moments of brilliance from new guys and veteran players. The scores were 15-11 against Charleston-B and 10-6 against Mary-Washington. The last game of the day would be for the winner of the losers bracket and the Hellfish would match against Clemson-B. The final score was 11-14 Clemson-B but from what I heard it was a close game from start to finish. The Hellfish finished the tournament with a 2-5 record but had a lot of great things to look forward too. Some of these things would be the coming out of a few rookie players. One who I heard filled in especially well in a handler role was James "King James" Rafko, who hardly handled much before this tournament. I also heard much buzz about Christian "tina" Doctor, and his Excellent defensive skills. Both of these guys would go on to win our tournament Rookie of the weekend award.




Finally the relaxing part of Spring Break would begin. The team had to drive 4 hours but it was well worth it when the arrived at their destination. The team had a house picked out that was just a couple of blocks away from the Atlantic Ocean. I heard that 55-65 degree weather was common at this point in Spring Break while it was still 30's-40's back in Michigan.



The team participated in many group activities such as Catch Phrase, which sounded like it was played a lot. There was even a story about our very own Douglas See when it came to catch phrase. Before going on spring break Doug did not have a nickname, but now we all know him as Icepick because apparently he yelled icepick at a girl during catch phrase in a very loud, and inappropriate manner(there is obviously more to this story that I am no telling). But ya, now he is Icepick to us!



This picture above me just shows how tired our team looked during day one of the tournament.



Even on spring break these guys did not slack off. I believe they had a practice/conditioning work out almost everyday. And I believe many of the guys threw around a disc everyday regardless. This picture above just shows our team working hard on the beach.



It was finally about time for the team to go, so before heading out they had to take one group shot to remember the 15 guys who participated in this awesome event



Before leaving we had to take one shot of the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean. It is truly something of great beauty. I know all returners and future Hellfish will be pumped to do this again for upcoming seasons.

With Much Love

Yours Truly

Derek "Mr. Bezeau" "The best 3rd grade student teacher ever" Bezeau

A Hellfish Christmas

Before we all left for break we thought it would be a great idea to celebrate this joyous season together. 17 hellfish got together to eat food, to hang out, to watch Charlie Brown Christmas and to have a good time.

Here are some pictures of the festivities:







This was basically the end to the first half of our season, and it great first half it has been. The team has truly became closer and closer every week. These parties and hang outs that we do have been a great way for us to come together. We all look forward to the college season and hopefully accomplishing all of our goals we have been working towards.

Happy Holidays!

Derek "Beez" "Mr. B" Bezeau

Thankful for this team

We did our first Hellfish Thanksgiving dinner ever, and it was something to remember. 21 different people on our team were able to attend and bring something to share. Here is part of the spread of food that we had:



After eating we all ended up jamming out on guitars and singing, we watched some Monday night football, and we all acted like idiots and had a great time.

Here are some pictures of the guys that attended:







It was a magical Hellfish Thanksgiving

Derek "Beez" Bezeau

Who are we?? Hellfish!

The fall season is winding down and the Hellfish would be attending their last tournament in Bowling Green, OH. For this tournament the Hellfish would be bringing 19 people and be splitting up into offensive and defensive lines. The O line would include these people:

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

Trick or Treat

Halloween was here which means the classic Halloween tournament "Huckfest" was back. For the first time ever Eastern Michigan split up their team into two with an X/Y split. With only half the people and talent scattered between the two teams we had no clue what to expect. But after each team won their first game with scores of 13-3 and 13-4 both teams had a lot of confidence that they could compete no matter what.

In pool play Eastern Michigan one went 2-1 with two very commanding wins and one very close loss. In the other pool Eastern Michigan two went 3-0 with easy wins for every single game.

Now it was time for bracket play and Eastern Michigan one would barely miss the championship bracket but Eastern two made the cut. Eastern Michigan two won the very first game very easily and finally faced their first big challenge in the semi-finals against Calvin College. Calvin played a zone that Eastern was not able to adjust to and basically shut down our offense.

When it was all said and done Eastern 2 got 3rd place and Eastern 1 guy 12th place, both out of 24 teams. Everyone in attendance was very happy with what we saw. We feel much more confident now, knowing that when we put our teams together that we can become a huge force to deal with.

Happy Halloween!

Hellfish vs gOLDfish = Alumni Showcase game

We had our first annual Hellfish vs Alumni game yesterday. It was a great time for everyone in attendance. We invited many of our family and friends to come spectate this event so they would be able to see what the game of ultimate is really about. When it was all said and done we had probably about 80 total people in attendance for this match. It was very exciting to actually have fans for an ultimate game.







For about 2 weeks before the big match a lot of chatter and trash talk was being shared between the hellfish and the alumni. Some of the alumni were saying the hellfish would be lucky to score 8 points on them in a game to 15, but we were saying they should be ready for the heat that we would be bringing.




The stage was set and everyone was ready. The hellfish started the game of with an immediate break and were up 1-0 against the Alumini. Everyone on the team was jacked to get that early point, it kind of took the pressure off of our shoulders. The hellfish kept the pressure on for the next few points and brought the score up to 4-2. The alumni decided it was time to regroup and they took a time-out to figure out how to bring the game back in their favor. The time-out was great for them because they immediately had 3 straight breaks to make the score 5-4 in favor of the Alumni. The Alumni kept the pressure on into half and managed to be up 8-5.

The momentum was completely in the Alumni's favor and the hellfish just couldn't figure out how to get back into the game. The Alumni managed to get 2 straight breaks after half to bring the score to 10-5. At this point the Hellfish decided it was time for a much needed time-out. After the time-out the hellfish brought the momentum back in their favor by getting a couple great D's and quick scores. At this point the score of the game was 11-9. The Alumni was too skilled, and knowledgeable to let this momentum swing last for long. They rallied up 2 straight points to make it 13-9. At this point in the match the Hellfish had two hucks to receivers in the end zone that they both dropped. The Alumni wouldn't give us another chance to score on this point as they drove down the field to make the score 14-9. The match ended with both teams trading points to make the final score 15-10 in favor of the Alumni.

This was a hard fought battle by both teams but in the end the winner was the team with more knowledge and skill. The hellfish were very happy with their performance because in our minds this would honestly be one of the toughest teams we would see all season. We definitely felt that if we can compete with our Alumni that we would be able to compete with many of the teams that we face this year.

Derek "Beez" Bezeau

Absolutely None. No Wisconsequences

The Hellfish participated in their 3rd tournament of the year. This was the roster that we took:
Derek Bezeau
Chris Conlan
Dishaw
Mokeefe
Coley
Harras
Evan
Alex Heidtke
John Gow
Luke
Steve
Bob
Alex T
Christian
Doug
Steve. R
Ej
Dan Boynton
Aaron
Rafko
Gary

Here is a picture of the team before we left for the tournament



We took 9 returning players and 11 new players to this tournament. We knew we had a lot of work to do if we wanted to compete with the teams at this tournament. By the end of the tournament we went 0-6. We lost 2 matches on universe points and 2 matches by within 3 points(UPA score reporter has messed up on a lot of our scores this season, which means other teams are lying about our matches!). So Even though our record did not look great, we were pretty happy with how we finished. We were able to take 11 brand new players to Wisconsin and show them what ultimate was all about.