List of 3 news stories.

• Frisbee teams take Back to Back State Titles

  5/8/2024
  Tobey Balzer
  Both the Boys and Girls Ultimate teams competed in the state tournament this past weekend. 
  

   

  The boys went 3-0 on Saturday, earning them the 2nd overall seed in today's bracket play. Girls had two games today and needed to win both to take the title. 

   

  In the first game, the girls took on Hillsboro and took advantage of our deep roster to rotate everyone in. We have been working hard to prepare for this game since our loss to them last week and it paid off big time. We took the win with a score of 9-5. Confident throws and companding the field from senior throwers Sadie Begrtrup ann Clara Smail, along with the endless cutting and catches from Morgan McAteer and Lucy Cramer really helped us to make quick work of the other teams zone defense. 

   

  The second girls game was against Independence High - a team we hadn't faced all year. Both teams were on the line, ready to go - only to hear the lightning alarm go off and have to sit through a 30 minute delay. After some snacks, singalongs and a conga line, we came out on fire and took a quick 3-0 lead. Indy answered back with 3 of their own and we were tied up. The game continued to be a series of runs. We took half 5 -3. Then traded points to be 5-5. This was the final push and what we had been working for all year. Our group came out with confidence and composure - trusting one another and hitting open downfield cutters. We took the last 3 points to win the game and our 3rd state title. 

   

  The boys had a long road to finals. Game 1 matched us against Templeton Academy. The boys made quick work and won 13-1. Game 2 was against Ravenwood. Using the full depth of our roster and saving some legs for the later matchups, we took the win 10-6. 

   

  The semis were a rematch of last year's state title game against Independence High. These teams have met multiple times this year and traded wins and losses. In the second half, our boys found themselves down 5-8. Now picture a sideline of 30+ high school boys being led by the chants of Connor Harris and the experience of 12 seniors (many of whom have played together for 7 years). The boys fought back to make it 8-8 and scored the winning goal to take the game 9-8 and head to the finals. 

   

  The finals was against a very skilled team from Knoxville, River's Edge Christian Academy. The game went back and forth the whole time - neither team leading by more than 2 ever. We had a huge point from our younger players to take half and a huge diving catch from Sean Franke to put us up by 1, nearing the end of the game. Our core O line of Danny Gerregano, Gavin Higgins, Jack Wellons , Xavier Warren, Adam Wang, Ryan Barrett and Cam Thompson played so many points and relied on the chemistry they've developed over the last 4+ years. However, as with the semis, the finals came down to one final winner- takes all point. After a turnover from both teams - Adam Wang put up a beautiful throw to the back of the endzone to a jumping Ryan Barrett, who caught the winning catch just over the fingertips of his defender - earning our boys back to back state championships. 

   

  We are so proud of our players and how they support one another. These wins are the results of countless hours of equal parts hard work and fun. Thanks to all the parents and faculty who came out to support us this year! 

• Terminus Tournament

  3/30/2024
  Sandy Strohl
  TERMINUS TOURNAMENT March 23-24
  Ultimate Frisbee Girls Recap
  This past weekend, our Ultimate Frisbee team traveled to Atlanta to compete in the TERMINUS tournament on March 23-24. This is a USAU sanctioned tournament. The girls’ team was fired up for this competition and all players gained valuable experience at Terminus. Our approach to this tournament was to gain valuable
  game experience for our upcoming River Campus Classic on April 6-7.
  
  Our first game on Saturday, we competed against Academe/Jackson, a combined team from the Atlanta area. We played a very strong game but fell short 4-6. Our effort was strong and the game was back and forth trading points. Our second game on Saturday, we played the Paideia Junior Varsity team. Ourplayers fought hard with solid defense, and showed confidence in their play. We had a strong performance winning with the score of 9-1.
  
  Our third game Saturday, we played the 2 nd seeded Decatur team. Although we showed great effort, we weren’t able to keep up with Decatur. After a long day of play, we lost that game 3-8.
  
  On Sunday, we competed in the quarterfinals against a strong Midtown team seeded 4th. We played with positive effort and confidence and matched points throughout. With positive effort and strong play, we pulled out a late 1 point win of 5-4. After putting it all on the field in game 1, we drew the powerful Decatur team for
  semifinal play. Although we showed good effort, we couldn’t keep up with Decatur and fell by a score of 1-9.
  
  Next we played in the 3rd place game against Academe/Jackson. We held lead for the initial part of the game, however Academe/Jackson had a big push in the second half, keeping the game close and tying it at the very end of regulation. We then played universe point for the win. Universe point is similar to overtime where the
  first team to score takes the win. Although we put it all on the line in the game, we were resilient and positive but came up short 6-7. We ended up in a very respectful 4 th place for the entire tournament and proud of
  our showing! We gained great playing experience and our confidence was bolstered a solid effort and attitude.

  
  We would be remiss to leave out a big thank you to the crowd of parents who came to Atlanta to support our team. We really support their attendance and management of food, snacks and drinks to maintain our energy.

• Vandy Scrimmage

  3/20/2024
  Sandy Strohl
  The Girls’ Ultimate team (BG) played the Vanderbilt University women’s team (Surge) last night.  The game started slowly for our girls, who fell behind in the beginning.  However, they fought back by scoring the final 4 points resulting in a 7-4 win! 

       During the game, everyone was able to get playing time and our rookies were able to get a good amount of game experience. We worked different offensive and defensive options to be more familiar with game situations. Our Zone defense continues to be strong and really helped us pull off the win. This is important as we head to Atlanta this weekend to play in the Terminus tournament.

  
  We had great parent support last night and thank the parents for all they do in support of Ultimate!