Club Sectionals '07 Recap
[this is mostly from a B-team perspective, hopefully some A-teamer will post a recap from their perspective]
the first tournament of the year is always an awesome experience. we always seem to luck out with great weather for club sectionals, and this year was no different. not only that, but they were on some absolutely beautiful (and annoyingly expensive) fields.
although i got up early with a few other crazy people and trekked out to lancaster set up fields, the majority of the WPI team got the rare luxury of sleeping in the day of a tournament. Our first game wasn't until 12:40 so we had plenty of time to throw around and warmup.
The first two teams the B-team played were seeded pretty high in the tournament and were both quite talented. however, they couldn't have been more different. MIT was rather similar to us; a group of college aged athletic kids bringing some freshmen to their first tournament. Rude Boys on the other hand were a group of old veterans (they actually won nationals in 1982) that brought their non-surprisingly good kids to the tournament with them. needless to say, we didn't perform too well against them, although we managed to put up a few against each. and we got to witness a nice kodak moment against rude boys, when a father threw the game-winning hammer to his 12ish year old son for the score. some highlights include pc hucking to moakley for several scores, rick making a beautiful 2nd effort grab for a score, and the emergence of ian/ryan/jeff as go-to guys on the field.
the last game of the day was aginst tufts-B, and was a much better matchup for our team. we were even tied at threes at one point before tufts started to pull away. around 4-14 we decided to throw a zone on them, and broke them 3 straight times to end the day on a respectable note.
the next morning we played andover high school, in a game that was very reminiscent of the tufts game. we were close in the beginning, and made a nice run at the end again thanks to the success of our zone, but the final score was something like 15-7. this actually ended up being the last game of the weekend due to some lame teams not showing up on sunday, but we entertained ourselves with some scrimmaging, go-to drills, and cheering on the A-team. The A-team seemed to have a roller coaster of a weekend, playing very well at times and absolutely abysmal at others. I will say though that i was pretty inspired by the end of their game against red tide B, where they scored like 5 out of 6 points during one stretch. goes to show what stifling defense can do for you. props to kevin for getting like 5 skying D's in a single point, and to vaccaro for playing the best defense i've ever seen out of him. it was nice to see that even when they were down 11-3, they never gave up, and i think red tide was starting to get nervous before the end.
all in all it was a good time, and hopefully a good learning experience for those new to the game. there should be more tournaments come B term, so keep coming to practices so we can improve on this performance next time.
things that went well: attitude/spirit, zone D
things to work on: vertical cuts/cutting with confidence, communication on D, pivoting, conditioning
over and out
the first tournament of the year is always an awesome experience. we always seem to luck out with great weather for club sectionals, and this year was no different. not only that, but they were on some absolutely beautiful (and annoyingly expensive) fields.
although i got up early with a few other crazy people and trekked out to lancaster set up fields, the majority of the WPI team got the rare luxury of sleeping in the day of a tournament. Our first game wasn't until 12:40 so we had plenty of time to throw around and warmup.
The first two teams the B-team played were seeded pretty high in the tournament and were both quite talented. however, they couldn't have been more different. MIT was rather similar to us; a group of college aged athletic kids bringing some freshmen to their first tournament. Rude Boys on the other hand were a group of old veterans (they actually won nationals in 1982) that brought their non-surprisingly good kids to the tournament with them. needless to say, we didn't perform too well against them, although we managed to put up a few against each. and we got to witness a nice kodak moment against rude boys, when a father threw the game-winning hammer to his 12ish year old son for the score. some highlights include pc hucking to moakley for several scores, rick making a beautiful 2nd effort grab for a score, and the emergence of ian/ryan/jeff as go-to guys on the field.
the last game of the day was aginst tufts-B, and was a much better matchup for our team. we were even tied at threes at one point before tufts started to pull away. around 4-14 we decided to throw a zone on them, and broke them 3 straight times to end the day on a respectable note.
the next morning we played andover high school, in a game that was very reminiscent of the tufts game. we were close in the beginning, and made a nice run at the end again thanks to the success of our zone, but the final score was something like 15-7. this actually ended up being the last game of the weekend due to some lame teams not showing up on sunday, but we entertained ourselves with some scrimmaging, go-to drills, and cheering on the A-team. The A-team seemed to have a roller coaster of a weekend, playing very well at times and absolutely abysmal at others. I will say though that i was pretty inspired by the end of their game against red tide B, where they scored like 5 out of 6 points during one stretch. goes to show what stifling defense can do for you. props to kevin for getting like 5 skying D's in a single point, and to vaccaro for playing the best defense i've ever seen out of him. it was nice to see that even when they were down 11-3, they never gave up, and i think red tide was starting to get nervous before the end.
all in all it was a good time, and hopefully a good learning experience for those new to the game. there should be more tournaments come B term, so keep coming to practices so we can improve on this performance next time.
things that went well: attitude/spirit, zone D
things to work on: vertical cuts/cutting with confidence, communication on D, pivoting, conditioning
over and out
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