Sarnia Ultimate Frisbee League


2010 Champions
"Suspects"

Back (L-R): Nolan Cooper, Shawn Stephenson, Kevin Brown, Brian Thorne, Brandon Owen, Tepa Wettergreen, Eric Hawryluk

Front (L-R): Jason Powell, Brian Jubenville, Stacy Jubenville, Bobby Jubenville, Carole Wettergreen, Jody Brown, Erin Miller

Asbent: Michelle Jubenville
 

Quarter-finals

The Ultimate Frisbee season came down to one day, one playoff tournament, one chance for the trophy.
All games were to 13 points with a 60-minute soft time cap (play to two points more than the higher score), 75-minute hard time cap (play last point).  The exception is the championship match, which is played to 15 points with no time cap.  The day’s first matches were the quarter-finals where the Red Army vs. Pants Party match proved to be the most interesting.
 
Red Army 10 – Pants Party 8
Seventh seeded Red Army came into Saturday's playoffs with their first win of the season coming just two days before against 2nd seeded Pants Party. The first game of the season Pants Party saw Red Army lead for most of the game before making a huge comeback to win the game 17–16. With that bitter defeat in mind last Thursday´s end of season matchup was a chance for them to finally pull things together against a team they felt they could beat. With careful disc work and smart cuts, Red Army was able to squeeze a win out of a really great team effort 15–13 final score. Saturday morning Red Army knew they had to be on their ‘A’ game if they wanted to win again.  To no one’s surprise, the game was a tight 8–7 in favour of Red Army when soft cap time was reached.   With a confident group of young rookie players, Red Army found a way to pick up two more points to end the game 10–8. The quarter-final victory for the 7th seeded team was a strong indication of how much the team had improved over the course of the season.

 
Suspects 13 – Bulldogs 2
Megalomaniacs 13 – Banana Hammocks 3
Huckstables 13 – Hungate’s Mom 5
Other quarter final matches were not as close with top seed Suspects beating the Bulldogs 13–2, 3rd Megalomaniacs beating 6th Banana Hammocks 13–3, and 4th Huckstables beating 5th Hungate’s Mom 13–5.

Semifinals

Megalo 13 – Red Army 3
Red Army’s Cinderella run came to an abrupt halt in their semifinal match against the Megalomaniacs.  Red Army displayed great handling around the defensive zone of the Megalos, but they were unable to work the disc up the field.   Steph Meacham of the Megalos played stellar on defence not allowing any passes down her sideline.  On offence, the Megalos just waited for the Red Army to make mistakes, and counterattacked their way to a 13–3 win.

 
Suspects 13 – Huckstables 5
The other semifinal match between the Huckstables and the Suspects was all about speed.  The Huckstables could not contain the quick feet and quick disc movement of the Suspects.  The Suspects’ long game was destroying their opponents for the majority of the first half.  The Huckstables switched their man-on-man coverage to their patented "fish” zone defence.  The zone stretched out the points quite a bit, cutting the long throw attempts down dramatically, and slowing the Suspects’ quick moving offence.  However it was not enough, as the Huckstables never got going on the offensive end, and eventually lost out in a dominant win by the Suspects.  Good handling by Jason Powell, Brandon Owen, Bobby Jubenville and Brian Jubenville for the Suspects.  Incredible defensive efforts by Eric Hawryluk and Jody Brown. 
 

Third Place Match

Huckstables 13 – Red Army 5
In the third place match the Huckstables decided to stick with their “fish” zone against Red Army.  The zone proved to be very effective in the rain, forcing a lot of turnovers.  Huckstables rookie Scott Vail stepped up his game on defence using his height to jump over his opponents and stop the high throws.  All three Huckstables women — Jenn Thomm, Vanessa Gillis, and Michelle Snauwaert — displayed great endurance for playing the position of fish (marking the disc). The Huckstables claimed third place with the 13–5 win.

Championship

Suspects 15 – Megalomaniacs 7
 
A rematch of last year’s championship match pitted league rivals Megalomaniacs and the Suspects head to head.  Last year the Megalos prevailed 15–12 over a Suspects team missing their captain Kevin Brown who was injured during the semi final match. Brown was healthy this year and ready to make an impact on the final outcome. The beginning of the game was close as the teams matched points up to 4–4.  When the Megalos scored to make it 5–4, the Suspects put on a power line scoring the next two points, and leading to an 8–5 Suspect lead at half.  The Megalos suffered a major loss with an early hamstring injury to handler Chris James, who played through the pain until a 9–7 Suspects score, at which point he had to pack it in.  The Suspects took full advantage controlling the rest of the game to their 15–7 victory. 

This is the first Suspects Championship in 4 years, having lost in the finals the past two seasons.  Every Suspects player had an amazing game, displaying a very tough man-on-man defence, which led to the win.  Great defensive plays and athletic ability displayed by both Suspects Brian Thorne and Carole Wettergreen.  For the Megalos, it was the prowess of the deep coverage Nathan Vosbourgh that kept the game tight in the first half.

 
The upcoming all-star game will wrap up the tenth summer of the Sarnia Ultimate Frisbee League.  The Suspects have won the league twice now, tying the Megalomaniacs and Hungate’s Mom in that honour.  Fall league begins on September 2nd, new players are welcome to come out and try the sport.  Contact Marc Lucas 519-466-6965 or visit www.sarniaultimate.com for more information.