Ultimately Winning

A win for Huckleberry Win; and it was all over but the beer-drinking.

Last night, the Fredericton Ultimate season came to a close. Huckelberry Win (the team I play for) was in a playoff. If we won, we’d be done and finish 3^rd in our tier. If we lost, we played a consolation game for even lower than that. We wanted a win.

Being a hockey-player first and foremost in the sports world, I took the term “playoffs” seriously. I even made sure I had my beard. I must say, Huckleberry Win played with the heart of a playoff team. We were up against Pain Train, who we’d played a few times this season; once or twice coming very close to a win. They’re a tough competitor. This was a tough game.

Everyone was in the zone, if you will, as we ran faster, jumped higher and focused tighter than we ever have. We were diving to catch discs, and making some smart plays. We got up to a 3-0 lead, which is something unheard of for our team. Pain Train wasn’t long catching up, however.

It was close the whole game. We’d score, then they’d score. It was intense. Fouls started to rack up, and at one point I even got run over in a quasi-body-check style play. It was after I attempted to grab the disc, no foul on the play. It was party my fault for stopping in front of the guy. But like I said: I’m a hockey player; I can take a check.

We were ahead when last point was called, but we really wanted to end the year on a high note, not only with a win, but the final point as well. As we did, our team rejoiced, gave the standard “three cheers for Pain Train” and then we high-fived each other on a job well done. Then we posed for a Team photo (although 3 players are missing):


It was our team cheer at the start of the game which put us over the top, I think: “1-2-3 EARTHQUAKE!”

My first season as a Frisbee player was a good one; we didn’t win a lot, but we sure had fun. I’m already looking forward to next year...and our team party, of course.

-Crash-



**Congrats to Trevor Mason: MVP of our team**