Tag: ultimate

On Friday, at the City Championships, we played some pretty impressive ultimate. Both the Jr. and Sr. Ultimate teams took home first place in the ISA equivalent ultimate tournament on Friday.

Our York House Tigers team up with Saint George’s Knights to form “Tight” (a clever combo of the school mascots).

Both the Jr. A team, and Sr. A team brought home gold after two very good games played simultaneously against Stratford Hall. The Juniors won 15-9, and the Seniors won their match (a bit more of a nail biter) 13-10. Both teams will advance to the Provincial Championships (the last weekend in May).

There is a rule in the game where teams must play the same number of girls and boys (either 3 or 4 of 7). I heard a girl from another team on the sidelines comment that Tight always plays 4 girls when they set the team because our girls are so hard to play against… clearly that strategy is a good one.

Here are the full results from the tournament, showing that even our B teams are very competitive. The Jr. Tight B team just barely missed 2nd place with a 11-12 loss in the game for 2nd place (it was double elimination).

Senior Results

1. Saints/YHS A
2. Stratford Hall
3. VC/LFA
4. Saints/YHS B
5. Carver
6. King David
7. Regent Christian

Junior Results

1. Saints/YHS A (Gr. 10s/9s)
2. SH A
3. Saints/YHS B (Gr. 8s/9s)
4. Regent Christian
5. St. John’s
6. BCCA
7. Southpoint
8. SH B

From: Mr. Johnston & Mr. Riendl

High school team headed to national tourney in Montreal

By Megan Stewart, Staff writer, Vancouver Courier

York House has its Tigers. St. George’s its Saints. When the all-girls and all-boys private schools hit the turf together to play ultimate, they’re Tight.

“The kids like the slang,” said head coach Jon Hayduk. “And it’s how we play.”

Tight means running smart patterns, quick throws and relentless defense. They will be tested this weekend in Montreal at the second annual Canadian high school ultimate championships. They are the only team to represent B.C.

One of the sport’s most-involved builders in B.C., Hayduk also plays for renowned Vancouver team and the winningest in Canadian history, Furious George. He helps run the provincial championship as well as the national tournament staged this weekend.

Hayduk—who the kids call by his last name so it sounds almost like, “Hey dude!”—is one reason ultimate is attracting hundreds of Vancouver teens to high school programs.

Like winning teams at Point Grey, Prince of Wales, Kitsilano and elsewhere in the city’s past and present, Hayduk and other community coaches seeped in ultimate culture bring expertise to developing athletes. Vancouver’s public and private schools play in separate leagues but meet in tournaments. Club teams also build skill and help foster loyalty, sportsmanship and healthy rivalries. Teammates at school may be opponents on club teams. The camaraderie is a defining feature of the game.

“It’s really social,” said York’s Natalie W.

“Ultimate is really team-focused,” added Laura B. “If you have just one good player on a team, you’re never going to win.”

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