Ultimate Frisbee Finishes Second at Amherst Invitational
By Shannon Pyne '18 and the Ultimate Team
This weekend the ultimate frisbee team, Uruk-hai a berth, spent our time playing some amazing ultimate against some great teams at the Amherst invitational tournament. We played a total of 5 games over the course of 2 days. The first game was against Eagle-Brook School, where we won 13-5. A fantastic play was made by Liam Baxter-Healey, where, off the pull, he made a D block, and then proceeded to score from a throw from Henry Seiber.
This weekend the ultimate frisbee team, Uruk-hai a berth, spent our time playing some amazing ultimate against some great teams at the Amherst invitational tournament. We played a total of 5 games over the course of 2 days. The first game was against Eagle-Brook School, where we won 13-5. A fantastic play was made by Liam Baxter-Healey, where, off the pull, he made a D block, and then proceeded to score from a throw from Henry Seiber.
By Shannon Pyne '18 and the Ultimate Team
This weekend the ultimate frisbee team, Uruk-hai a berth, spent our time playing some amazing ultimate against some great teams at the Amherst invitational tournament. We played a total of 5 games over the course of 2 days. The first game was against Eagle-Brook School, where we won 13-5. A fantastic play was made by Liam Baxter-Healey, where, off the pull, he made a D block, and then proceeded to score from a throw from Henry Seiber.
This weekend the ultimate frisbee team, Uruk-hai a berth, spent our time playing some amazing ultimate against some great teams at the Amherst invitational tournament. We played a total of 5 games over the course of 2 days. The first game was against Eagle-Brook School, where we won 13-5. A fantastic play was made by Liam Baxter-Healey, where, off the pull, he made a D block, and then proceeded to score from a throw from Henry Seiber.
The second game was against Amherst JV B, where we won 13-5 again. We scored the first 4 points of the game.
As the rain continued to pour, we played our final game of the day, against Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School or PVPA, where we won 13-3. The game was really fun, with both teams having a ton of spirit! The play of the game was made by Max Bowen, who made a beautiful layout into the end zone to catch the disk.
We ended the game with a song and dance performed for us by PVPA. Since we won all of our games that day, we would be playing in the semi finals the next day. After our games, the team cleaned up and headed into Amherst town to explore, before heading back to our host families for a good night sleep.
The next morning we got to the field to play the semifinals against Monument Mountain School, winning 13-3. At the end of the first half, Sam Shaw completed a difficult throw downfield to a streaking offender to score an important point to make it to halftime with a substantial lead. Our win in semifinals earned the Uruk-hai a berth into the Division II finals agains Arlington High School.
The Uruk-hai fought hard and played well in the finals, but the precision and speed of the Arlington team (as well as the depth of their bench) proved too much for CSW. Arlington won by a score of 15-7, and the Cambridge School of Weston took second place. We were very proud of how we played this weekend, and very thankful for our host families, and everyone at Amherst tournament. Until next year!
The Cambridge School of Weston is a progressive high school for day and boarding students in grades 9–12 and PG. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community and the world.