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Seattle Waldorf is Spring Reign 2015 Spirit Champion

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This last weekend, Waldorf United not only were the spirit champions at Spring Reign 2015, but also placed 2nd in the playoffs!  The team of Seattle Waldorf 5th graders is coached by David Steiner and Jan Harris.

First word came via the @SpringReign Twitter feed —

Tweet announcing Spirit Champions
Tweet announcing Spirit Champions

An earlier Tweet announced that Hazel Wolf’s team were the skill champions (maintaining their Champion status from Spring Reign 2014), beating Seattle Waldorf in a very close game (7-6).  They had previously beaten SCDS (11-7) and Evergreen (13-6).  The elementary team from Hazel Wolf (K-8) is coached by Jamshid Khajavi and  Lori Frey Butler.

Here is a screenshot of the final standings —

2015 ES bracket w/scores

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Jane Addams K-8 wins Spring Reign 2014 elementary division

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2013 Spirit Champions, Jane Addams K-8 won the 2014 elementary championship at the Spring Reign tournament yesterday.  In a sunlit, moderately-windy game against Evergreen, they connected over and over — mostly with long passes between talented huckers and tall receivers, ultimately winning 13-1.

Here are the standings for the elementary division

2014 SR standingsThe 8 teams placed in this order:

  1. Jane Addams K-8
  2. Evergreen
  3. John Stanford
  4. Thurgood Marshall
  5. Three Cedars
  6. Whittier
  7. UCDS
  8. University Coop

However, the real winners — the Spirit Champions — have yet to be announced…

And here are some highlight photos from the championship game —

Jamshid Khajavi, who coaches JAK8 along with Stephanie Reed.
Jamshid Khajavi, who coaches JAK8 along with Stephanie Reed.

Screen Shot 2014-04-28 at 1.55.21 AM Screen Shot 2014-04-28 at 1.53.47 AM Screen Shot 2014-04-28 at 1.56.30 AM— all taken by Liam Reese of Bryant Elementary, who was spectating since his team’s bid wasn’t accepted this year.

 

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Youth ultimate in Seattle

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The spring of 2014 is an exciting time to be involved with youth ultimate in Seattle.  The sport is rapidly growing here at many levels, providing kids with not only more opportunities to play, but also lots of inspiration from collegiate and adult tournaments.

At the K-5 level, the DiscNW spring elementary league has a record 37 teams competing in four divisions!  That will make for some great competition both at the regional Spring Reign tournament on April 26 and in the spring league playoffs on May 17.

At the middle school level (grades 6-8), the DiscNW spring middle school league has 68 coed/boys/girls/combined teams in A/A2, B, C, and D divisions.  It will be interesting to see how their rivalries evolve both in the league and at Spring Reign, especially after the 8th public middle school season last fall in which 3 teams tied with perfect spirit scores.

There’s more going on at the high school level and beyond that I haven’t fully mapped.  The Emerald City League has both girls and boys (6-12?) from local private school playing this season.  And then there’s Fryz and Small-Fryz…

As for inspiration, the most exciting thing I learned at the coaches clinic (from Mike) is that the Northwest Challenge is happening right here in Seattle in a week!  This is a tournament that will bring some of the best U.S. college women teams together for some amazing games on 3/24-25.   There is also an opener exhibition game on Friday night (3/23) in Ballard between the 2012 Champs UW Element and the 2013 Champs OregonFugue.  Stay up to speed with their Twitter feed: NWChallenge

Finally, young players may also be inspired by the major league and other National competition.  While the second season of the Rainmakers will be exciting to watch in the MLU, the American Ultimate Disc League  is reaching out to young players… but that’s the subject of a separate post!

Holler in the comments if you know of other youth ultimate activities or particularly inspiring play going on this spring.