2011 Youth Club Championships: Team Info
Posted: August 12, 2011 04:47 PM
2011 Youth Club Championships: Team Info
Girls Division
BUDA Women (Boston, MA)
BUDA
Team Name: BUDA Women
Boston, MA
www.buda.org
Captains: Hannah Yee, Kelli Lenze
Coaches: Claudia Tajima, Hazel Crowley
(At-Large Team)
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Historically, Team New England hosts a girls team in the off years of Junior Worlds, bringing a small but athletic squad to the Youth Club Championships. The team is usually comprised of several Amherst Varsity and Junior Varsity athletes, as well as strong players from other high schools in Massachusetts. In their past two appearances in Minnesota, Team New England has placed third, with competitive games in the semi finals against Oregon in 2007, and Seattle in 2009. In recent years, many of the players on Team New England have gone on to play for the Junior Worlds team. With a young, fast and deep team this year, New England presents a squad to be reckoned with.
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Belle (Cincinnati, OH)
Cincinnati, OH
Captains: Kayla Fry, Bethany Kaylor, Julia Turkevich
Coach: David Fry
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Ring ring, who is it? Belle is back, more bonded than ever before and fielding a bigger team filled with athleticism and skill. Belle brings together the most spirited and hard working girls of the Cincinnati area in order to compete at YCC. Carrying many returning and fresh players, Belle hopes its mix will be just the thing to do well this year.
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Cutthroat (Denver, CO)
Denver/Boulder, CO
Captains: Lisi Lohre, Erika Hiromitsu
Coaches: Julia Echterhoff, Lauren Boyle
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After taking a year off in 2010, the Cutthroat Girls team is back!
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Rapture (Seattle, WA)
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DiscNW U19 Girls have won the YCC tournament 6 years running and are back to defend their title. Although we lost a number of strong seniors last year we are strengthened by the increasing skill level of HS ultimate in the area and many talented younger players. Overall - this team is comprised from players from 9 different high schools and is truly representative of the level of talent in the Seattle area. We look forward to a strong showing in 2011!
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- Mighty Hash Slinging Slashers (Seattle, WA)
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For the first time ever Seattle is sending a second girls team to compete at YCC! This team is talented, quick, hilarious, and will have the best dance moves bar none! Oh and did we forget to mention that they’re all under 16? The Mighty Hash Slinging Slashers will throw dimes, sky older girls, and have fun the entire time! Small but mighty!
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Minnesnowta (Minneapolis, MN)
Minnesota Youth Summer League
Team Name: Minnesnowta
Minnesota
Captains: Aly Fassett-Carman and Erynn Schroeder
Coaches: Jason Curtis and Kendall Jeske
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2010 was by far the most successful year for the Minnesota girls YCC team. They took second, losing only to the perennial champions from Seattle. This year twelve of the same players return, led by Aly Fassett-Carman and Erynn Schroeder, along with some energetic new players as well. They look to channel the chilliness of Minnesota winter to the heat of intense August competition!
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Moxie (Pittsburgh, PA)
Pittsburgh, PA
Coach(es): Molly Moore and Kelsey Lenard
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Moxie (mok'se) – 1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage. 2. Aggressive energy; initiative. 3. Skill; know-how.
Playing with all of the characteristics defined by their team name, the Pittsburgh Youth Club Girls are ready for their breakout season, just like the Pirates. Go Pittsburgh!
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Mixed Division
Bay Area Disc Youth Club League (Bay Area, CA)
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In it's second year, the Bay Area Disc Happy Cows, will represent California in the mixed division at the 2011 YCC's looking to repeat as champions. Last year we played with amazing spirit, while not losing our competitive focus and plan on doing the same this year. Captains Simon Higgens and Gabriella Meffert have been pushing there teammates all summer so we show our best in Minnesota. Even though this team is represented by multiple high schools they have come together as a family and will be ready to compete-- once we play tag in the mall of america again.
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- BUDA (Boston, MA)
BUDA
Team Name: BUDA YCC Mixed
Boston, MA
Captains: Sarah Adams, Danny Katz
Coaches: Anne Westcott, Josh Seamon
(At-Large Team)
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The 2011 BUDA Mixed team brings together 20 players from 10 schools spanning Massachusetts and a little bit beyond. Blaine is our second home and for the 7th year running we plan on bringing the full weight of the BUDA machine to the YCC competition. Join us on the sidelines where you can see the chill handling of Sarah Adams (7) and Qxhna Titcomb (25), crushing fanatical defense of Vinny Defelice (4), blinding speed of Danny Katz (23) and Mary Roach (9), vertical domination by Zach Sabin (16) and Richard Lipari (21), and Charles Marokhovsky’s (13) thrilling assists.
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Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Chicago
Team Name: Team ILL
Chicago, IL
Coaches: Anthony Miocic and Nancy Glass
At-Large Team
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Team ILL is happy to come back to YCC for their second year. Last year was our inaugural year and we competed under the name MicroMachines. Since then we’ve changed our name to incorporate our open, mixed and U16 programs. We’re a growing area with a lot of new players. However, we’re happy to bring back our female standouts Tasha and Bridget, as well has our dependable handlers Kyle Hanley, Zev Glass and Andrew Lin. Although we have a lot of new faces on our mixed team you’ll see many of our former mixed players on the open fields. We’re happy to be here, and we’re even happier to see everyone on the field. Best of luck to everyone out here and thank you for your support in growing youth ultimate around the country!
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- DiscNW (Seattle, NW)
Team Name: Space Jam
Seattle, WA
www.discnw.org
Captains: Khalif El-Salaam, Jessi Crowley, Alice Edwards
Coaches: Henry Schneider, Eva Fury
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The DiscNW Mixed team is looking to improve on their highest result ever last year when they placed 3rd. We are looking to go home with a medal and are bringing talent from all over Seattle!
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Idaho (Boise, ID)
Idaho
Team Name: Sabotage
Boise, ID
Captains: Rylee Cone and Alexandra (Alex) Ode
Coaches: Steve Bishop, Alana Brunner (formerly Hansen) and Samuel Goff
At-Large Team
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Sabotage is Idaho’s second team ever sent to compete in the Youth Club Championship. However, almost half of our 13 male athletes are returning from a great showing as an open team at the 2010 YCC. Athletes: Cone, Connor, Gossard, Gurley and Heminger were an integral part of our 3rd place achievement last year. For the 2011 YCC, the State of Idaho is extremely please to finally showcase our talented female athletes at a youth national level. Our quick disc movement and team defense will once again show Idaho’s youth ultimate is a force to be reckoned with.
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Madison (Madison, WI)
Madison
Team Name: Madison Area Mixed
Madison, WI
Captains: Avery Johnson, Felix Braun
Coach: Rex Beaber
At-Large Team
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The Madison Area Mixed team has been proud to be a recurring competitor at the annual Youth Club Championship tournament. In the past few years the team has sent players on to top caliber collegiate teams including the Wisconsin Hodags, Minnesota Grey Duck, Michigan Magnum, Cornell Buds, St. Olaf Durga, and Eau Claire Sol. The team has even made its mark across the pond, with an alumnus on the Dutch National Women's team. This year's team hopes to ride on the strong spring season of Madison area ultimate, with Madison West High School finishing second at the 2011 Hopkins Hustle, and James Madison Memorial High School tying for fifth at the 2011 High School Eastern Championships.
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Minnesota Youth Summer League (Minneapolis, MN)
Captains: Nihal Bhakta, Ben Liska, Abby Mann
Coaches: Erin Mirocha, John Groess, Carlos Lopez, Patrick Kunkel
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Long ago, in the harshest of Minnesota winters, legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan found a baby ox in the snow. The temperatures were so low, that both the snow and the ox were blue. Even after warming up at Paul's home, the ox never lost his blue tint. Paul adopted the little ox and named him Babe. Paul soon realized that pets leave a mess everywhere. One day, after stepping in an Ox Pie, Paul threw the dried circle in anger. Upon seeing how far it flew, Paul and Babe tried to see what other items could be thrown far. Discovering that plastic flew best, they settled on a flying disc and it became their favorite sport. Babe made craters all over MN while catching Paul's throws, which later filled with water and became the lakes MN is famous for. Therefore, Babe made it possible to play ultimate in MN.
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TYUL Youth Summer Club League (Triangle Area, NC)
Captains: Shellie Cohen, Brayton Maxson
Coaches: Heather Ann Brauer, Josh Greene, Sasha Resnick
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North Carolina’s Graveyard of the Atlantic here,
Representing TYUL for the third year.
However, this year NC is here as a mixed team
Combining genders was better, it seemed,
riDISCulous and Queen Anne’s Revenge are now one,
And are pumped to go north and get the job done!
Lead by captains Brayton Maxson and Shellie Cohen,
This team is excited to get the disc flowing.
With skilled players from the east and the west
GOTA is excited to play the best of the best.
We’re spirited-no curses across our lips,
But beware, cause we’ll sink your ships!
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U-19 Open Division
- Savage Sharks (Bay Area, CA)
Bay Area, CA
www.bayareadisc.org
Captains: Jordan (J.T) Deirling, Benjamin Souvey, Nicholis Petru
Coach: Wayne "Bueno" Roemhildt
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The Bay Area "Savage Sharks" takes their name from the Great Whites that patrol the Pacific waters of California. We also take our name in honor of all those players who love to play "savage". The Bay Area has a long tradition of winning Ultimate at all levels. Club, College, and Youth ultimate teams have all captured a Nationals Championship for the area. This will be the first year that the Bay Area Disc Association has put forth an Open Team to travel to the fields of Minnesota. We strive to play the game the way it should be played - with respect to the game, to our teammates, and to our opponents. We strive to play crisp, clean, run-n-gun Flatball. Minnesota has a proud tradition of Ultimate, and we are honored to represent the California Delegation.
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- BUDA (Boston, MA)
Boston, MA
Captains: Amos Adams, Eric Biggs, Ben Krupp
Coaches: Jason Chow (Head), Dan Hourigan (Assistant)
(At-Large Team)
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BUDA is excited for the opportunity to compete in Blaine again in 2011. Representing New England for the seventh year, BUDA hopes to continue to bring competitive play to the USAU Youth Club Championships. Thanks to our parents and chaperones that help make this all possible.
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- Team ILL (Chicago, IL)
Chicago, IL
Captains: Jimmy Sykora, Patrick Kaufman
Coach: Arnoush Javaherian
At-Large Team
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In 2010, Chicago YCC started with its first ever YCC team, a mixed team that finished 5th at the 2010 YCC. This year, we have our first ever Open team. This team consists of 20 players from all over the Chicago area. Many have come from established high school programs (Neuqua, Jacobs, and Geneva), while others have come from schools that do not really have a program, and a couple are from college. But they all come together with one goal, to play the sport they love and get better at it.
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Flying Pig (Cincinnati, OH)
Captains: Tony Bort, Luke Wilken, Josh Fisher
Coaches: Joel Houmes and Phil Hale
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Flying Pig enters its fifth season better than ever. Coming off a 6th place finish at SCINNY, Pig has its heights set high. We pride ourselves on our technical play and superior spirit. As two time defending Spirit winner at YCCs, Pig always enters with the goal of winning two trophies.
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- Colorado Cutthroat (Denver, CO)
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Colorado’s youth ultimate scene is thriving! We bring an older team this year with talented and spirited players who are anxious to prove themselves on the national scene. While a larger number than usual will move on to C.U.’s Mama Bird next fall, this group represents ten different high schools from the Denver/Boulder area. Colorado youth ultimate appreciates the continued support of the Wright Life, and we’re fired up for some serious fun and competition in Minnesota.
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- Cutthroat of Colorado-B (Denver, CO)
Captains: Jake Dickerson, Conrad Hougen, Brendan Dwyer, Joel Anton
Coaches: Hannah Jones, Jake Raisanen
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Cutthroat of Colorado is a youth all-star team based in Denver, Colorado and comprised of players from both the Denver and Boulder Summer Youth Ultimate Leagues. 2011 is the team’s first official competition year although the team is the second team of Colorado Cutthroat, a familiar sight at the Youth Club Championships. Jake Raisanen, a former coach of the Hopkins High School team in Minnesota, and Hannah Jones, a former University of Colorado-Boulder Kali player are the team’s coaches. Cutthroat of Colorado is also led by four captains: Conrad Hougen, Brendan Dwyer, Jake Dickerson and Joel Anton, of whom the first two plan to continue at the college level and the second two will be seniors at Fairview High School on Boulder next year. Much appreciation to the Wright Life in Fort Collins for their support of Colorado Youth Ultimate.
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DeVYL (Delaware Valley, NJ/PA)
Delaware Valley (NJ/PA)
http://devylycc.blogspot.com
Captains: Trent Dillon, Paul Klimkowski, Evan Walter, Scott Xu
Coaches: Anthony Nunez and Ben Haim
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The Delaware Valley Youth League Team (DEVYL) is ready for the trip to the Youth Club Championships. Known for DEVYL’s deafening sideline and aggressive defense, these players are ready to defend our National Championship. Afterall, it’s a Jersey/PA thing!
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- MONSTARS (Seattle, WA)
Seattle, WA
www.discnw.org
Captains: Louis Cohen, Kilian Marsh, Henry Phan, John Raynolds
Coaches: Alex Wells & Steve Gussin
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The DiscNW Open team has a proud tradition including multiple YCC championships. Nine seniors departed from last year's squad, but we've reloaded with the top talent from 11 different area schools, and we're here to showcase the best of Seattle youth ultimate on a national stage. We're excited to be back again competing for the title against the best youth teams from around the country.
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- Minnesota Superior (Minneapolis, MN)
Twin Cities, Minnesota
Captains: Greg Cousins, Sam Bumsted
Coaches: Pericles Nacionales, Nate Wohl, Zach Kasdan
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Minnesota Superior has been in existence since the inaugural Youth Club Championships in 2005, although we missed the tournament in 2009. We come from schools that participate in the state’s high school (spring) and youth summer leagues. We’re young, we’re fast, and we play hard.
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Final Harvest (Omaha, NE)
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This is the second year that Nebraska Youth Ultimate has sent a team to the Youth Club Championships. We have a dedicated group of players primarily from Omaha and Lincoln. We recently finished our first summer league season and the second year of our annual youth tournament, Nebraskionals. Our team is constantly improving and hope to have a great showing this year at YCC.
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Impulse (Pittsburgh, PA)
Pittsburgh, PA
Captains: Joe Bender, Max Thorne
Coaches: Nick Kaczmarek, Ben Banyas, Pat Hammonds
At-Large Team
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Pittsburgh has been represented at each and every Youth Club Championship and earned semifinal births in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. The team competes and trains throughout the summer in pursuit of a National Championship. We wish the best of luck to all the teams that are competing. "One team, one goal."
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U-16 Open Division
- Bay Area Disc Youth Club League (Bay Area, CA)
Coaches: Valerio Iani, Rand Wrobel
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The Bay Area Disc Association, after winning the mixed division in 2010, is proud to bring three teams to YCC this year, including our first U16 team. The players hail from three Bay Area centers--Alameda, San Mateo and Berkeley--and were drawn from a pool of nearly 40 players during 3 tryouts.
We have a good balance of experienced and promising young players. There is plenty of talent including the Alameda gang (HS State champs), the MS State champions from San Mateo, our only girl (tough enough to challenge any boy!), as well as a couple of formidable middle schoolers and the U14 Overall World Champion.
Although we will be seeking a championship, the most important aspect of this experience for us will be to play our best, show Spirit Of The Game, and grow as players and as a team.
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- Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Chicago
Team Name: Team Illinois
Chicago, IL
Coach: Doug Ishikawa
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Team Illinois U16 is a team comprised of the best young players from the Chicagoland area. Team Ill is out to showcase itself as a fast upstart team. Our style of play is everything that embodies the great city of Chicago. We never stop working, we play hard and we play for one another. We’re out to prove that the youth of Chicago plays Ultimate as well as our deep dish pizza tastes.
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Cincinnati Youth Summer League (Cincinnati, OH)
Coaches: Larry Dean, Pete Luttmann, Chris Skindzier
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This is the inaugural year for the Flying Piglets, taking their name from Cincinnati’s under-19 team, The Flying Pigs. The team consists of players that have been playing Ultimate in Youth and High School Leagues around Cincinnati from the age of 8 and up. Many of the older team members are also members of Revolution, a Cincinnati based high school team that placed 2nd at High School Eastern Championships this past May.
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- Delaware Valley Youth League (Delaware Valley, NJ/PA)
DeVYL
Team Name: Delaware Valley Youth League (DEVYL)
Delaware Valley, NJ/PA
Coaches: Ryan Belline and Marc Biunno
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The DEVYL U-16 Team is comprised of youth players from the Delaware Valley region of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Many players have played together in a middle school program in the area and at a local sleep away summer camp. On the field, you will find sweet throws and aggressive defense. On the sideline, you will find an energetic group of players ready to challenge the best U-16 players in the nation!
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- DiscNW Youth Club League (Seattle, WA)
Coaches: Ben Goldfarb, Doug Sumi
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DiscNW is excited to send our very first team to the inaugural U16 Open division! The Doughboy are comprised of both HS and MS players from all over Seattle. They bring sheer athleticism, quick disc movement, and a bevy of dizzying defenses to Blaine, MN! We look forward to a strong showing and hope to extend the legacy that is Seattle youth ultimate!
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- Minnesota Youth Summer League (Minneapolis, MN)
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This being the first year that the Minnesota Summer league has put together a YCC U16 team – we have little in the way of history. The team is comprised of players from across the very large Minnesota High school league including traditionally strong programs Hopkins, Southwest, Armstrong, White Bear lake and Charter school All-stars. Most of our team has been playing for only a year or two but we are hungry to get better and so welcome the challenge of playing against the countries best. Welcome to our fair state!
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PHUL (Pittsburgh, PA)
PHUL
Team Name: Pulse
Pittsburgh, PA
Captains: Bobby Lincoln, Austin Ruediger
Coaches: David Hogan, Andy Norman
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We’re from Pittsburgh, and we like those Pittsburgh things like the Penguins, Steelers, the Pirates when they’re winning, and hilly terrain. We also like to argue over where to eat dinner, and any other thing worth arguing about. We practice twice a week against U18 players who did not make Impulse, but are still pretty good, and in a few cases, very tan. Like most teams in Pittsburgh, we’re a team that prides ourselves on our defensive play and our effort in games and at practices. We’ve worked hard all summer for this weekend, and we’re eagerly anticipating this challenge.
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TYUL (Triangle Area, NC)
TYUL
Team Name: One Huck Wonders
Triangle Area, NC
Captains: Eli Miller, Sol Yanuck, Cory Oskardmay
Coaches: Cate Foster, Jennifer Waldrup
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This is the first that NC has been represented by a U-16 team and we are super psyched about our team. We may be small but we pack a big punch. Big skies, hucks, and plays are our game. We are the true definition of a team but look out for the lethal combination of Eli Miller and Cory Oskardmay on the field along with some mad skies from Terrance Mitchell. Look out YCC, here come the One Huck Wonders!
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