Merry Christmas!

Jojah wishes everyone a safe and joyous holiday!

picture of the live nativity scene at Jojah's Christmas extravaganza

Recap: Classic City Classic 2010

Jojah in the huddle (This picture and all subsequent pictures Courtesy of Jordan Echols)

As fate has it, 2010 was not the year for Jojah to capture the illusive Classic City Classic championship, but for the first time since 2004 a team not from Madison, Wisconsin won the tournament... (Congratulations to the University of Florida)

The weekend was a tale of two different days for the dawgs.

Saturday

Georgia started its morning warm-up a little tardy, as many members of the teams were still taking care of the loose ends of running a tournament. The rushed warm-up had little carry over into the first game, as Jojah got a break on the first point of the game. Despite looking a little out of sync at times, Georgia works out most of the kinks and moves forward with a 13-7 victory.

The second game of pool play was against Kennesaw State. Jojah was able to contain the people who throw to Taylor "Tree" Goforth and roll to a 13-4 victory.

Georgia has a bye round after that game and starts back with "Team 3" the University of Alabama. Georgia get two breaks early to go up 3-1, but this momentum stalls a little as Bama introduces the first true zone defense the dawgs see this season. Alabama gets a break back and Jojah takes half at 7-6. Although it wasn't recorded what Coaches Davis Waller and Rob Herrig said at half time, it must have been pretty incredible because Jojah's second half against Alabama was probably their most dominant half of the tournament. Running the competition ragged was a motif of the half, but big plays by Fletcher Hartline and Elliott Erikson kept the team's energy high and Jojah puts together a perfect half to win 13-6.

UNC Darkside was the most even match up for Jojah on Saturday, as both teams had rolled through the rest of the pool. Darkside had brought a small, boisterous army and with that came a a much higher level of intensity. Jojah rose their level of play and produced many defensive plays including lay out blocks by Michael Slade, Tom Ball, and Michael Peters. Play of the game: deep throw goes up to UNC receiver and Daniel Lily closes and skies for a huge block in the back of the end zone, resulting in one of 3 breaks Jojah gets in the game. The dawgs grind out a 10-9 win at hard cap.

Dan Lily, shutting his man down on D

Sunday

Georgia came out Sunday morning with two more players (the formidable Birdo and some guy named Matt Hess) but with much less in the way of team energy compared to Saturday.

Jojah played the University of Virginia Night Train in the morning quarterfinals match-up. This game was all Virginia as they capitalized on all of Georgia's mistakes. Georgia loses in a sloppy 15-4 rout.

Max Leonard surveying the field

Jojah's next opponent was the University of South Carolina. South Carolina had made some noise on Saturday, beating Virginia and challenging Florida, and they brought the fight to Georgia early getting three early breaks. Georgia began to take back the momentum with a few breaks of their own but it wasn't enough as the teams traded points from early in the second half all the way to a 15-14 South Carolina victory.

The final game of the weekend was played against James Madison University. This game was close for awhile and Georgia shows spots of energy and good play, but the tournament had finally gotten the best of the Dawgs. Jojah loses to JMU and finishes 8th in the field.

Statistics!

• Georgia played 143 points on the weekend, but only the first 122 (through the South Carolina game) were recorded in statistics.

Team Leaders in points played

• Max Leonard 85 points (69.7% of points)
• Fletcher Hartline 82 points (67.2% of points)
• Michael Slade 78 points (63.9% of points)
• Caleb Edwards 77 points (63.1% of points)
• Tom Ball 74 points (60.7% of points)

Team Leaders in Goals received

• Max Leonard 11 goals
• Fletcher Hartline 9 goals
• Caleb Edwards 8 goals
• Elliott Erickson 8 goals
• Dan Lilley 5 goals

Team Leaders in Assists thrown

• Max Leonard 15 assists
• Michael Slade 9 assists
• Caleb Edwards 7 assists
• Cameron Macke 7 assists
• Fletcher Hartline 6 assists
• Tom Ball 6 assists

Team Leaders in defensive blocks

• Elliott Erickson 8 blocks
• Fletcher Hartline 7 blocks
• Michael Slade 5 blocks
• Michael Peters 5 blocks
• Javid Aceil 4 blocks
• Daniel Lily 4 blocks

Team Leaders in retention % (minimum 20 touches)

• Mac Little 96% (25 touches 1 turnover)
• Max Leonard 91.9% (99 touches 8 turnovers)
• Cameron Macke 91.6% (71 touches 6 turnovers)
• Tom Ball 89.4% (66 touches 7 turnovers)
• Fletcher Hartline 87.2% (39 touches 5 turnovers)

Other Interesting Things (THANKS STATISTICS!)

• Three players didn't have a turnover this weekend (Brad Glisson, Tyler Haskell, and Devin Cox)
• Devin Cox also had 3 goals in 5 touches.
• Michael Slade touched this disc a lot. 107 times actually.
• Matt Bailey apparently played 20 points and had 2 turnovers...
• Taylor Nilan tweeted around 73 times (Thanks to Taylor, Cali, and other alumni/fans for coming out!)

Jojah gets down on the pull

Classic City Classic 2010

Fall has set in on the hills of north east Georgia and the time has come again for a tournament that has become the standard bearer for Fall college ultimate through a tradition of excellence in how the tournament is conducted and its competition. Classic City Classic. Many themes from last college season are being carried over into this weekend. The reigning National Champions, the University of Florida, trying to mitigate the losses of Brodie Smith and Chris Gibson. The UNC-W Seamen trying to build on a National's semifinal finish from last year. Regional realignments by USA Ultimate breaking up old rivalries and potentially starting new ones.

For many teams the biggest theme is that shortcomings and successes of the last season have become history and now they must start over.

Jojah, at this moment, is the same as many teams, a group of young men trying to find its identity for the season through hard work and play. The following is a transcription of conversations with Jojah captains Tom Ball, Caleb Edwards, and Charlie Herrig about what they think about this weekend.

What are Jojah's greatest strengths going into this weekend?

Tom Ball: I think I'm going to say that our greatest strength is going to be our depth, both within lines and across lines. The rookie class this year is going to be extremely strong, and last year's rookies have improved tremendously. I am excited to see how many different, but still effective, D lines we will be able to throw at the other teams. I am also confident that we will have very few weak links. I think our offensive lines particularly will be very deep. I anticipate we will make use of our fourth and fifth cutting options.

Charlie Herrig: Jojah's greatest strength is the return of a group of veterans that know what high level ultimate is. These veterans know how to achieve high level ultimate with fundamentals. (i.e. dump swing.)

Caleb Edwards: Our greatest strength is that our team everyone is pumped to play this weekend.

What about Jojah's Weaknesses?

Tom Ball: We lost a number of incredible playmakers last year. I think we may have some difficulties, particularly early in the weekend, with people waiting to cut, expecting Pete or Taylor to take over, and then realizing too late that we can't just let Pete and Taylor take over anymore. We may look a little like fawns, with players still trying to find their legs as they move into more prominent roles.

Charlie Herrig: Our biggest weakness is that we don't know what type of team we are. We lost 11 seniors and had a group of veterans had been playing together for three or more years.

Caleb Edwards: Our greatest weakness is that we have not had very much practice time as a full team.

With the much ballyhooed turnover from last year's roster, who do you believe is going to step up and become a major role player for Jojah?

Tom Ball: Max Leonard. He was an integral player for Atlanta Rival this year. He was a very strong player going into the summer, and has only improved. He is going to do some spectacular things this weekend. I expect Fletcher Hartline to lead the D line. He will get flying blocks. From the rookies, I expect Elliot to get a lot of attention and put in a very early bid for FotY.

Charlie Herrig: Our returning veterans will look to take the load this year and try and get back to college nationals. We have veterans such as Cameron Macke trying to anchor the D-line with his huge hucks, Fletcher Hartline getting d's and going to his home, David Hooten playing stellar d against the team's top players. On the offensive side we have veterans such as Captain Tom Ball, Max Leonard, Caleb Edwards, and Nate Kelly looking to lead jojah this weekend. Tom Ball brings this group together by his willingness to work for every inch of space. Look for Caleb Edwards and Nate Kelley to be primary cutters looking for Max 'white man can jump' Leonard to go deep. This weekend we are out with one of the best cutters in college Matthew Bailey. He is studying in England, but make sure to keep your ears open for him in the spring. We also have many rookies that are going to step up such as Elliot Erickson, Mike Peters, and Tyler Haskell.

Caleb Edwards: Everyone has a chance to step up this year. It will be exciting to see who steps up

and plays huge at CCC.

What teams are you most excited to watch and play against this weekend?

Tom Ball: I always get excited to play against North Carolina teams. Our rivalry with UNC predates my presence on the team but I feel very much a part of it. I always get excited to play against them. UNC-W too. We have had a few incredible match-ups in the last couple of years. I would love to get the chance to play against them. Florida, of course. I want to see who their new 7 are going to be. Tech I'd love to see as well.

Charlie Herrig: I'm looking forward to seeing how Florida is going to be after losing many of their starters. Many teams come from the region, so I'm excited who makes a statement. I hear USC has played quite well this fall.

Caleb Edwards: It sounds like most of the other teams lost alot of their big time players, so I am excited to see what every team looks like.

Jojah 2011

After what has been described as the best tryout in recent history, this season's team is as follows:

Veterans

Javid Aceil

Matt Bailey

Tom Ball

Justin DeSandre

Caleb Edwards

Brad Glisson

Fletcher Hartline

Steven Hedges

Charlie Herrig

David Hooten

Nathan Kelley

Max Leonard

Josh Lowell

Cameron Macke

Michael Slade

Rookies

Devin Cox

Wright Dickerson

Elliot Erickson

Tyler Haskell

Matt Hess

Blake Hudson

Daniel Lily

Mac Little

Joey Morrow

Mike Peters

British Liaison

Brian Walter

Fall League 2010 schedule

Here is the schedule for the rest of Fall League Ultimate!

Check back later this week for photos from the games!

UGA Footsteps Charity Ultimate Tournament!

What is Footsteps?

"Footsteps is an organization at the University of Georgia dedicated to raising awareness and promoting the eight U.N. Millennium development goals to students of all backgrounds across the nation and to stimulate future activism through creative projects, dialogue, and action."

- UGA Footsteps website

Many members of UGA Men's Ultimate Club B-Team (the Chillydawgs) are active in this organization including Nikil Kashyap, Joseph Najjar, Matt McClure, Mikey Salter, Willy Hughes, and Brett Benowitz.

Their goal is to raise about $13,200 to build an elementary school in Mali, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a literacy rate below 50%.

Tournament Details:

7 v 7

maximum 15 person roster

$50 bid per team.

max 3 or 4 club players per team

Contact Joe Najjar for registration information and other questions (jnajj22@gmail.com)

Fall League 2010

A new school year is upon us, friends.

Looking for some recreation to get away from the books? Interested in playing intramural Ultimate Frisbee?

Sign up for Fall League Ultimate!

When: Games are every Tuesday/Thursday from 4 PM to 9PM starting Septemper 7th and ending October 14th.

Where: UGA's beautiful Club Sports Complex (directions)

Cost: $25.00 (this includes six weeks of ultimate and a t-shirt)

People of all skill levels and athletic prowess are invited to come play!

How do I sign up for this?!

Follow this link to the registration form

You can pay you fall league dues with PayPal! Just make sure to send your money to Tom Ball at his email address (tomballina@hotmail.com) You are also able to pay using cash or check on the first week of games.

Jojah at USA Ultimate College Nationals

This past weekend, Jojah went to the USA Ultimate College Nationals. In pool A, Jojah finished second, beating Oregon, Middlebury, and UCSD. In the final game of the pool, Jojah gave up a large half time lead to Cornell, who beat us 15-13. In the pre-quarters game, we lost to Minnesota 15-12 to end our season.

Here are a couple of highlights from Nationals :

"The Catch?"

The game is 13-14 in our favor against Middlebury as we pull the disc. Someone got a sweet D, only to have it thrown out of bounds by Taylor Nilan to a wide open Matt Bailey (sorry Matt). Middlebury turns the disc over again and works it to their goal line. Taylor Nilan swings the disc to Peter Dempsey, who sees a streaking Charlie Herrig. Pete leads Charlie a little too much, who lays out and stretches out for the goal. Charlie lands in the end zone first with a foot down; however, the disc looks like it was thrown out his hand in celebration or jarred from his hand from the ground immediately after impact. Charlie looks up at the observer, who is calling him in bounds, and assumes the catch was being called good and a goal. Charlie is a guy who plays by the rules and listens well during player/rule disputes. None of the Middlebury players or the Jojah players thought the disc was down. Also, the fact that the catch was on the break side of the field away from other players made it tough for anyone to see it better. We were alerted by the observer, Jason Weddle, that the catch was a drop after the game and that he was puzzled that Middlebury didn't see the call. Middlebury was busy talking about Peter traveling on the throw, which received a heated argument from the Middlebury players and the observer. We honestly thought it was a goal until we saw the video replay. The Middlebury player right next to him assumed Charlie caught it, as did the rest of the Jojah and Middlebury players.

"Peter Dempsey gets 4th in the Callahan Voting"

During the Oregon game, Peter Dempsey was everywhere. Unfortunately, his play at Nationals wouldn't sway any voters, as Oregon's Eli Friedman won the Callahan on Saturday night. Peter Dempsey was 4th in the voting and was one recognized in front of the entire Nationals' crowd. The top 5 were : George Stubbs, Peter Dempsey, Sam Kanner, Brodie Smith, and Eli Friedman. Thank you to everyone who voted for Peter Dempsey for Callahan.

"Cornell with ANOTHER Comeback"

Those pesky Cornell Buds found ANOTHER way to beat Jojah after Jojah having a large lead. At Easterns, Jojah went up 6-1 only to lose on double game point. At Terminus, Jojah was up by 5 breaks before Cornell finished the game on a 6 game run. At Nationals, those Cornell guys were down 9-4 before staging an epic comeback that shocked Jojah and ended their season. The Cornell defense came away with block after block on Jojah receivers and converted their breaks. Here is the video of game point for Cornell. Gosh, dang, it. Congratulations Cornell on being a Nationals' semifinalist.

"The End of the Road for Jojah Seniors"

This was the end for a lot of talented Jojah seniors. Here are the list of graduated/non returning Jojah players and a coach :

Kevin Terry, offensive coach

David Benkeser

Peter Dempsey

Dustin Graham

Robert Herrig

Andrew Mistretta

Taylor Nilan

Davis Waller

Thank you guys for everything you have done for the Jojah program. Now, you are officially alums.

Jojah on USA Ultimate Website

Brian Walter just pointed out that Charlie Herrig AND Peter Dempsey are both on the USA Ultimate Website home page right now. See if you can find Charlie.

Check it out : www.usaultimate.org

(Hint : Discraft Ad)

UPA Becomes USA Ultimate

This weekend is no longer the UPA College Nationals. It is the 2010 USA Ultimate College Championship.

Check out Peter Dempsey on the new USA Ultimate homepage (scroll down to the bottom).

UPA College Nationals

This weekend, Jojah will be traveling to Madison, WI to compete in the 2010 UPA College Nationals tournament. We are excited about the chance to compete with the best teams in the country. Here is the competition schedule for Friday and Saturday :

We are the 12th seed overall in pool A, along with 1st seeded Oregon's Ego (SR) , 8th seeded Cornell's Buds (SR), 13th seeded Middlebury's Pranksters (SR), and 17th seeded University of Calironia-San Diego's Air Squids (SR). We have played Oregon, Cornell, and Middlebury this year.

We will be updating our twitter site from the fields. Click here to check our scores : Jojah Twitter.

Peter Dempsey Media Gallery

VOTE PETER DEMPSEY FOR CALLAHAN HERE => http://www.callahan-mvp.com/

Here are some pictures/videos of Peter Dempsey in action this year. I will be adding pictures and videos as I have time to put them up.

Began as a Club National Champion with Chain Lightning :

Classic City Classic (December) -

Joint Chief Summit -

(some highlights with Peter)

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/joint_chief_summit_classic_2010/jvf_6709_13_3

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/joint_chief_summit_classic_2010/jvf_6908_13_3

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/joint_chief_summit_classic_2010/jvf_6964_13_3

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/joint_chief_summit_classic_2010/jvf_6923_13_3

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/joint_chief_summit_classic_2010/jvf_6799_13_3

Queen City Tune Up -

Stanford Invite - previous post

Terminus

Easterns

GA/SC College Sectionals -

AC Regionals

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1889_28_2

1 http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1123_28_2

2 http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1124_28_2

3 http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1125_28_2

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1573_28_2

D $1 - http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1764_28_2

D $2 - http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1765_28_2

Game to Go :

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1856_28_2

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1857_28_2

To Go To Nationals Catch :

http://www.unitesports.biz/p/regionals_2010_sunday/dsc_1931_28_2

Peter Dempsey D and Goal against Colorado

Business as usual for Peter :

Peter Dempsey D against Oregon

Here are things that Peter Dempsey does on the reg :

Atlanta Chain Lightning Scrimmage Results

We scrimmaged Atlanta's Chain Lightning last Wednesday night and lost 14-12. The plays of the game were Peter Dempsey's layout D and converting a couple of key breaks with the defensive offense. Thank you Chain for letting us scrimmage you guys and for the defensive pointers.

Chain Scrimmage Tonight

Tonight Jojah scrimmages Chain in Atlanta at the Emory Fields at 6 3o PM. We are bringing the video camera to film the madness. Come out and support both of the teams tonight as they duel it out.

Peter Dempsey for Callahan

Peter Dempsey #11, 6'0'' 5th year at the University of Georgia.

From the Callahan website -

"Each year the Callahan trophy is presented to the man and woman who combine superior athleticism with outstanding sportsmanship, leadership and dedication to the sport of ultimate.
In the eyes of his or her peers, the Callahan winner is the personification of the ideal ultimate player."

Athleticism

Peter Dempsey may be the best athlete to play for Jojah ultimate. Peter has been a play maker since his freshman year. Defensively, he is able to slow down or neutralize the best player on the other team and help his teammates with their assignments. People know Peter for his high flying defensive plays, his closing speed, and his reaction speed/agility. This year, Peter made the transition to offense because we lost a lot of offensive weapons last year. Pete has been our offensive play maker. If you need to see Peter's offensive production, please check his stats from the Jojah blog.

Pete has developed into a better all-around player year after year. For his first two years, Peter was primarily a star defender/deep cutter. His main throw was a laser huck which no one could catch. Since then, Peter has transitioned himself into a dynamic handler and cutter. This year, I remember watching Peter shred zone defenses with his low IO throws and his over the top throws. Whatever skill Jojah has needed, Pete has filled in and learned it.

Sportsmanship

Peter is well known for playing for his team. As his teammate for 4 years, I have watched Pete exhibit "good spirit" or sportsmanship throughout his prolific career. He is level headed during intense game situations, he listens to other people's arguments, and he doesn't try to cheat people out of calls.

Leadership

Pete is an invaluable piece to the Jojah team. For the past 2 years, Pete has served as the defensive captain for the Jojah team; however, Peter has been the defensive role model for the past 4 years. Here's an article by Michael Aguilar written about Pete's leadership and performance : http://monup.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/easterns-2010-previews-georgias-peter-dempsey/.

Dedication

This past summer, Pete wanted to get better so that he could give Jojah a chance at making/winning Nationals this year, so he joined Chain Lightning. Pete's summer/fall with Chain Lightning taught him a lot about leadership, as he was able to play with some of the country's best ultimate players. Pete's performance on Chain Lightning reminded me of Will Neff's performance last year with Ironside. In the finals of Club ultimate, Pete came up with a near Callahan lay out. It was one of those quick reflex plays that Pete does on a regular basis.

Ideal Ultimate Player

If you think about the ideal ultimate player, a Peter Dempsey type player comes to mind. His workhorse work ethic, his ability to perform and dominate the highest level of ultimate, his insane athleticism, his sportsmanship, and his character all make Peter Dempsey the ideal ultimate player in the college arena.

Lastly, it has been an amazing adventure playing with Peter. I credit a lot of my improvement to watching Peter play and hustle. He has motivated me and other guys on our team to stop talking and sell out on every play. It is this mentality that has enabled me to become a better player, leader, and person (in the long run).

When Pete caught the Nationals birth catch, it was fitting that everyone sprinted towards Peter and hugged him and celebrated with him. He is our leader.

-Taylor Nilan
#20, 5th year defender

GO VOTE FOR PETER DEMPSEY.

Nationals Bound!

What a weekend! We took the third bid to Nationals at the Atlantic Coast Regionals this past weekend in Tallahassee, FL. That's the 6th year in a row that the Jojah Ultimate program will be headed to UPA College Nationals. Another interesting statistic, Peter Dempsey is UGA's first member to go 5 for 5 with Nationals appearances.

Here's a brief recap from Sunday :

Georgia Tech Tribe - We lost to Tech the past two times we played these guys. They beat us at both Terminus AND Sectionals (in front of all of our friends and family). Defense paved the way for this victory, as Taylor Nilan, Andrew Mistretta, Dustin Graham, and David Hooten played some of their best defense (and offense) of the year. After half, our offense came together and played as well as they have in the past. Peter Dempsey and Matthew Bailey came down with huge catches, and Rob Herrig beat his man everywhere, distributing the disc well.

Florida C - In our first game to go, it's okay to say that our offense wasn't clicking. After opening up the game 5 or 6 to nothing, we decided to focus on the third bid. Florida was playing as well as they have been. On top of getting beat 15-1, we lost Caleb Edwards for the rest of the year due to a broken collar bone (clavicle). Thanks Brodie! Dustin Graham caught our only game after destroying his man deep. We didn't have a single defensive point until half time.

Tennessee Agent Orange - In our game to go to the game to go, we were down most of this game. Chris Mullinix and the Tennessee team willed their way to a 9-6 lead before Jojah's defense started feeling all sexy and stuff. With a strong defensive presence from Charlie Herrig, Fletcher Hartline, Taylor Nilan's PMF, and Peter Dempsey, Georgia won this game 15-14.

Georgia Tech Tribe - In our last game to go, Jojah was focused from the beginning. The team was crashing all hucks and skying each other. Peter Dempsey was Jojah's monster this game, throwing goals, making insane defensive plays, and of course, catching the winning goal.

Pictures of the tournament to come later. Thank you to all the parents and fans who attended the tournament and provided support.

Tomorrow's Line Up

Tomorrow, we play the following teams :

10 AM - William and Mary

12 PM - Tennessee

2 PM - North Carolina - Wilmington

4 PM - Cross Over

We may have someone "tweeting" the results. Check out our Twitter page at : http://twitter.com/jojahultimate

Here's the link to the website : http://scores.upa.org/scores/#college-open/tournament/6592

Regionals This Weekend

We will be traveling this weekend to play in the AC Regionals in Tallahassee, FL. To qualify for Nationals, we need to finish in the top 3. After a solid week of practice and a fun day down the river, Jojah is ready to compete. I will post the schedule when it becomes available.

This week is exam week for a lot of college students. Good luck to all the ultimate players with your school work.

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Support the Hodawgs on Sunday

This weekend, the Hodawgs are playing for a spot to go to Nationals at the AC Regional tournament. Today, they went 2-1 in pool play. They beat Central Florida 15-10 and Virginia Commonwealth 15-4. They lost to Emory 15-11.

In the crossover, they stayed alive by beating East Carolina 15-11.

Tomorrow morning, the Hodawgs try to earn a Nationals bid. Come out and support them in the morning at the IM fields.

Here is their schedule :

8:30 AM - North Carolina State University

10:30 AM - Virginia Hydra

12:30 PM - Emory Luna/Florida Fuel

2:30 PM - Game to go to Nationals

Here's the tournament website.

Broad River Bros

Today, the team went down the Broad River in Danielsville, GA for 5 hours. Some of the highlights include Fletcher catching a water moccasin, Bailey being late for an honors award banquet, and yelling at all the other groups on the way down.

HeRe ArE sOmE sUpEr TeAm PiCtUrEs! :

Pictures from GA/SC Sectional Tournament

Here are some pictures Chad Borer (pictured above) took on Sunday of Sectionals :

Here's a link to the Sectionals gallery: Click here.

Thanks to all the Jojah alumni and fans that came out on Sunday. It was amazing to have the fields lined with our friends, fans, alumni, and family.

Sectionals Scores

GA/SC Sectionals was this weekend. We finished second after losing to tech on Universe point. We had a rainy/stormy Saturday. Sunday ultimate play was at Sandy Creek.

Saturday

13-1 (W) Georgia College and State University Disconnected

13-0 (W) Savannah College of Art and Design

13-1 (W) Charleston B

13-6 (W) Emory

Sunday

13-6 (W) South Carolina

11-12 (L) Georgia Tech

13-5 (W) Emory

Sectionals this Weekend

This is what Georgia and South Carolina look like if it was one state. The new state looks like a sting ray or a bird with its wings out.

This weekend is the Georgia/South Carolina Sectionals at the UGA intramural fields. If the weather gets rainy, we will be going to Sandy Creek. This will be an exciting weekend because we get a lot of players back from injury (that weren't allowed to play in the past until they healed fully). Also, the level of competition at the Sectionals will be higher than the previous two years. Come on out to the IM fields this weekend to support us.

For our seniors, this will be their last home tournament ever. Our seniors include captains Peter Dempsey and Robert Herrig, who have been a constant source of motivation this year. Other seniors include old man David Benkeser, even older man Taylor Nilan, sneaky, sneaky Davis Waller, D Graham, and the human squid, Andrew Mistretta.

Here's a link to the Sectionals tournament this weekend to see all the teams that will be in Athens, GA.

Here's our schedule for Saturday :

11 AM - Georgia College and State University

1 PM - Savannah Art and Design

3 PM - Charleston B

5 PM - Emory

GA/SC Sectionals

In 10 days the Series starts for Jojah at the Georgia/South Carolina Sectionals tournament in Athens, GA. The tournament will be played at the University of Georgia Intramural Fields. We are currently getting the back up fields secured in case of rain.

This is going to be a special tournament, as it is shaping up to be the most competitive Sectionals we've ever played in. We encourage all of our fans, family, and friends to attend the tournament. On Saturday night, Athens will have its annual Twilight Criterium, a bike race that circles the downtown area. Twilight is one of the best events Athens offers.

Alumni Scrimmage Pictures

Alum Taylor Huggins giddy with excitement of being surrounded by old friends

Colin wearing the always fashionable Wisconsin Hodag Backpack

Alum Amble Johnson using his brains

Alum Greg Swanson edging out Charlie Herrig for the disc

Biggie throws a beautiful pass right by Matt Bailey

All of these pictures are from Chad Borer's photography website, Frame At a Time. The following is a link to the gallery :

http://www.frameatatime.com/Galleries/Ultimate/Alumni-Scrimmage-2010/11827400_xzqGw

Thanks Chad. Once again, thank you to all of the alumni who attended the scrimmage and/or cookout.

Alumni Scrimmage Results

The Final Scoreboard read :

Jojah Alumni 15 Jojah 13

Highlights of the game :

• Frank "Release the Cracken" Wooten was everywhere - including 2 layout Ds (to prevent scores) and a couple of sky's
• Matt Bailey's timing in his cuts - caught 3 or 4 goals deep
• Deckard's blade to Frank in the zone and hand blocking Matt Bailey
• Tom Ball with a layout D
• Biggie going deep
• Amble J's ripping discs from the air
• Taylor Huggins with a quick sprint goals
• Colin Bellair's 80 yard backhand huck to a streaking Greg Swanson
• Matt Ashe throwing the game winner

The cookout after the scrimmage was great, as everyone enjoyed seeing the new gardens of 347 Peabody Street (thanks to Travis Smith). Thanks to all the alumni who played and hung out with the team afterwards. Hopefully, we will have pictures of the event up sometime this week.

Alumni Scrimmage this Weekend

On Saturday, Jojah alumni will come to Athens to scrimmage this year's team. Both the time and place of the scrimmage is TBD. We may try and play the scrimmage before or after the G Day game. Here is information about the G Day game. We will have an update later this week.

So far, here is the Jojah alumni team coming this Saturday :

Alex Deckard

Ben Morrissey

Matt Ashe

Frank Wooten

Colin Bellair

Jared Penso

Andrew Malec

Grant Cashin

Kevin Terry

Ricky Tse

Amble Johnson

Chad Borer

Greg Swanson

Travis Smith

After the scrimmage, there will be a cookout at 347.

Mike Sweeney

JoJah alum Mike Sweeney (mid-late 90’s) passed away Monday, March 29. He had been battling stage IV metatastic melanoma.

His memorial service is this Wednesday, April 7th, 11:00 AM at the following address:

Johnson Ferry Baptist Church

955 Johnson Ferry Road

Marietta, GA 30068

From Mike’s family:

“If you feel led we are asking that in lieu of flowers please give to Rome/Floyd County Young Life. Donations can be made via the Young Life website https://giving.younglife.org/starthere.aspx, and designate Rome/Floyd County/GA-165 as the area name and #.”

Mike’s caringbridge.com site:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mikesweeney