Image above by Mike Gross of 144photos. See more regionals photos here.
Great lakes regionals
Machine won the Great Lakes Regional Championship in September to advance to Nationals in San Diego on October 19-22! Machine defeated Haymaker, Dark Frogs, and Black Lung in pool play to make the bracket. The quarterfinal opponent was Cincinnati Omen, the #2 seed, who Machine dispatched 15-7. Machine then defeated Louisville Colonels in semis and Grand Rapids Beacon in the regional final. The closest game of the weekend was 15-9 in the final vs Beacon. On Saturday, every player wore the jersey of another player on the team, which was a nice way of honoring our teammates’ ultimate backgrounds and a jersey that is meaningful to their history.
Follow along with us at Nationals on October 19-22! To get you hyped up, here’s our regular season highlight video. This team makes sick plays! Special thanks to Pawel Janas for making the video, Dave Arters, Benson Dastrup, and Ultiworld for filming our games.
inter-machine competitions
Crew-beq (Pawel Janas, Asher Lantz, Keegan North, Malik Auger-Semmar, and Grant Harris) won Adventure Weekend over the Crewsistance. Events included egg toss, home run derby, chess, pop-a-shot, a dance contest, rookie night, and of course Fishbowl.
The 2nd annual Westside vs Northside mini game at the last full pod of the year went in the favor of the Westside, for the second year in a row. Humboldt, West Town, and West Loop are the superior neighborhoods.
The O line won the O-line vs D-line night scrimmage by a score of 15-7. Joe White claims “It’s different on turf.”