rain, mud, frisbee
an ultimate frisbee team consists of 7 players. so far in the HOCs two games, only two players have remained a constant backbone to the team by showing up to both games. the rest of the team has consisted of 2 other alternating kids from hope on campus, and we have then filled our team with players from previous games who are willing to play with us. and with this haphazard construction of a team, the HOCs are able to pull together and play a decent game. last week we blew the team out, this week was a bit more exciting.
the weather consisted of wet cold rain, which transformed the grassy fields to mud holes. amongst the sliding around, the HOCs took an early 4-1 lead. we quickly tired as we had no subs however and by half we were down 6-5. their lead grew to 8-6 in the beginning of the second half, but the HOCs opened their wings, made a few web gems, and tied it up 9-9. we let one get by so we were down 10-9 with little time remaining, and then in the final play of the game we tied it up, with a nice catch in the mud.
the HOCs are now 1-0-1. hopefully in our last 2 games before the playoffs we can put a steady team together so we don't have to worry about forfeiting minutes before the start.