Fall Season Opener - Radnor

O'Hara Ultimate graduated a ton of great players last year. Handlers, cutters, incredible D, depth, all lost to college. Knowing full well the fall would be rough, the team decided to schedule just a handful of games and focus on rebuilding in the fall. The first game, against rival Radnor, a team that we had never lost to, would be the first test of the season.

Before the game, the team fought for transportation, and the school has granted the team busing to every away, a major milestone for the club. Now, on to the game recap.

The team split into A and B squads for the game, and had high hopes for both. First, A Team. The first teamers had a difficult time moving the disc early. The handlers, Henkel, White, and Squared, were not able to get good looks down field to move the disc, and would often have slight miscommunications that would cause a play to break down. Offensively, there were very few cuts available to make downfield throws. Overall, it was a rough first game. O'Hara fell behind early, and despite playing good defense, could not muster up enough offense to win, falling 15 - 7 for the first ever loss to Radnor.

The B team was a completely different story. The B game was played mixed, 5/2 ratio, and that worked right into O'Hara's favor. With Blue, Reg, Poncho, and Colleen getting playing time in the A game, Becky took charge. Recording the first slash of the season, Becky was the top handler and game manager for the B team's total domination of Radnor B. French showed his ability to become a defensive stopper and major threat on offense. The B team cruised to a 15 - 3 shellacking of Radnor.

All in all, many lessons were learned, mostly about timeliness of cutting. Hopefully, with more practice and experience, the team can begin to pull it together.