End of Summer Update

In a few weeks, summer will give way to autumn and a new school year will be upon us. Here is a quick recap of summer 2012, thus far:

2012 State Qualifier Recap

On April 28-29, several New Jersey high schools met at the site of the oldest summer Ultimate league in the world, the hallowed grounds that are the MCUDL fields. In this second year of NJ HS State Qualifiers, ten teams (an improvement over seven in 2011) battled for one of the four remaining spots at the 2012 NJ HS D1 State Championships. Special thanks to the following for their contributions: Bridgewater-Raritan’s Mark Farnham, Delbarton’s John Russell, Manalapan’s James Zhang, Watchung Hills’ Michael Porter and Westfield’s Ryan Belline. This is their story:

On the Banks of the Old Raritan - Recap

Today, five teams assembled, literally, on the banks of the Old Raritan. With the river and the Rutgers campus in the background, two fields were set up on the softest fields Johnson Park had to offer, the plush grass just begging for horizontal grabs and Ds. Originally scheduled for a five-team round robin (four games and a break in between), team leaders considered the near frigid temperatures and opted for a shorter schedule with three games apiece.