Contest - Design a Bumper Sticker

Youth Ultimate Design Contest!

The Ultimate Players Association is launching a contest for a bumper sticker design that best conveys the spirit of youth Ultimate.

It could be a slogan, a graphic or a concept – whatever you think most exemplifies the youth Ultimate scene and its players.

We’ll pick the top 3-5 ideas and then invite the youth members to pick their favorite.

The winner’s design/slogan will be printed and distributed to strengthen the community and pride of youth Ultimate players nationwide.

Requirements:

Must contain the UPA logo (may be small and off to the side, but it needs fit in somewhere)
The word “Ultimate” must appear in the design/slogan.
Can be square, rectangular, oval or circular.
Up to 3 colors.
Focus on the Youth division
Designs due to youth@upa.org by October 1st. (Feel free to send them in sooner!)

Invitation to the Fall Kick-Off Meeting

TO: Parents, Players, New Players, New Parents and Coaches

THE FALL KICK-OFF MEETING IS

DATE: SUNDAY SEPT 16TH
TIME: 3:00 TO 5:00
LOCATION: AT HOPKINS HIGH SCHOOL ROOM W230
WHO: PARENT AND PLAYER

PLEASE BRING:
Calendar
Checkbook
Pen
Questions

SAMPLE JERSEYS AVAILABLE FOR SIZING
NUMBERS TO BE CHOSEN FOR JERSEYS


if you have questions - please post them in the comment sections to this Blog Posting (welcome to the high tech world) we will try and answer them before the meeting.

Practice Schedule

For some reason, many of us seem to be confused by the practice schedule for this week, so here it is:

Monday, 4:30 @ Burnes: Varsity Mixed Practice (All those interested in going to Winnipeg)
Tuesday, 4:30 @ Burnes: Junior High Boys (Grades 7-9)Practice
Thursday: 4:30 @ Burnes: Girls Practice
Thursday: 5:00 @ Lindbergh (TBD): Sr. High Boys (Grades 10-12) Practice

PLEASE try and show up about 15-20 minutes early so you can get your cleats on and warm up so we can start practice at the scheduled time. See you all there.

Love
brick.

First Practice Correction

Practice on Thursday is at 4:30 p.m. at Burnes Park. Your best bet is to get there a little early and get your cleats on and warm up so you're good and ready by 5:00 when the coaches get there. See you all tomorrow.

Love,
Brick

Practice Schedule Set

Our schedule, starting Monday, Sept. 10 is as follows:

Monday, 4:30 @ Burnes: Varsity Mixed Practice
Tuesday, 4:30 @ Burnes: Junior High Boys (Grades 7-9)Practice
Thursday: 4:30 @ Burnes: Girls Practice
Thursday: 5:00 @ Lindbergh (TBD): Sr. High Boys (Grades 10-12) Practice

The boys still are waiting for confirmation for the fields, but we'll plan on being at Lindbergh next Thursday unless we hear differently.

Coach Jake
612.272.6506

First Hopkins Hurt Practice

Welcome Back, kids!

The first official practice of the 2007-2008 season will be at Burnes Park in downtown Hopkins, Thursday Sept 6 at 4:30pm.

See you there!

map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Burnes+Park,+hopkins+MN&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=67.218143,107.402344&ie=UTF8&ll=44.928182,-93.403273&spn=0.007505,0.013111&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1

Captains practice

Captain's practice will be held tomorrow, Thursday the 30th at Lion's park in Golden Valley. This is due to the fact that all the Lindbergh fields are being occupied. Practice will start at 4 o'clock and will run until about 6. Spread the word and if you have any questions feel free to give me a call.

Love,
Brick

Fall Meeting

registration meeting with parents and athletes will be on Sunday,
9/16 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Hopkins High School.

tell your friends

Check it out!

Capt. Baken waxing about Ultimate on KARE 11...

http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=51961&bw=

Ultimate Tournament Announcement

The 2007 UPA Youth Club Championships ( http://youth2007.upa.org/) are being contested in Blaine on August 11 & 12 and presented by the Ultimate Players Association ( www.upa.org) and the Minnesota High School Ultimate Leauge ( www.mnhsultimate.org).
This tournament is a showcase for the best Ultimate players from youth leagues around the country. Teams (including several Minnesota and other nearby teams) will be competing in Open, Girls, and Mixed Divisions. We are in need of volunteers for this tournament.

Volunteering at YCC is very easy. You won't be hauling water or garbage!! Your main duty will be to watch kids play ultimate and keep score. Its a great time! There are volunteer opportunities available from Friday evening August 10th through Sunday afternoon August 12th. If you will be able to volunteer, please visit our volunteering website at http://www.mnhsultimate.org/volunteer.aspx

Thank you. I look forward to volunteering with you at the 2007 UPA Youth Club Championships!

David Raflo
daraflo@gmail.com
cell: (952) 221-4477

Captain's Practices

Captain's practices are taking place the third and fourth week of August.

Tuesday 14th
Thursday 16th
Tuesday 21st
Thursday 23rd

All practices are from 4-6 at Lindbergh

Any questions should be left here or directed towards a captain

Spread the word to all hurtems and start recruiting please!!!

I love all of you.

Love, Brick

Update to Meetings - NEW TIME and DATE - ACTION REQUESTED

Coachs, Captains and parents who have or want to help

Two meetings coming up for Hopkins Ultimate Exec Board

1. Executive Board Meeting Proposed date Wed July 25th

Goal begin planning for next year


2. A Hat tournament meeting Proposed Date Tues July 26th

Goal see if we can get a hat tournament going for fall


Action Requested

Please reply and let Ivan know if you want something on the agenda for the 25th


Please let Ivan know if you want to participate July 26th

Hopkins Meeting Announcement - Action Requested

Two meetings coming up for Hopkins Ultimate Exec Board

1. Executive Board Meeting Proposed date Monday July 23rd

Goal begin planning for next year


2. A Hat tournament meeting Proposed Date Tues July 24th

Goal see if we can get a hat tournament going for fall


Action Requested

Please reply and let Ivan know if you want something on the agenda for the 23rd


Please let Ivan know if you want to participate Tues July 24th

Looking for some help...

Hey Hurtems and families.

We're starting to get organized for our fall kickoff, and we're getting our practice spaces lined up!

If you know of a park, soccer field, open space, or that perfect spot to play ultimate in your neighborhood, please post it in the comments section.

Our Fearless Field Facilitation Fanatic Ron Curme is going to work hard to get us the spaces we need, but we're certain you all know of some spots that we don't.

Please post any and all info in the comments section of this post and it'll get entered into our database to be used for years to come.

Thank you for your help!!!
Coaches, Exec Committee, Parents, and ESPECIALLY the kids who make up this team.

Hold Back the Snow Announcement!

The tournament date has been set! We'll be leaving Friday, October 12 for the largest Juniors tournament in the Midwest! Play will be on October 13 &14th. This is in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, so you'll need a passport in order to play.

I REPEAT:

YOU WILL NEED A PASSPORT IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS TOURNAMENT.

If you do not have a passport and plan on attending this tournament, you should do your best to get one now. They can take 8+ weeks to get to you, so plan ahead, be prepared.

Jake

Important!!!!

The UPA is hosting a round-table discussion with anyone who would like to be involved in the decision-making process about the future of Ultimate. It will be held at the National Sports Center in Blaine on Sat. June 30, and I'd like to see a number of you there. I think this is a great opportunity for everyone involved in Hopkins Ultimate to really understand what the sport will look like in , 5, and 10 years from now, and have a voice in how you would like it to progress.

You need to register if you want to attend, so read up on it here:

http://upa.org/upa/strategicplanning/minneapolissummit


See you there!
Coach Jake

Women's Ultimate!!

Hello Everybody! I am writing on behalf of, well, me and all you out there who want an opportunity to play some excellent women's ultimate here in the twin cities.

I propose 10 am to 12 pm on Sundays at Lake Nokomis (on Cedar Avenue and 50th street South in Minneapolis) as a standing time for any interested women to come and scrimmage to our hearts content. This is a time to come play with folks that you may not have a chance to play with otherwise and to generally enjoy the summer in the way that only ultimate makes possible. All skill levels are heartily welcomed.

Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone who may be interested. Please let me know of anyone that I should add to this twin cities women's ultimate email list. And please feel free to email me questions or comments at any time. Hope to see you there!

Robin Kunze
robin42k@hotmail.com

Grad Parties

There are a bunch of senior grad parties coming up first of which is:

Carl Peaslee's Grad Party is from 3-6pm on Sunday, June 10 at his house

2317 Archers Lane, Minnetonka, MN

I'll try and post other parties later or you can leave them as comments.

Hope to see you there

National Ultimate Training Camp Info

Just a quick update from the National Ultimate Training Camp.

The following sessions are well ahead of last year and will sell out
in the next few weeks:

Session B July 14-July 19
Session D July 28-Aug 2

There is still plenty of room in Session C, which runs from July
21-26. We are limiting each session to 100 campers, so if you want to
join B or D, do it now! Please forward this to any high school player
who may not read this group.

Thanks and good luck to the NUTC Counselors-playing as the Declucktors-
at Poultry Days this weekend!

Tiina Booth
Camp Director
National Ultimate Training Camp
"Ultimate for the Next Generation"

	tiinabooth@hotmail.com

Open YCC Coaches

NEW YCC OPEN TRYOUTS SCHEDULE

1. First tryout: Mon, June 11th, 6:00-8:30pm, Solomon Park (E 58th St & Bloomington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55417).

2. Second tryout: Tues, June 12th, 3:30-6:00pm, Bossen Field ( 28th Ave S @ E 54th St in Minneapolis, MN).

Coach Bios

Eric Enge - eenge@comcast. net - 612-860-0188
Eric Enge has played 22 years of competitive Ultimate. His career began at Winona State in 1985, where he was team captain for two years, and Winona became the 1st team from the Northwest section to make College Nationals in 1988. Enge has competed in 8 UPA Championship tournaments (3 Sub-Zero, 3 Mpls. Masters, 1 Windy City), finishing as high as 5th with both Sub Zero and Surly. He has also played in 4 World Ultimate Club Championships, finishing as high as 5th in the world with Sub Zero. He also played competitive ultimate in Europe for 1 ½ years in England, Norway, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. For the past 4 years Enge has been the captain of the Mpls. Masters team. He is also the coach of Eden Prairie Cold Front.

Lou Abramowski - hotlou@gmail. com - 612-384-0679
Lou Abramowski began his ultimate career at the University of Minnesota in a year where Minnesota was the last in its section to qualify for Regionals. Four years later, as captain, he helped build the squad into a top 4 team in the Region, where it has remained ever since. This summer will be his 8th playing for a club team. Last Fall, the team on which Lou was on, Flaming Moe, qualified for the UPA Championships for the first time and finished 9th. He has also coached for Hopkins High School for 2 years. In his first year, the team won its second consecutive state title and finished 2nd at UPA Western Championships (one of the two UPA "national" championships) . This past year, the team finished 9th at UPA Westerns and tied for 3rd in the state. This season will be his second year coaching for the Minnesota YCC team. Professionally, he works as a web developer and real estate investor. He is also an expert user of Facebook.

Chris Van Holmes - cvhtoo@msn.com - 612-823-2070
Chris Van Holmes is currently in his second year as head coach of Moose Ultimate Southwest: Southwest High School's Ultimate Frisbee Club. He has been playing ultimate for 32 years since starting as a freshman at Cornell University in 1976. He played for Cornell in the 1978 National Championships and in the first UPA Championships in 1979. Playing with the standout teams Cornell, Windy City, Seattle Sockeye, KWA Local 333, and Minneapolis's Surly, he has participated in a total of 18 UPA championship tournaments over 4 decades and holds 5 UPA and 3 World titles. He earned the UPA's Level II Coaching certification, is a lifetime UPA member, and has served the UPA as a Sectional Coordinator, a Regional Coordinator, and a member and chairman of the UPA's Standing Rules Committee. He designed and implemented Observer Training programs for the UPA's College Division. He has coached every type of ultimate team from youth girls to elite open teams including Cornell University, Windy City, Sockeye, Seattle's Eckstein Middle School, University of Washington, Women on the Verge, MN State YCC Mixed Team (2005) and MN State YCC Open Team (2006). In addition to Ultimate, Chris has extensive experience with guts, disc golf, double disc court, self-caught flight, distance, and discathon competition. Chris is married to three-time World Ultimate Champion: Lori Van Holmes. Their two daughters, Carlin and Madison, play for MÜS and Minnesota's Girls YCC team, Misces.

Dave Klink - daveklink@gmail. com – 651-983-2713
Dave Klink has played 8 years of competitive Ultimate. After several years of Stillwater area pickup, he enrolled at St. John's University in 2001, where he served as team captain for two years. He has played in the Twin Cities Ultimate League since '02 (and captained since '04), and has served on the TCUL board since '05. He has competed with the Mpls. mixed club team Flaming Moe since '02, serving as team captain in '04, '06, and '07. Flaming Moe has steadily improved since it began in '01, qualifying for their first UPA Championships in '06, where they finished 9th. Dave has volunteered at 3 MNHS State Tournaments and 1 YCC Championship, he "TD'd" 2 high school tournaments, and he coached several high school students from CDH, Southwest, and Hopkins on Flaming Moe.

For more information, checkout the YCC webpage on the MNHSUL website (the latest tryouts changes listed above will be updated soo): http://www.mnhsulti mate.org/, or contact one of the coaches (contact Lou, Eric, or Chris this weekend, as Dave will be out of town). Note: the website also has information for the mixed and girls YCC teams.

For those trying out for the open team, there are also two forms on the website that you need to print, fill out, and bring with you on the first day. Please also bring both white and dark shirts and a disc.

We hope to see you on Monday and Tuesday, and bring your friends!

Youth Clinic

White Bear Lake Ultimate will be hosting a middle school clinic for youth who have completed grades 5-8.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ULTIMATE CLINIC
Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that requires team participation, communication, and aerobic fitness. Ultimate combines elements of soccer, football, and basketball in a fast-paced game, played with a flying disc, where everyone is a quarterback and everyone is a receiver. Come join us for a week in July and learn basic throws, offensive/defensive strategies, and the rules of the game. We値l have lots of scrimmage time every day. All ability levels welcome. No experience necessary. Come and meet new friends as participants are introduced to the most exciting game on the planet. The cost is $50, which includes a t-shirt and a disc! July 9-13, 9AM-Noon. Sunrise Park Middle School Field in White Bear Lake.

For more details, see http://www.wblultim ate.org/doc/ middle_school_ clinic.pdf

To sign up, call the White Bear Lake Community Services and Recreation Department at 651-407-7501 or go to www.WhiteBearRegist ration.org.


Jeff Hagen
UPA Minnesota State Youth Coordinator
Board of Directors, Minnesota High School Ultimate League
Head Coach, White Bear Lake Ultimate
wblultimate@ yahoo.com
651-341-9448

OPEN YCC TEAMS

2007 UPA Youth Club Championships: Minnesota's Open Team!

The Minnesota High School Ultimate League is looking for players interested in joining Minnesota's YCC open team. The UPA Youth Club Championships will be held on August 11-12 ^th at the National Sports Center in Blaine, MN.

Q: What is the UPA YCC?
A: The UPA Youth Club Championships is a tournament featuring the best high school ultimate players in the country. 8 Open, 8 Mixed, and 8 Girls teams from cities around the nation have been invited to attend. Minnesota will be putting together all-star teams to compete against teams from Seattle, New England, and more: http://www.upa. org/juniors/ championships/ 2007_ycc_ temp.

A: How can I try out?
Q: The open team will hold a preliminary practice on Tuesday, June 5^th. There will also be two tryouts on Monday, June 11^th and Tuesday, June 12^th. Both tryouts and the practice will be from 6-8pm at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis , MN, near the corner of E 50^th St and Cedar Ave S.

Q: How much will it cost per player and what's involved in participating?
A: The estimated cost per player will be about $90; tryouts are free. You will get two formal club team practices per week, team uniforms, and also will be entered into the YCC tournament as well as the MN Ultimate Disc Invite on July 21-22^nd .

Q: Am I eligible to play in the 2007 UPA YCC?
A: Any high school player from MN who will be 18 or younger on June 1st, 2007 is eligible to attend. You must be a current member of the UPA and must bring your UPA ID number and medical waiver to the clinic.

Q: Why should I come out for the team?
A: Playing on the YCC open team will give youth players the opportunity to play with the best of their peers from around the state. The team will also be coached by an experienced crew of Ultimate veterans who have played with and led numerous elite college and club teams. YCC's is an excellent opportunity to improve as a player, broaden your ultimate horizons, meet new friends, and compete against the best youth players in the nation!

Q: Whom do I ask if I have questions?
A: Dave Klink is the MN UPA YCC Teams Coordinator. Dave can be reached at: Email: daveklink@gmail. com - Phone: 651-983-2713

Bring your friends and check it out!

http://www.mnhsulti mate.org/ ycc.aspx

BAIT club women's team

for more practice and scrimmage opportunities with women this summer, check out
www.bait-ultimate.blogspot.com

Youth Club Championship (YCC)

ladies - i know you want to play Ultimate this summer!!
the next tryouts for YCC girls' team is this thursday at powderhorn park from 4-6p.
Please email or call John Sandahl, johnsandahl@gmail.com (612-991-7840), if you are unable to attend or if you have any questions - mostly he wants to know if you want to play so even if you are going to camp, contact him! you can still make the team!

GIRLS' State Info

the girls' team will meet at 6:50a on saturday morning in order to leave at 7a on the dot for the fields. So far we have 3 drivers (with vans) - we could really use one more unless a couple of the girls are planning on driving (or jeanine is helping to pick kids up) as they will have extra gear to bring for the slumber party later that night. I will also be needing a ride out there.

for the rest of the state tourney info, please see post below.

State Information

The Varsity and JV teams (& probably Hert Force) will meet at Lindberg at 7am on Saturday to figure out rides and will depart at 7:15 for the Polo Fields. If you're not carpooling, be at the fields by 8 am unless you've spoken to your coach. JV Parents that are planning on staying the day at the fields, it would be lovely if one or two of you could drive, though we'll probably have enough student drivers. Please post in the comments if you can drive some kids. Thanks.
____________________________________________

From http://www.mnhsultimate.org/state.aspx:

The 2007 Minnesota State Tournament will be held on June 2nd & 3rd at the Twin City Polo Club at 6755 Turner Road, Maple Plain, MN.
Directions to the Polo Club

1. Go west from the Twin Cities on I394/US 12 to Maple Plain.
2. Go through Maple Plain to County Road 90 (just past the railroad bridge west of town).
3. Turn left (south) and go about 1 mile to Turner Road.
4. Turn right (west) on Turner Road and go about 1/2 mile.
5. The clubhouse will be on your left. Please park where directed by volunteers.

Tournament Details

The Captain's Meeting will be at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and games will start at 8:30 a.m. The schedule is as follows:

Saturday, June 2nd

7:00 Volunteers to Arrive
8:00 Captains Meeting
8:30 First Game Begins
8:30 - 10:00 Round #1
10:30 - 12:00 Round #2
12:30 - 2:00 Round #3
2:30 - 4:00 Round #4
4:30 - 6:00 Round #5

Sunday, June 3rd

7:00 Volunteers to Arrive
8:30 First Game Begins
8:30 - 10:00 Round #1
10:30 - 12:00 Round #2
12:30 - 2:00 Round #3
2:30 - 4:00 Finals
4:15 – 4:30 Awards Ceremony

After State, Go to YCC!

2007 UPA Youth Club Championships: Minnesota's Open Team!

The Minnesota High School Ultimate League is looking for players interested in joining Minnesota's YCC open team. The UPA Youth Club Championships will be held on August 11-12th at the National Sports Center in Blaine, MN.

Q: What is the UPA YCC?
A: The UPA Youth Club Championships is a tournament featuring the best high school ultimate players in the country. 8 Open, 8 Mixed, and 8 Girls teams from cities around the nation have been invited to attend. Minnesota will be putting together all-star teams to compete against teams from Seattle, New England, and more: http://www.upa. org/juniors/ championships/ 2007_ycc_ temp

Q: How can I try out?
A: The open team will hold a preliminary practice on Tuesday, June 5th. There will also be two tryouts on Monday, June 11th and Tuesday, June 12th. Both tryouts and the practice will be from 6-8pm at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis , MN, near the corner of E 50th St and Cedar Ave S.

Q: How much will it cost per player and what's involved in participating?
A: The estimated cost per player will be about $90; tryouts are free. You will get two formal club team practices per week, team uniforms, and also will be entered into the YCC tournament as well as the MN Ultimate Disc Invite on July 21-22nd .

Q: Am I eligible to play in the 2007 UPA YCC?
A: Any high school player from MN who will be 18 or younger on June 1st, 2007 is eligible to attend. You must be a current member of the UPA and must bring your UPA ID number and medical waiver to the clinic.

Q: Why should I come out for the team?
A: Playing on the YCC open team will give youth players the opportunity to play with the best of their peers from around the state. The team will also be coached by an experienced crew of Ultimate veterans who have played with and led numerous elite college and club teams. YCC's is an excellent opportunity to improve as a player, broaden your ultimate horizons, meet new friends, and compete against the best youth players in the nation!

Q: Whom do I ask if I have questions?
A: Dave Klink is the MN UPA YCC Teams Coordinator. Dave can be reached at: Email: daveklink@gmail. com - Phone: 651-983-2713

JV practice on Thursday

The JV will be having practice tommorow, Thursday the 31st at Lindberg at 5:30, but come to toss at 5 if you can.

The Last Week!!

BANQUET IS TONIGHT!!!

also - HERt Force ladies: you are invited to an over-night slumber party
WHEN: Saturday after our last game
WHERE: Jeanine's dad's house (7550 Turner Rd, Independance MN 55359) which is within walking distance of our tournament fields!
DINNER: pizza, pasta, something or other... (still in the works)
BRING: towel, sleeping bag, pillows - whatever you need for an overnight and a tournament the next day

if you are not able to spend the night, please find a ride to the tournament for sunday morning. any questions, please call Jeanine @ 952.486.0892 or Kelley @ 952.200.3556. if you need to call us on saturday night and our cells aren't getting reception, the house phone # is 763.479.4499.

practice tomorrow

Just a reminder for those who haven't heard: the varsity team will be practicing tomorrow (wednesday). We are planning to meet at lindbergh at 4:00 and practice until about 6 to leave time for kids to go home and get ready for the banquet.
See you all there,
Zach

Varsity Boys Practice Tuesday

There is practice today, Tuesday, May 29, 2007 for the Varsity Boys team at the usual time.

We apologize for the missing information on the blog and calendar about this oversight, but there is practice and please spread the word. This practice is one of two remaining practices before the final tournament of the season.

Don't Forget the Banquet on Wednesday!

You are Invited to the Hopkins Ultimate Final Banquet Ultimate Party! Dessert Buffet and Awards Ceremony Date: Wednesday May 30, 2007 Time: 7pm to 9pm Location: Eisenhower Cafeteria Cost: No cost for players. $14.00 for parents and guests. Please make your check for the party out to Hopkins Ultimate. You can send it to the below address or give it to Jodi Alter or Jennifer Kreiman at the party. RSVP by May 23Please fill out the below form and mail it to Ivan Arenson or email your reply to: Jodi Alter jodialter1@comcast.net and Jennifer Kreiman kacheljak@usfamily.net Include the names of the players, and number of parents/guests who will be attending. Please RSVP by May 23. Send in this form along with your payment to:Ivan Arenson11933 Orchard Ave. W.Minnetonka, MN 55305Name of Player(s)­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________ Number of Parents/guests attending ­­­­­­­ #adults______# kids__________ Make Check out to Hopkins UltimateAmount Paid ($14 per Parent/Guest) $___________________________ Check Number #_____________________________________________

No JV Practice Today

Russ and I just want to confirm that there is NO JV practice today. Practice is also off for Wednesday, as it coincides with the year-end banquet. Right now, it looks like we will be practicing Thursday, as there are no more league games.

Try and find some time this week to keep your throws sharp and start visualizing all the success we will have at state next weekend!

Congratulations Are In Order

First and foremost, Conrats to our newest College National Champions the University of Wisconsin Hodags, with Hopkins Alumni teammates Evan Klane ('05) and Ben Feldman ('06).

Secondly, Congratulations to Central Regional Freshman of the Year Michael Arenson ('06) at the University of Minnesota. This award is voted on by the captains of the teams at regionals.

Congrats to Pat Jenson ('06) for being Winona State's Callahan Award Nominee. The Callahan is the UPA's College MVP award, and each team can nominate one person.

Finally, big Congratulations to JV Captain Jojo Christianson for being named a National Merit Scholar.

Nice work kids! The Hurt Family is proud of you all.

Jake

JV game still on

The rain is supposed to lighten up through the evening and there's nary a hint of lightning, so we are still on. You know the temperature.

girls stuff canceled

Erica said that the girls' thing is canceled tonight.. thurs the 24

Varsity Game CANCELED

THE GAME IS CANCELED BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING THERE. the game on Thursday the 24th vs henry sibley.
-greg

JV Thurday home game

The JV is playing Eden Prairie A at Lindberg in our last game of the season. Game is at 6, but we are getting warmed up at 5 pm.

Practice Canceled Today

Wednesday practice for both the Varsity and JV on this, the 23rd of May, is hereby canceled due to the poor conditions and forecast. We can play in rain, but not in lightning. Spread the word.

HOPKINS ULTIMATE BANQUET

You are Invited to the Hopkins Ultimate Final Banquet Ultimate Party!

Dessert Buffet and Awards Ceremony Date: Wednesday May 30, 2007

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Location: Eisenhower Cafeteria

Cost: No cost for players. $14.00 for parents and guests.

Please make your check for the party out to Hopkins Ultimate. You can send it to the below address or give it to Jodi Alter or Jennifer Kreiman at the party.

RSVP by May 23

Please fill out the below form and mail it to Ivan Arenson or email your reply to: Jodi Alter jodialter1@comcast.net and Jennifer Kreiman kacheljak@usfamily.net

Include the names of the players, and number of parents/guests who will be attending.

Please RSVP by May 23. Send in this form along with your payment to:

Ivan Arenson11933 Orchard Ave. W.Minnetonka, MN 55305Name of Player(s)­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________

Number of Parents/guests attending ­­­­­­­ #adults______# kids__________

Make Check out to Hopkins UltimateAmount Paid ($14 per Parent/Guest) $___________________________

Check Number #______________________________________________

Calender Confusion

Note to players and parents: some of the dates on the calender are wrong. All varsity practices will be held at the normal time (530) this week and next. The game at Sibley is still at 6, and the banquet is on May 3o from 7 to 9 at eisenhower. There may be others, but that is all that I know of.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

Volunteers needed for the Minnesota High School State Ultimate Championships, June 2 & 3, 2007 in Maple Plain.
Come show your support for the Minnesota Ultimate community by volunteering a morning or afternoon. We are hoping to make this the best tournament yet and can't do it without the help of volunteers like you!If you are interested, please visit the MNHS Ultimate website to indicate your availability and volunteer interests.
http://www.mnhsultimate.org/volunteer.aspx
Questions? Please contact Lauren Gloede at laurengloede@gmail.com or 651-645-1747
We hope to see you at the fields!

CAR WASH SUNDAY

CAR WASH CAR WASH CAR WASH

This is from Ron Curme regarding this Sunday:

CAR WASH is this Sunday, NOON to 4 at Spielman’s Service center, first building NORTH of the BP gas station at the North East corner of Hopkins Crossroad (County Road 73) and Cedar Lake Road in Minnetonka

Parents and kids – send notice to your friends, family etc about this PLEASE. Weather is going to be great.

Parents, if you can or want to bring bottled water and/or snacks, please let me know. THANK YOU
-Ron

Bring everything you brought to the last carwash (rags, brushes, car soap, etc). If you didn't get the chance to pick up your rags because of the rain, chances are they'll be there.

SHIFTS: show up 15 minutes early to help make transitions easier. If you can stay for both.. GREAT!

-Shift ONE: Players with last names A-H, NOON to 2:00

-Shift TWO: Players with last names I-Z, 2:00 to 4:00

hopefully, the shifts will be even
Thanks for your help everyone. It all benefits the team.

If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section and we'll do our best to get back to you.

JV at Granite City

The JV will be meeting at Lindberg along with the Varsity at 7pm this coming Saturday. Directions to the fields are in the previous post's comments and will also be available when we leave. Here is the JV roster:

Bayer Jeremy *
Boerhave Grant
Bumstad Sam
Christensen Jonathan
Englert Tim
Golob Mark
Kitchener Aaron*
Leonard Eli
Litin Danny
Loecken Matthew
Mobius Andreas
Persson Nils
Rasmussen Ethan
Rafowitz Adam
Raskin Daniel*
Segal Sam
Wexler Nathan

* indicates player has not paid.

Let me know if I've gotten anything wrong. See you tommorow!

Granite City, Rides, Lind. 7am

Hey, the first game is at 9:00am. It takes 45 minutes to get there so...

Let's meet at Lindbergh at 7 am and we will carpool up from their. From what I've heard we have plenty of drivers but I don't think a few more would hurt.

See you there, I'll bring/post directions as soon as I can scrounge them up.

Carl

JV Game today

The JV plays Como today at Lindberg. Game starts at 6 pm, but we're starting to warm up at 5.

Hat Tournament @ SJU

From an SJU player:

This Sunday (the 20th) SJU will be hosting a Hat tournament for high school kids. The cost will be 5$ a person and will be held on the Saint John's campus in Collegeville MN on our outdoor soccer fields. It will go from 10am-4pm. Being a hat tournament they should bring a [WHITE] and dark, we will provide the normal tournament amenities . Please tell your teams about it, and with any questions please reply back. If directions are wanted I can send those out to those who request them.

Thanks,
John Groess

If you do attend, please refrain from getting hurt or contracting a food-borne illness. Thank you.

Varsity Game on Thurs.

meet at lindberg at 4:20 for south game on thurs.
cars leave at 4.30

UPA Westerns

I realized recently that this blog makes a lot of announcements, but doesn't communicate the progress and results of all of our hard work. So, sit back and enjoy a rundown of a boys-centric experience at UPA Westerns (a.k.a. "High School Nationals", though there ARE two "Nationals" tournament for high school).

Friday, arriving at the airport was a bit of a mess, complicated by trying to organize synchronized carpools to the hotel, despite having several folks on different flights. Once we hit the road, however, it was smooth sailing. Checking in to the hotel went well and people had time to relax, even swim, before the team meeting at 9:00 p.m.

We reinforced some team goals and reminded everyone to act in a manner that made us want to attend and to be wanted as an attendee next year. Mama Brick's note speaks volumes to the behavior of everyone.

Saturday morning, we were the first or second team to the field. A cool calmness filled the air, as an eerie overcast sky shielded us from the sun. In the first boys game, we faced Churchill High School, the (deserved) number 2 seed in the tournament. Our defense amazed even ourselves in this game. Big layouts, hand blocks, interceptions, a lot of big plays. But as good as our defense was, our offense was equally weak. Uncontested drops and throwaways let this game get out of hand early. A 15-8 loss and we were 0-1. Churchill would go on to lose a close game in the semifinals and finished tied for third.

We faced the 7 seed (Lakeside High School) in our second game. You might recall we had a huge game against them in semifinals last year, coming out on top 12-9. This year, and like our first round game, our offense made unforced mistakes while our defense dominated, allowing our opponent to take a 6-2 lead right away. As soon as we stopped making mistakes, however, it was our game. We charged back to tie the game 9-9. With the time cap on, it was a game to 10 with Lakeside receiving. Our defense intensified, but so did Lakeside's offense, who managed to score the game winner. We were now 0-2.

To stay in contention of a top 8 finish, we had to win our last game against Cherry Creek High School, who had lost to Lakeside 14-9 in round 1. They had a smaller team and not much experience. By this time, we had our offense and defense running well and we coasted to a 15-5 victory, putting us in the prequarters.

To make the top 8 (quarterfinals), we had to go through Seattle Academy (10 seed). Their team loved to launch long throws every chance they got and took off to an early 4-1 lead. We scored, put on a clam (type of zone) defense, and Greg "Snuggles" Milbrath caught a callahan (an interception in the opponent's endzone) for perhaps the highlight of the tournament. Our opponent called a timeout, regrouped, and took back control of the game to win 13-8. Captains Greg Arenson and Carl Peaslee both injured their shoulders in this game. Seattle Academy would go on to tie for fifth.

After Saturday's games, we enjoyed an exhibition game between the 2004 mixed (co-ed) UPA Club Champions, Shazam, and a merged mixed team from the 2006 UPA Club Champion open team Sockeye and womens team Riot, being billed as "Rockeye." We also ate tournament supplied pizza, which might have been our downfall, as 4 players from the boys team became ill (possible food poisoning) and were unable to play on Sunday.

Sunday morning, now playing for ninth and in much cooler weather (55 degree high), we faced Junction City High School, who had not yet scored 6 points on anybody. Our younger/newer guys got a lot of playing time and showed that they were able to play at a very high level in the game as we cruised to a 15-4 victory.

Our next game, we had a rematch against Lakeside. Our defense excelled in this game. No doubt one of the best defensive efforts of any team that was at the tournament this weekend. But again, our offense was slipping and not taking advantage of opportunities. We kept it close throughout the whole game, but found ourselves down 11-9 with the time cap approaching. Suddenly, our offense began executing solidly and we maintained our defensive intensity. The effort resulted in us scoring the final 5 points of the game, winning 14-11 and guaranteeing we'd finish top 10 in the tournament (we were seeded 11th going in).

Our last game was another rematch, this time against Cherry Creek. The result would again land in our favor in a 15-7 victory. The boys then finished with a 4-3 tournament record, basically with losses just to the third place and fifth place teams.

The girls finished tied for 5th, with a 3-4 record in the tournament, with their four losses going to the four teams in semi finals. The highlight for them was the 1 point loss to the team that would go on to win the championship in a 15-3 game.

Carl Peaslee and Angela Lokken-Hopkins were our individual spirit award winners.

All in all, both teams had very tough draws, having to go through some tough teams just to make it to a place for a shot at top 4 finishes. We proved decidedly, however, that we belonged there and, having brought such relatively young teams, that Hopkins has a very prosperous future.

An ENORMOUS thank you to the parents who helped plan, organize, shuttle, feed, comfort, attend to, provide caffeinated stimulants to, and support the players and coaches. Without you, these amazing events would not be the same, let alone even take place. Thank you thank you thank you.

Notes for Mam Brick

Dear friends,

I spoke with an employee at the Holiday Inn in Burlington today, and in the course of the conversation asked if our players had behaved themselves last weekend. Her immediate answer was an enthusiastic "Oh yes! They were the best group I've seen in the 3 years I've worked here." This answer mirrors what the hotel folks in Winnipeg told me last fall.

I think this is more proof of what a terrific bunch of players/human beings we have, and wanted to share this praise. If I knew how to, I'd put this information on the blog site, but I don't, so am contenting myself with this email.

Mama Brick

Banquet

You are Invited to the
Hopkins Ultimate Final Banquet

Ultimate Party! Dessert Buffet and Awards Ceremony

Date: Wednesday May 30, 2007

Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Eisenhower Cafeteria

Cost: No cost for players. $14.00 for parents and guests. Please make your check for the party out to Hopkins Ultimate. You can send it to the below address or give it to Jodi Alter or Jennifer Kreiman at the party.

RSVP by May 18
Please fill out the below form and mail it to Ivan Arenson or email your reply to:
Jodi Alter jodialter1@comcast.net and
Jennifer Kreiman kacheljak@usfamily.net
Include the names of the players, and number of parents/guests who will be attending.

Please RSVP by May 18
Send in this form along with your payment to:
Ivan Arenson
11933 Orchard Ave. W.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Name of Player(s)
­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________

Number of Parents/guests attending ­­­­­­­ #adults______# kids__________

Make Check out to Hopkins Ultimate
Amount Paid ($14 per Parent/Guest) $___________________________

Check Number #______________________________________________

JV Game - This Thursday

A reminder that the JV has a game vs. Mpls South A this Thursday. Location is:

Powderhorn Park
1200 Powderhorn Ter
Mpls 55407

ATTENTION: HERt Force!!

1- the game tonight against Cathedral has been postponed until further notice.

2- natties is this weekend (duh!) and i encourage you to look through your ultimate bag to make sure you have EVERYTHING you need. i know some of you need to go to a store to purchase your own pre-wrap, athletic tape, blister blocker, etc.

3- i haven't checked the weather lately, but hey - it's western WA so it may be rainy. Pack LOTS of socks - let's not have a repeat of "paideia feet"!

4- again, you are responsible for getting yourselves to the lindbergh airport and for bringing a picture ID!!

5- if you haven't sent becky a song to put on our playlist, then boo on you! do it now!!

6- angela and kali- don't forget to send out your cheers so everyone can learn them!!

7- i'm so freaking excited to be a part of this team!! thanks for all your hard work - can't wait to see it pay off!

JV Granite City Roster

The Granite City tournament in St. Cloud, MN is coming up on May 19. The cost for the tournament is $20.00 per person and needs to be paid before the weekend of the tournament. Payment should be made to Hopkins Ultimate, and can either be brought to practice or mailed to Bonnie Christensen.

I would like for the players who are able and willing to go to drop a line in the comments to this post, whether or not you have spoken to me in person. I will make final decisions on the roster soon.

Coach Russ

BAIT Tryouts

LADIES:
Thanks again for inviting Bait to scrimmage Hopkins. We all had a great time and were very impressed by your team's skills! Your handlers have great break mark throws and did a fantastic job swinging the disc against our cup z. It is amazing to think how good those eighth graders will be by the time they are my age!
Please encourage any and all of your players to come to Bait's open practices and/or tryouts. You can find the schedule at www.bait-ultimate.blogspot.com. As I mentioned, we have a number of spots open this year and are looking for players who we think will improve quickly playing top-level women's ultimate.
For players who have summer conflicts, we are planning to take the month of July off, with the exception of the Aquatennial Tournament. We will come back strong in August with two tournaments and practice twice per week, and will step it up even further in September with practices three days per week and the beginning of the club series. If you or any of your players have questions, please feel free to contact me at jillastrike@gmail.com.
Good luck at nationals!
Jill

Thanks!

Kids: Very nice job on your car wash today. You all chipped in as a team. Thanks to those who brought out rags, buckets, sponges etc. Please thank your parents for helping you to get this organized.



The weather held off long enough for us to make some good money. As you know we will be doing this again Sunday May 20, time/place TBD but probably same place, NOON to 5. I know that the weather will be hot and it will be a great day to raise more funds for the program. More announcements to come on this later.



Coach Jake and Coach Kelly and Ivan, thanks for coming out.



THANKS to all of the parents who came to support the car wash today. Your donations and support of your kids is certainly, I am sure, appreciated by them.



Doc Schock – I have 2 of your buckets and some brushes/squeegees (sp) and a bunch of rags that I will wash and dry and bring out to the May 20 car wash.



Let me know if questions



Kids, have a great week of practice / games leading up to nationals.



--Ron Curme

Hurt JV at St. Paul Central

This week's Thursday JV game is against the St. Paul Central/TCA team, "Defiant." We will carpool leaving Lindberg at 4:15, so be there a little earlier to catch a ride. The game starts at 6, and will be located at:

Linwood Rec Center
860 St. Clair Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105

This is different than their fields listed on the MNHS Ultimate site. This should be a fun game and maybe a chance for us to try some new offense and defence.

Don't Forget the Car Wash on SAT

Hi gang:

The Ultimate fundraising car wash (Part 1) is Saturday May 5, 10 AM to 3 PM, Bauer’s Texaco, NE corner Excelsior and Baker Road. They are all ready for us. Here is what we need to do/bring:

* LOTS and LOTS of wash rags and DRYING TOWELS - LOTS

* big buckets

* large sponges

* car wash soap

* a hose and a few nozzles

* clothes line

* brushes to wash the tires of cars

* signs and markers to advertise the car wash in the street

* CALL YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILY TO COME TO WASH

Captains, please organize and promote working the car wash with your teams, get them there in shifts. It will be your job to drive this with the players. After all, this is benefiting them!

Varsity Game Tonight

Late notice was given that EP wants to play the makeup game tonight.

Game at 6 at lindbergh.

Hope you can make it.

Coach Jake

Important Nationals Tournament Information

Dear Nationals team players,
Team players will meet on the airport (Lindbergh this time) by 1PM on Friday.  Please tell your parents to plan for your ride to the airport and
from the airport.  We are flying NWA # 807 leaving at 2:30 pm and arriving in Seattle at 4:04 pm.  We return on NWA flight # 154 leaving
Seattle at 12:50 AM (Monday morning) and arriving in MSP at 5:54 AM Monday.  We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express in
Burlington, Washington about 90 minutes north of Seattle on I-5.  Plan for cool rainy days and/or warn and dry days.  Final cost is $460.00.  Please
pay the remaining $190.00 this week.  Pay to Hopkins Ultimate and mail to Mike Schock 4316 Glencrest Road Golden Valley, 55416
Regards,
Ultimate Exec Committee 

Chaperones include:
Diane Arenson, Leslie Baken, Michelle Basman, Ann Shaw, Michael Schock, Ron Curme, Sheri Brenden, Phil Eckhart, Mary Canillas, Jennifer Kreiman, Wendy Rubinyi, June Lokken-Hopkins, Rich & Linda Freeman.

Costs:
Players 34
Flight 270
Hotel 55
Trans 35
Tourn 25
coach costs 60
Misc 15
Total $460

FYI - Possible JV Location Change

The Henry Sibley coach has indicated to us that the field at Friendly Hills is wet and will not be ready for our game on Thursday. The new field information is as follows:

West St. Paul Sports Center
1650 Oakdale Ave
Mendota Heights, MN 55118

JV game at Henry Sibley

The JV will play the Henry Sibley Warriors this Thursday the 26th of April at 6 pm.
The field is at:

Friendly Hills Middle School
701 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120

For carpooling, we will be meeting in the Lindberg parking lot at 4:00 so we can leave at 4:15. If you are a parent and can drive, please contact Bonnie Christensen (details in the comments).

CAR WASH!

Hi gang:

The Ultimate fundraising car wash (Part 1) is Saturday May 5, 10 AM to 3 PM, Bauer’s Texaco, NE corner Excelsior and Baker Road. They are all ready for us. Here is what we need to do/bring:

* LOTS and LOTS of wash rags and DRYING TOWELS - LOTS

* big buckets

* large sponges

* car wash soap

* a hose and a few nozzles

* clothes line

* brushes to wash the tires of cars

* signs and markers to advertise the car wash in the street

* CALL YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILY TO COME TO WASH

Captains, please organize and promote working the car wash with your teams, get them there in shifts. It will be your job to drive this with the players. After all, this is benefiting them!

JV Thursday away game: Travel Time Change!

The JV will be playing St. Paul Open this Thursday.

The game will be at:
St. Paul Open School,
90 Western Ave S
St. Paul, MN 55102

We will be meeting at the Lindberg Fields at 4:15 to carpool there.

Parents: We still could use one more adult driver. Usually, Bonnie Christensen will organize rides, but Coach Russ is doing it this week, so contact me if you can drive. We have some very responsible team leaders driving, but if you prefer (or are adamant about) your player riding with an adult, let me know that too.

Thanks,
Coach Russ

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Tuesday's league game has to be postponed (due to scheduling problems on Armstrong's end). We're trying to get it rescheduled for Thursday during our regularly-scheduled practice. So be prepared for a practice on Tuesday instead. Be there by 5p; practice goes until 7:30p.

JV Game during practice time on Monday

So we have a game occupying our regularly scheduled practice time on Monday the 16th. Even if you're not listed on the Spring League roster (below) yet, you are welcome to drill with and cheer on your teammates in Monday's game. We'll start drilling at 5:30 so we can begin the game at full power at 6. I'm fired up, I hope you are.

Coach Russ

JV Spring League Roster so far

These people have paid for spring league and I have them on the roster:

Anderson Jake
Boerhave Grant
Bumsted Sam
Christensen Jonathan
Englert Tim
Golob Mark
Hines Taylor
Kachelmacher Tom
Leonard Eli
Litin Danny
Loecken Matthew
Mobius Andreas
Ovsak Gavin
Perl Phillip
Persson Nils
Raskin Daniel
Segal Sam
Solbelman Billy
Wexler Nate

Anybody not on this list needs to be registered with Hurt and the UPA, and pay a $30 fee to Hopkins Ultimate before you can play in a spring league game. So if you're not on the list, you can't play in Monday's game (which is last week's rescheduled game), but if you get your stuff in, you might well play in Thurday's game.

Thanks,
Coach Russ

JV Chalk-talk at 6 pm room 206

We've got room 206 in the Lindberg Center (at Hopkins HighSchool) from 6:00 to 7:30 tonight. Sorry for the time change, but that's what we can get. Somebody else is using it beforehand, so if you get there before 6, just hang loose for a bit. Please come so we can get jerseys, spring league and rostering straigtened out. I will hand out copies of the rules, we will cover O and D, as well as talk about team goals. Thanks,

Coach Russ

Varsity Practice

We will beat the weather factor (it's an Intangible), and have throwing practice at Burnes Park at 5:30.

Please do not wear your cleats. Keep them dry for the weekend.

Bring a disc, WARM DRY SOCKS and an impeccable attitude.

Coach Jake

ps. Who are we?

Practice Cancelled for Girls!!

Don't worry - we have a bye right after our first game on Saturday, so there will be plenty of time to go over UzbeckiZone. That's the plan anyway.
And don't forget about the 3oz limit on liquids that must be in a clear plastic bag to bring on the airplane - otherwise pack all that in your checked baggage.
Check your email too!!

Letter from Paideia Organizers

All:

We are getting ready to welcome you all to Atlanta. A few last minute "To Do's" and news items.

WEATHER

Bring Rain Gear and plenty of socks. Looks like we will see some rain on Saturday. Be sure you are prepared for all kinds of weather and have plenty of dry gear.

TRADING TABLE

We will have a Trading Table this year during the Saturday dinner. If you have stuff to sell or trade, please bring it along.

THANKING YOUR HOUSING SPONSORS

These are the folks who are really stepping up for you this weekend. This is entirely up to you however it might be nice to thank your housing sponsor with a disc signed by each of your teammates. A simple"thanks for everything" will work just as well.

WATER BOTTLES AND TOWELS

Do not forget these please.

PARKING

Please park in the Python Parking lot. If we run out of room we will direct your vehicle to a designated overflow parking area. The Python lot is right next to the fields.

All of the Paideia Ultimate community is glad you are coming. If you have any questions or we can do anything to make your weekend in Atlanta more enjoyable just let us know.

Thanks for your help.

Kyle and Dave

EP GAME CANCELED

We've canceled the ep game to be rescheduled at another time.

JV chalk-talk insted of Thursday game

It seems to be a good week for the chalk-talk, which is good for us because we need it.

Our game tomorrow against White Bear Lake B has been rescheduled for Monday at 6 pm (so everybody ready to drill at 5:30 still). In lieu of that we will have a chalk-talk at Lindberg HS starting at 5:30.

We will talk logistics, rosters, strategy, tactics, communications and how to be a better team. This stuff is important, so call or e-mail me if you can't make it (see comments for contact info). I don't know yet what room we will have, but I will post it early tomorrow morning. Eat something before, bring a pen and notebook and focus your mind on building the team. This is a good time to bring questions and suggestions on how to make the JV more awesome.

Recap:
What: Chalk Talk
When: 5:30-7:00 Thursday, April 12th
Where: Lindberg HS, room # TBA (on thursday morning)
Bring: Writing stuff, sharp minds

Many thanks go out to Taylor Hines for demonstrating leadership in this matter.

JV Practice Canceled

Practice tonight is canceled, because we would destroy the fields. Our game tomorrow looks chancy too, I am working to reschedule for early next week (Monday I hope). Instead of our game tomorrow, we will probably have a chalk talk, either at the HS or somebody's house. Watch for updates.

"CHALK TALK" for HERt

In lieu of our EP game today, we will have a "chalk talk" meeting at my house at 6p today.

BRING: notebook/paper and writing/drawing implements
FOOD: nope! plan ahead - there will be no food at my house for you, not even pizza
LOCATION: 106 - 11th Ave South, Hopkins 55343 (grey house)
TIME: 6p - 7:15p

Any questions, just call 952.200.3556

Paideia players!!!!

For those of you who did not go last year - please remember that we are staying in someone's house this weekend. This means we all have to bring our own pillow, sleeping bag, towel, etc., not to mention all our Ultimate gear and tournament food! Please ask questions on the comments section here or ask your coach at practice this week.

JV practices and Stuff

The JV team will be practicing on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 on the Lindberg HS fields. That starts this week, late notice I know, but make it if you can because we've got a season ahead! Practice at 5:30 means that you are there with your cleats on, and warmed up, ready to MOVE! So get there at least 15 minutes early, or earlier if you tend to dither.

We have our first MN HS League game this week, and right now we only have a roster of 10. So when you come to practice, bring a $30 check to Hopkins Ultimate and I'll put you on the League roster. Our first game may be home or away, the schedule will be posted on Sunday at www.mnhsultimate.org Check it out. One more thing: I have to have your UPA # to sign you up.

Penultimate posting for Paideia

Dear Players,
We are a few days away from take off to Atlanta and the Paideia tournament. Our plane leaves from the Humphrey Terminal at 4:50. Please meet in the passenger ticketing area by 3:30 pm. We have all the tickets and will need to be certain we have all players, money and forms before we can leave for Atlanta.
AirTran flight #852 leaving for Atlanta at 4:50 arriving at 8:15 pm. The return flight will be AirTran flight #858 arriving at Humphrey Terminal at 12:38 AM. (That is after midnight on Sunday).
Please look here for more details re: where the homes will be and what we need to bring for the sleeping accommodations.
Boys will be at the O'Neal's home, same family different location. We will know more about the girls home tomorrow. Host parents are asking that all players bring bedding (eg. sleeping bag and pillow), towel, and wash cloths. The forcast is for rain on Saturday and sun on Sunday. Bring sunscreen and a rain suit and extra shirts and shorts. Bring cash for lunches on saturday and sunday. evening meal will be a freebee. Tell your parents that there will be medical supervision on the field (EMT), tents for the rain.

Mike

Hopkins Ultimate Open and Girls teams both get invitation to Nationals!

From Will Deaver:
Congratulations! Your team has been awarded a bid to the Open Division of the UPA HS Western Championships in Burlington, WA on May 12-13, 2007.
Congratulations! Your team has been awarded a bid to the Girls Division of the UPA HS Western Championships in Burlington, WA on May 12-13, 2007.

UPA #s - Know yours now

When the executive committee and coaches make rosters for official UPA events, we need to use your UPA #. For some of you, especially if you are new this year, we don't yet have that information. If you are asked for your UPA # for rostering, please respond quickly. If we don't have it, you may not be able to participate. If you are a UPA member but don't know your #, there are two options: 1) Look at your UPA membership card that was mailed to you, 2) go to www.upa.org, click on the "Member Login" link on the left-side menu, scroll down, and click on the "Membership Information" link on the left box. You should be able to find it from here.

Thanks, Team
Coach Russ

MNHS Ultimate Spring League

We covered this info at the parent-player meeting on the 18th of March, so if you're all good with Hopkins Ultimate, the UPA, and have your $30 check to Hopkins Ultimate for the spring league, you should be set up. If you don't know what's going on, go to www.mnhsultimate.org and click on the "player's checklist" link on the left, under "season information." This Player's checklist is not an official form, but if you fill it out, print it out, and give it to a coach with your $30 check, you should be good to go. This needs to happen soon. We can add people later in the season as long as we register a team of 10 by next friday, but wouldn't you rather play all the games?

Coach Russ

Spring Break Practices

If you're going to be around next week, Coaches will be at Burnes Park on Wednesday at 4pm and at Maetzold park on Thursday at 4pm for scrimmages and some drills.

If you think you can get there, drop a line in the comments section of this. I'll try to get some of our friends to come out to play, teach, learn, and just help out.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Varsity Practice (Wednesday)

Due to some wonderful weather and some much needed breaks from studying for all y'all's AP finals, the coaches would like to invite varsity players to play some REAL Ultimate at Burnes Park at 4pm on Wednesday.

ps. this is also a practice, but expect to play some 7on7 as well.

pps. there will be a pulling clinic for you by Greg Williams, so if you plan on being the big dog to start the game, be sure to be there and get some tips from a LEGENDARY puller.

St. Ben's High School Tournament

The parents and fans were treated to a full day of high quality Ultimate. HERt players started out slow, but by the midpoint in the first game, they were playing fast and catching almost anything within reach. By the end of the day, HERt owned the field house with an undefeated record for the day. Great Job Girls. To see a few photos set your browser to:
http://homepage.mac.com/michaelschock/PhotoAlbum5.html

Saturday the 24th

IFORMATION:

Okay... If you want to carpool to the Park and Rec Facility, be at lindbergh at 10:00 (if you're driving, bring directions- it's located by the Walker Sculpture Gardens).
Bring BOTH your gold and your black
Bring Indoor shoes to play in...


Next, I know I don't have to say this, but let's behave. no swearing, no spiking, and when throwing discs into the crowd, no "hurting" anyone, loft them...

JV roster for Mudbath:

Boerhave, Grant

Bumstad, Sam

Christensen, Jonathan

Englert, Tim

Golob, Mark

Hines, Taylor

Kachelmacher, Tom

Kitchener, Aaron

Klane, Josh

Leonard, Eli

Litin, Danny

Loecken, Matthew

Mobius, Andreas

Ovsak, Gavin

Person, Nils

Rafowitz, Adam

Raskin, Daniel

Rosenblum, Max

Segal, Sam

This looks like a great team, a stalwart crew of practice regulars. If you don’t see your name, and still want to go, e-mail me (my address is in the comments) and we’ll see (no promises.)

Plane tickets to Nationals

The following list is the names of all those players how are now ticketed to fly NWA from Minneapolis to Seattle for Nationals. If your name is NOT on the list and you think it should be please call Mike Schock tonight at 763.374.23841

1. Sarah Camp
2. Colin Camp
3. Andrew Kelley
4. Leslie Baken
5. Mary Canillas
6. David Canillas
7. Grant Boerhave
8. Matt Freeman
9. Jovan Thompson
10. Simon Gottlieb
Brian Wilson
Gregg Milbrath
Sam Brickwedde
Matt Grewe
15. Carl Peaslee
Emma Peaslee
Jojo Christensen
Kathy Haapala
Zach Alter
20. John Alter
Elise Rasmussen
Greg Arenson
Hailey Arenson
Diane Arenson
25, Angela Loken-Hopkins
Jeanine Kooman
Megan Harrod
Ann Shaw
Erin Curme
30. Jenna Dailey
Steven Finn
Kari Kachelmacher
Leah Kachelmacher
Jennifer Kreiman
35. Asa Gotlieb
Danny Barberio
Evan Tarshish

Update on Nationals Tell your Parents Tonight

Players going to Nationals:
We have a change in airline ticket arrangements. In order to buy a lower fare, we now have to book and pay all tickets by Thursday. This means that you will need to deliver a check for 270.00$ to Mike Schock or Ann Shaw or Ivan Arenson by Thursday in order to keep your seats. Please show this to your parents and discuss the details with them. If you are still coming to Nationals, have a check written to Hopkins Ultimate for $270.00 to us by Thursday.
If you miss the deadline you may need to make your own arrangements for transportation to Burlington, WA. Also, we have reserved only 40 seats so the first 40 coaches and players and parents to pay will be given seats.
We travel on Friday leaving Minneapolis at 2:30 pm flight # 807. We return Monday early am. Our flight leaves SeaTac at 12:50 AM and arrives at 5:54 AM monday. Flight # 154. Savings will amount to $55.00. Also, if you intend to leave for Seattle on a different flight or return to Minneapolis on a different flight, please make those arrangements on your own. You will also be responsible for transportation from SeaTac to Burlington (90 miles north of Seattle).

One month till Madison Mudbath

Mudbath April 20-22
HURt A = ??
HURt B = ??
Housing for Team: Billet
Housing for drivers/chaperone:
Best Western West Towne Suites
650 Grand Canyon Dr, Madison, WI
(608) 833-4200 (no non-smoke available)
Chaperone: Leslie Baken,

Transportation: Parents drive, leaving Lindbergh parking lot after school on Friday, arriving 5 hours later. Return to Lindbergh parking on Sunday sometime after 10pm.
Cost: $35.00 includes tournament fee, gas, and host gift.

More info

Yes, there's a lot of information to process. Varsity players, If you are going to nationals for sure, please get a 25$ check to Erica made out to Hopkins Ultimate so we can reserve your spot on the plane.

Also, there have been many important posts lately, please make sure to read a few posts down to make sure you have all of the info.

I'm not sure how the girls are collecting money, again, VARSITY PLAYERS, please get that check to Erica.

-love,
Greg

Nationals in Burlington, WA

Western Nationals: May 10-13
HERt players =??
HURt A players =??
Housing: Holiday Inn Express in Burlington, WA
Chaperones: Leslie Baken, Mike Schock, Michelle Basman, Ivan & Diane Arenson, Mary Canillas, June Lokken-Hopkins

Transportation: Sun Country flight cost estimate $300.00 round trip, misc. transport costs estimate $50.00.

Costs:
Transportation (est.) $350.00
Tournament $ 25.00
Food (est.) $ 50.00
Hotel $ 25.00 per night
Misc (est.) $ 50.00
Total (est.) $500.00

Saturday Self Scrimmage

Please email comment as to what Varsity players can come to this:

What: A one hour practice, then 20 minute indoor exhibition game on turf.

Where: Minneapolis Parks and Rec Indoor Soccer facility adjacent to the
Walker Sculpture Gardens (westside)

When: 10:30 AM, Saturday, March 24

Who: Varsity Players

Basically, we get some free practice time then we get to play an exhibition game in front of 300+ people with live music playing. Not to mention, we get to throw discs into the audience.

this looks really great and is some great publicity. Please comment this post ASAP as to whether or not you can go.

Paideia girls,
Our next check is due by thursday! $87 made out to Hopkins Ultimate! dont procrastinate i really dont want to have to call all you girls like i usually do. You can send it to my house :
4316 Glencrest Road
Golden Valley, MN 55416
or give it to me at school. PLEASE dont make me chase you
-Baken

Parent/Player Meeting - ALL TEAMS

INFORMATION:
On Sunday, March 18 from 4 to 6pm, there will be an informational meeting for all players and parents. Some topics we will go over are: Spring League, tournament schedules, fundraising, meet the new coaches, summer camps, etc. For the meeting, please bring your calendars and checkbooks for a smooth transition to our upcoming spring season (players, please bring your school planners). We look forward to seeing and answering any questions you might have there.

LOCATION:
The meeting will take place on the second floor at Hopkins High School in room W230. The room is right next to the balcony overlooking the mall. Also, if you need to, check the calendar on the right side of the Hopkins Ultimate Homepage, then click on Spring Kickoff Meeting on March 18.

Thanks and see you there,
Greg Arenson

ROCKIN' LADIES NIGHT

Ladies
This Saturday night we are all getting together at my house for a Club Nationals DVD watching party and pizza!! Woot! This is an excellent oppertunity to watch some really great ultimate and learn all sort of cool stuff from the best team in the country. Plus, you'll get to see all your really cool coaches (Me, Becky and Lou) rocking the faces off other teams down in Florida (yeah, we're on the DVD). So, come on over around 6pm this Saturday night. I live at 2801 Xerxes Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55416. It's right over by Calhoun Square and the Calhoun Beach Club. Call me if you need direction or get lost 952-486-0892. Feel free to bring any snack you might want and bring some cash so we can order some delicious pizza.
PIZZA + WATCHING SWEET ULTIMATE = A ROCKING GOOD TIME!
Hope to see you all there!

Coach Jeanine "Party all night" Kooman

St. Benedict's HertForce Tournament

Hi All you HertForce gals. Here is the scoop on the St. Benedict's Tournament on March 24, 2007 (Saturday). It is a one day only tournament of competition against other highschool women's teams. The cost to each team member for participation in this tournament is $15.00 which will cover the cost of gas for the drivers and the tournament fees. You may also wish to bring $$ for dinner if we have a chance to go out. However, included in the tournament fees are some (?quality) food item available to team members. We will meet at the parking lot north of the Lindbergh Center at around 11:45 am and will leave for St. Benedicts at noon. This will allow about an hour's worth of warm up time before the tourney starts. The Tournament goes from 2:30 pm until 10:00 pm. Teamates will return home in cars driven by parent drivers. It is dark, the players will be tired and I94 can be a dangerous drive under certain weather conditions. Expect to be dropped off at your home around midnight.

HEY LADIES!!!

Madison Mudbath is closer than you think! We need to find out how many of you can come, so please talk with your parents ASAP and get back to Curme on whether you can go. Here's the info... We will be leaving Friday, April 20 in the early afternoon and coming back late Sunday night.
The cost is $35 (that's $20 for the tournament, $10 for gas and$5 for a host gift), and bring extra money for food,etc. We are staying with the Boyd's again this year. If you haven't traveled to Madison with us before, they're a really nice family we stay with and they make BOMB breakfast muffins. If your parents want the Boyd's address and phone number, they can call Mike Schock. This will be an amazing tournament and it's important for us to get as much time playing together as we can before natties. I really hope you can all go, and are all excited to dominate against some bomb teams. Please check with your parents and contact Curmish when you know, or if you have questions. Curmish's contact info is: Emructhree@yahoo.com, cell phone 952380 6128

the game tonight

FYI... the team we're playing at the winter league game tonight at 7 is also BLACK, so lets bring lights just in case...

Edge Cancelled for tonight!

The edge is canceled tonight due to bad weather. We will try and make it up in the near future.