Chicago Invite - GIRLS AND VARSITY

Both the varsity and girls teams will be traveling to Naperville Illinois from March 15-17 to participate in the Chicago Invite. We've been discussing this with the teams for a while, and have asked them to speak to their parents about attending, so hopefully this isn't catching anyone by surprise! We would love to have as many parent chaperones as possible traveling with us. We have 2 options for travel this year; coach bus and parent carpools. With both teams traveling, we would need a minimum of 6 parents driving in order to consider that option, and that's figuring most parents can transport 5-6 players. We need to know ASAP if you are planning on attending this tournament both as a player and a chaperone so we can make our decision on travel. Costs vary quite a bit depending on mode of transportation. I'm not able to give you an exact number yet, as I don't know how many players are going, but figure in the $100.00 range with parent drivers, and $160.00-$200.00 range depending on # of players and parent bus riders if we use the coach bus. There will be a small fee for parents riding the bus(probably $30-50). And as always, if we carpool, we will reimburse those parents asking to be reimbursed for their gas, with valid receipts. If the team travels by bus, and you decide you'd still like to drive, there is no reimbursement. We're still finalizing hotel details, but parent's rooms are their own expense. Please also know, if you've never traveled with the team before, it's a wonderful way to experience Ultimate and really get to know the game and your child's coaches and teammates. It's also not a vacation...in the evenings, the coaches deserve and are given free time away from OUR children, so please know that we as parents are making a commitment to supervise the players in the evening.

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Chicago invite

Varsity Workouts

Varsity Workouts will now be taking place every MONDAY and THURSDAY.

Like always, every Varsity player is expected to be at these.

St. John's JV Planning

For the St. Johns Tournament JV carpools will be as followed.

Debbie Pavelka's car

-Ben Pavelka
-Zach Schear
-Andrew Fern
-Jacob Borenstein
-Bobby Rudelius
-Connor Staack

Pat McGraw's Car

-Louis McGraw
-Matt Molnar
-Andrew Patel
-Thomas Warden
-Max Seffren
-Jordan Barry

Amy Friedman

-Ethan Friedman
-Drew Lockets
-Daniel Marschinke
-Zach Segal
-Ahmree Schear

All JV players should meet at Lions Park in Golden Valley at 11:15 and on the road by 11:30 at the latest. St.Johns is about a hour and 15 minutes away. As for the tournament itself, first game is at 1:30 and the last game of the round robin is at 6:55. After the last game bracket play will begin at 8:15. Every player needs to bring a "Kit" to this tournament - remember that this is an indoor tournament so sneakers, not cleats.  If you do not know what a "Kit" is check the blog on the right side in red writing will explain what every Hurtem is responsible for bringing.  This is an all day indoor tournament so I would suggest bringing food to eat during our breaks and/or money in case we have the opportunity to go eat.

Map & Directions

SPRING PLAYER/PARENT MEETING 3/3/2013

SUNDAY, MARCH 3RD, 6:30 PM
WEST JUNIOR HIGH CAFETERIA

We will be holding our annual spring planning meeting before practice, and if you are intending on playing this spring, it is VERY important that you attend this meeting with a parent. We will be holding an all team meeting followed by breakouts with coaches for each of the 3 individual teams, after which time the players will be dismissed for practice in the structure. Parents, I will stay after the kids have gone, along with Debbi Pavelka, who will be taking over as the new Board President next year(YEA!) if you have any questions. We'd love to talk to you!

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 3rd!  

St. John's Indoor 2013

If you are interested in attending this tournament (boys JV/V), please click on the link below and provide your info.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4AA4AA29A64-stjohns1 
 

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Varsity Goals Meeting

This Tuesday, the 19th, Varsity will have their Team Goals Meeting.

This meeting will give our team a chance to discuss the upcoming season and set some goals for ourselves. This meeting is mandatory for every varsity player.

Where: My House, 12410 Huntingdon Lane, Minnetonka
When: 6:30-8:30
What You Need To Bring:

Sophomores: Dessert
Juniors: Main Course 
Senior Cutters: Drinks
Senior Handlers: Salad  

This will be a great time to hangout and bond with your brothers. Be there or be □ ....(Square)

Girls PotLuck, Parent/Player Meeting

Girls PotLuck, Parent/Player Meeting

On Sunday February 10th at 6:00-7:45pm, please join the girls ultimate team for a winter-spring informational meeting. This meeting will be held at the Shapiro's house (2131 Pine Island Road, Minnetonka Minnesota 55305) and will be a potluck type arrangement. Sunday is a GREAT time for PARENTS of players to learn about the sport and all the information and questions they need to know for this up coming season. It is mandatory for a player and/or parent to be there. Following the meeting we have a sunday night practice at West Junior High from 8:00-10:00pm, where all players can carpool to. To all new parents/players this will be very helpful and informative, hope to see you there. Please RSVP, ASAP for parents and players to noaparker404@gmail.com or 612-298-2784.

Potluck:
Freshman: Salad
Sophomore: Dessert
Junior: Main Course
Seniors: Beverages

--Thanks, Noa Parker

Board Meeting reminder

Just are reminder that we have a Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, January 30th, 7:00
Sara's house-
12410 Huntingdon Lane
Mtka 55305

Please plan on attending if you have an interest in participating this spring, or next year, as we are in the process of assembling a new board moving forward. If you have any questions, feel free to email me prior to the meeting- semekler@gmail.com 

Please let me know if you're planning on attending at the email listed above as well, so we can plan for the appropriate amount of people.

Thank you!

MANDATORY GIRLS WORKOUTS:

All girls must attend after school workouts, they will be held monday, tuesday, and thursday at lindbergh center from 3:00-4:30. Starting this monday the 28th. If you are unable to attend a workout, please contact one of your captains.

See you Monday, Becca and Noa

Varsity travel details for Duluth

The carpool for Duluth will be leaving from the Lindbergh parking lot at 8:30 Sunday morning. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so everyone can depart on time. It's going to be very cold in Duluth, so even though this tournament is indoors, prepare for the weather along with all of your regular gear. 

The final cost per player for the trip is $60.00

Please bring this with you Sunday morning and give it to Sara or Wyatt when you check in for departure.

You will be responsible for the following meals; brunch/lunch on the way to Duluth, dinner Sunday night  and a fast food stop on the way out of town Monday night. The hotel will serve breakfast. There will be a team snack bag, although you should bring your own snacks if you have certain things you want, and please remember your reusable water bottles. 

MLK Tournament in Duluth

The varsity team will be participating in a tournament January 20-21 in Duluth, and we need parent chaperones to travel with the team. The first game will start at 1:00 on Sunday, and the final game will begin at 5:00 on Monday. The team will need to leave by approx 8:30 am Sunday morning in order to allow time for a stop along the way to eat. I'm making reservations for Sunday night at a hotel on Canal Park, and will add any parents who are interested in traveling with us. This is a tournament that we can only attend with parent drivers, in order to keep the cost down for each player. The team will reimburse parents for gas if they request it, and submit receipts.

I'm anticipating a cost per player between $50.00-65.00, and will be able to finalize the amount once I know how many players will be going.

Parents, please email me at semekler@gmail.com if you are able to chaperone. Thank you!

MANDATORY Varsity Workouts

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 8th, Varsity Workouts Resume.

They will be every Tuesday and Thursday after school in the Lindbergh Center.

These Workouts are MANDATORY for every Varsity player and attendance will be taken. If you cannot make it, you  MUST let a captain know prior to the start of the workout.

Anyone who wants to get better and work hard is welcome to come.

These workouts are HARD, come expecting to sweat and challenge yourself. Like I said before, these workouts are MANDATORY for every Varsity player. If you do not show up to workouts, you WILL be dropped from the Varsity Roster.

We start running at 3:00 SHARP.

HUrt Works Harder Than Any Team in the Country. This is Where We Get Better, This is Where We Become the Best Team in the Country. 

Winter Practices starting soon!

A note about winter practices:

We'll be starting with our Sunday WJH practices on 1/13.  Practice will still be in the structure, but we have been asked to enter WJH through the front door instead of the lower door.  Please keep this in mind when communicating with parents about where rides should drop off/pick up.

Since other facilities are still on winter break, please bear with us as we finalize weekday practice spaces and times.  Keep an eye on the blog for more info soon.

I hope you've remained active during your break - lifting and cross training during our off season helps to prevent injury when we go outside.

See you soon!
Erin

Update - facilities has pushed us back one week, so we'll see you on the 13th instead of the 6th.  Sorry about this.

Jersey Numbers and Sizes DEADLINE

The deadline for Jersey Numbers and Sizes is THIS TUESDAY the 18th.

If you have not posted by this date, numbers and sizes will be picked for you!

Jersey Numbers and Sizes

HUrt Varsity and JV, it's that time of the year again!
Please comment with THREE number choices and your SIZE.
The quicker we do this, the quicker we can order our jerseys.

Girls: You will be hearing from Captains via Facebook.

U of M Bubble Tourney Info: FOR SPECTATORS

This Sunday's Varsity tourney is in the Bierman Bubble on the University of Minnesota Campus.

Parking is free on the street, but there is also a ramp on 4th street.

Spectators are aloud in the Bubble to watch games, but they are asked to stay on the sidelines and be cautious of games.

NO FOOD OR DRINK (Other than water) in the Bubble.

A map is provided on the tournament page.

http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#youth-open/tournament/12100

Varsity is in the A pool and plays from 10AM to 1:40PM. Bracket play starts at 5:10PM

We hope to see everyone there!

Varsity Practice

Varsity practice TOMORROW.

Tuesday November 20th.

Lions Park 4pm-5:30pm.

Be cleated up and ready to run at 4!

JV Scrimmage Saturday 11/10

Update 11/8
Thanks for the great responses!  The scrimmage will be taking place, but the time has been moved back to 11:30 due to availability.  Please arrive at the fields at 11:00 for warmups.  See you there!

Update 11/7
Currently we only have 6 players attending.  Please spread the word to your fellow Hurtems so we can get enough to play on Saturday!  If we do not have enough by the end of Thursday we will need to cancel the scrimmage.  
In addition, because of the low numbers and our proximity to the fields in St. Louis Park we will NOT be having a carpool.  


Hi Hurtems!

If you are a JV player there is still one more chance to play outside before winter comes!  We have set up a scrimmage with our friends at the St. Louis Park team for this coming Saturday.  This is a great opportunity to play some Ultimate outside before the snow hits.  Here are the details:

• Time: 11:00am Saturday November 10
• Players should arrive at the fields by 10:15am. 
• Location: Fern Hill Park in St. Louis Park
• What to Bring: Bring everything you would bring to a practice or a Spring league game.  Dress for the weather!

Please sign up in the comments if you wish to attend.  Also please indicate if you or your parent can drive to the game.  I look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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Varsity Workouts

Varsity Workouts start tomorrow Tuesday, the 6th. 3:00 right after school at Lindbergh. These are mandatory for varsity players, if you cannot make it, you MUST let someone who will be there know.

If you are not on varsity, you are still welcome to come to workouts.

Starting tomorrow workouts will be every Tuesday and Thursday.

See you all there

Varsity Roster 2012-2013

Varsity Rosters are finally here!

Thank you to everybody who tried out and worked hard.

Tryouts have been hard and making decisions has been even harder. Our Varsity roster is VERY fluid, meaning that if you slack off or do not show up, YOU WILL BE CUT. Also, if you did not make the team, keep coming to workouts and practices and prove that you deserve to be on Varsity.

Your 2012-2013 Hurt Varsity Roster

• Jor-el "JRat^2" Ratner
• Beminji "Minjy" Mosow 
• Adam "The Claw" Caskeyyyyyy
• Mike Liebermmannshteinbergman
• Ryan "The Monster" Franklin
• Jacob "D"Lias 
• Adam "Wanna be Fink" Shapiro Penguin
• Max "Dating Parker's Sister" Wolk
• Zac "Shock the ultimate world" Merie 
• Will "Kinda ripped" Cohen
• Sam Kaminsky
• AR " forscribe" Raskin
• Joe "call me maybe" Kohner
• Rob "D Ledge" Dan
• Captain Wyatt "Raw" Mekler
• Liam "Speedy" Perkins
• Trey "cous..cous" Taylor
• Braden "dirty combover" Spencer
• Ryland "Men in black" Dorshow

Congratulations to all who made it. I look forward to sweating, struggling, and winning with you all