New Jersey 2006

	New Jersey 2006
Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Click a picture to enlarge it. Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
It is usually the highlight of the summer. Some campers even plan their summer around it. I speak, of course, about the ultimate Frisbee tournament. This year, the "2006 Campus Kids 'Being the birthplace of Ultimate Frisbee is only one of the many things that make this state so great' Amazing Ultimate Frisbee tournament" had over 140 participants, both camper and staff. After two weeks of fierce battles, the tournament came down to two teams: the Lodi Bada Bings and the Atlantic City Boardwalks.
	Before the game, teams fraternized and were friendly. But the competitive spirit hit them hard when their names were announced as they came running out of Anderson Hall.
Announcers David Michaels and Jack Dinwiddy began reciting the names of players.



Fans, too, were eager.
	And many had chosen to which team they would give their loyalty.
Each side, too, had a banner hanging from an Anderson window.
	We saw, once again, the emergence of the tire.

Once formalities had finished, there was little left to do but play the game. Before the Frisbee was thrown off, a brief history lesson about the game was given by David. "Ultimate Frisbee was invented in Maplewood, NJ (hence the name of the tournament). The first ever Ultimate Frisbee game was played by Columbia High School in Maplewood on pavement by the NJ Transit stop to Penn Station. The first ever college game was Rutgers vs. Princeton, which was played in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at the very same place as the first ever college football game, which was Rutgers vs. Princeton n the same date."
The only thing left to do was fill in the blank in the standings.
	There were spectacular passes.
Amazing catches.
	And brutal misses.
Thanks to prior planning, Bada Bing took an early lead.
	They were throwing and catching consistently. everyone got the Frisbee.
Even Ryan Belline, whose team was eliminated one day prior.
But then, as it always happens, the tables turned. Costly errors and brilliant pull plays by the boardwalks brought them to a 5-5 tie. The game would be played to six.
	The tension could be cut with a knife.
Now, I must say that while watching this exciting game, I had picked out a team to win, on account of what I had seen earlier in the game. Thinking this, I ran down the field to the end zone that Bada Bing was trying to score from. Therefore, I have no picture of the brilliantly aimed throw to Zack S. in the opposite goal that he leaped for. I do, however, have the aftermath shot:
The celebration.
	It was a crushing loss to Bada Bing, who consoled themselves with their mascot, but having gotten to such a far point in a tournament with ten teams is no easy feat (which the team Pet Rock will attest to).
Pretty soon, a familiar siren was heard (the last siren that will grace Campus Kids for some time), and it was time for announcements. And so concluded the Ultimate Frisbee tournament of 2006.
The Atlantic City Boardwalks


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