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Brian Orza

Senior Larry Chen gets low and throws the frissbee to a teammate.

On Oct. 1, seniors Nikolaus Elsaesser and Ezra Cohen hosted St. Paul Academy’s first ever ultimate tournament as a start to homecoming week. They decided to organize the tournament becuase people in the SPA community were expressing more interest in ultimate frisbee.

“One of the biggest motivations for the tournament was just that we wanted to get some excitement around the sport of ultimate within the SPA community. We wanted to give people a chance to see if they liked the sport before the spring season begins,” Elsaesser said.

Elsaesser and Cohen joined forces with SPA’s Student Activities Committee to raise more attention about the tournament.

Six teams participated in the tournament, with players from all grade levels and of all genders.

Scoober Doo: Ben Mellin, Terry Cheney, Numi Katz (DNP*), Michael Hall

Sale, Sale, Sale: Maya S; Adnan A; Ben K; Julia W

Supreme Saucers: Gabe Ramirez, Jackson Biggs, Milo Waltenbaugh, Levi Mellin and Sara Browne, Jackson Small (Coach)

Ethan Belongs to Us: Larry Chen, Ethan Less, Val Hart, Tom Jaeger

Benchwarmer: Arib Rahman, Hendrie Grant, Peter Kilborn, Turab Naqvi (DNP), Erin McNamer (DNP)

Team Bye: Ezra Cohen, Nikolaus Elsaeser, Eli Striker

**DNP: Did Not Play

Team Scoober Doo won with a record of 5-0 and Supreme Saucers came in second with a record of 4-1. The Scoober Doo’s received SPA ultimate t-shirts as a prize for winning the tournament.