After giving proper homage to Diskos (pictured left), Ghetto arrived to the music city late Friday night just as the holy book of Ultimate predicted between the hours of 10:30 and Midnight.
GAMEDAY:
Gentlemen!! If you drop the disc, you will run a mile! If you get beat deep, you will run a mile! If you get broken, I will stick my foot up your John Brown hind parts, and then you will run a mile. Perfection gentleman!!! Tell me, what are you!? Team; Mobile! Agile! Hostile! What is pain!? Team; French bread! What is fatigue!? Team; Army clothes! Will you ever quit!? Team: No! We want some mo'! We want some mo'! We want some mo'!
The day started with a cheer by Cheer Master Brian Jones leading the team in a cheer worthy of any sports film by Denzel Washington. With the team all jacked up on some good ol Tennessee mountain spirit, Ghetto was ready to play 4 straight games. Ghetto first opponent was 2nd ranked in pool Kenyon.
Kenyon:
Kenyon came out strong however and proved to be equally as jacked about playing in weather that wasn't below 35 degrees. Throwing a vert-stack Kenyon set up a huck game, (more accurately a pick game that fearless leader Kim Jong Phil would not allow.) Ghetto lagged in the first half, suffering from winter rustiness, the offense could not get into a rhythm. Kenyon capitalized on Ghettos slow start and easily took the half. However in the second half Ghetto finally scrapped enough rust off to start playing competitively. As the offense starting clicking the points started accumulating. But in the end Ghetto took Kenyon to soft cap and dropped the first game 9-13.
Emory
Ghetto came out strong for the second game against Emory. Fired up over the loss against a team Ghetto could have beat, Ghetto played solid defense against Emory's split stack. Everyone who played including the rookies stepped up and shut down the Emory offense. Freshman Mark Federanko caught a disc tipped off a foot block from Bello and scored for a Callahan point. On the offensive side of the disc, Ghetto was able to sub in alot of Rookies who performed excellent both in offense and defense. Ghetto easily won the game 13-3.
Illinois state:
For the third game Ghetto faced Illinois State ranked 3rd in our pool, giving 4th ranked Ghetto a perfect chance to break seed. The game was very competitive as Ghetto and Illinois state traded points for 5 points, however Ghetto took advantage of a break point and took half 7-5. After half, ghetto continued to trade points, but the Ghetto defense got 2 breaks and scored 3 straight points. The key to this match was conditioning, Ghetto was much more in shape than Illinois and this showed. Ghetto ended the game 11-9.
