The world of Ultimate Disc celebrated its “Ultimate Day IN Indiana” in Westfield on Saturday, and a nearby school was part of the festivities.
The Fishers High School Ultimate team won the state championship, which took place that afternoon at Westfield High School’s Riverview Health Stadium. The Fishers team beat defending state champion Center Grove 9-6 in front of a good-sized crowd.
This is the fifth season for the Fishers team, and the third under coach Kevin Schwartz, who appreciated the fact that his team has “come a long way in such a short amount of time.”
Schwartz said the Fishers’ team’s goal was to win the state championship this year.
“Center Grove has won it many, many years now, so we wanted to break their streak,” said Schwartz. “We want to win it for ourselves and it’s an absolutely awesome feeling for all of our hard work to pay off. I’m so proud of these guys to do that.”
Fishers led 7-2 at halftime, then used the clock to its advantage in the second half.
“When we came out here, we wanted to get a big lead right away, which is what we did,” said Schwartz. His team wanted to take control of the game and gain momentum, and Schwartz was proud of the team for doing just that.
Jacob Beaver and Ryan Clase both scored two goals for Fishers, while Gavin Henderson, Michael Brunt, Andrew Sin, Isaac Merz and Nick Woods all scored one. Eric Hoy had three assists, while Brunt and Sin each made two assists, and Niso Kapsalis had one.
Hoy had eight blocks for the game, followed by Sin with two and Brunt and Clase with one each. Other members of the team are Lance Marshall, Trey Johnson, Trevor McCoy, Zach Bender, David Woods, Luke Titus, Camden Greene and Grant Meng.
The high school state championship was the first of three events for “Ultimate Day IN Indiana.” The second was a women’s ultimate game between the Indianapolis Red and the Colombia Revolution. Both teams are part of the Premier Ultimate League, a newly formed women’s league that features eight teams, seven from the United States in addition to the Colombian team. The two teams played at Riverview Health Stadium.
After the Red-Revolution game, the Indy AlleyCats, part of the AUDL, the men’s ultimate league, took on the Atlanta Hustle at Grand Park. The AlleyCats began playing at Grand Park last year and continue to use its Activities Center as its home field.
The Fishers High School ultimate team won the state championship, which took place Saturday afternoon at Westfield High School’s Riverview Health Stadium. The high school state championship game was part of “Ultimate Day IN Indiana,” which celebrated the sport of ultimate disc. (Richie Hall)