The winner is Creek!

Creek team with Invite champion jerseysTruly, it was a great weekend for high school ultimate in Colorado. Great play; great spirit. Thanks.

(East's photos, UPA Results Page)

After ending Saturday with three straight losses, Creek was battered physically and, it seemed, mentally. Sunday they rallied and became the first winners of the East Invite.

Creek was undoubtedly the underdog in its Sunday quarterfinal game against Broomfield. Although Creek reached the quarters by beating DU 13-1, Broomfield was Saturday's pool B winner, going 4-1. The only loss Broomfield suffered in pool play was a close one against Jeffco - a game decided on the final point. Creek, on the other hand, had gone 2-3 in their play on Saturday. Their final game being a 10-4 loss to East.

Creek took a quick 2-0 lead, but Broomfield quickly tied the game. From there the teams traded leads. With the score again tied, now at 7-7, the soft cap went into effect. Creek scored the next point and won the game.

Creek went on to defeat Arvada West 9-3 and then beat Grandview 8-6 in the tournament final. The loss in the final game was Grandview's only loss the entire weekend.

Grandview (5-0) was the only one of the four teams receiving byes - Broomfield, East (4-1), and Jeffco (4-1) were the other teams with byes - to win its quarterfinal game. East lost 6-7 in a hard-capped game against Lakewood. (Lakewood, like East, had gone 4-1 in pool play.) Jeffco was upset by Arvada West. Arvada had a 1-3 record on Satuday. Arvada's only win was a 13-12 squeaker over DU.

Distance contest winners:

(If you took photos, we'd love to post them!)

Sunday

Sunday: The four top teams in pool play got byes into quarters on Sunday. Scores are on the UPA's Invite page.

First Round

Colorado Acad W v. Fairview L
Lakewood W v. Monarch L
A-West W v. Silver Creek L
Creek W v. DU L

Quarters

Grandview W v. Colo Acad L
Lakewood W v. East L (photos)
A-West W v. Jeffco L
Creek W v. Broomfield L

Semis

Grandview W v. Lakewood L
Creek W v. A-West L

Final

Creek W v. Grandview L

Consolation

First Round

Fairview W v. Monarch L
DU W v. Silver Creek L

Second Round

Fairview & Monarch W v. DU & Arapahoe L

Saturday

Scores are on the UPA's Invite page. Grandview (5-0), East (4-1), Broomfield (4-1), Jeffco (4-1), and Lakewood (4-1) had the best records. (East's photos)

Pool A

Creek
East
Grandview
Colorado Academy
Silver Creek
Monarch

Pool B

Lakewood
Broomfield
Jeffco
A-West
Fairview
DU

Seeding

With input from coaches and from the UPA's RRI, here are the seedings:

1. Creek
2. Lakewood
3. Broomfield
4. East
5. Grandview
6. Jeffco
7. A-west
8. CA
9. Fairview
10. Silver Creek
11. DU
12. Monarch

For more information: Derek Gottlieb, gottliebderek at hotmail dot com