Round 2 of the 5-round Breeze/WAFC Middle School Clinic Series took place last Sunday at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Following a terrific first evening September 18 with 40 kids in attendance, Round 2 surpassed the opening night with almost 60 middle schoolers participating in the 2-hour session.
Breeze players Matt Kerrigan and Rowan McDonnell joined forces with elite women players from DC club teams Scandal and Grit Sunday night in Arlington, VA to launch the first session of the WAFC/Breeze Middle School Clinic Series. It was a tremendous start, as almost 40 kids aged 10-14 came out in perfect 80-degree weather to get instruction from some of the best ultimate talent the DC area has to offer.
Here are the Top 10 Breeze players in Receiving Productivity during the 2016 season. The list is led by runaway goals leader and 2nd Team All-AUDL honoree Jeff Wodatch, with last year’s goals champ Matt Kerrigan the clear runner-up.
The AUDL has announced the All-AUDL 2nd Team, 1st Team, and All-Defense Teams this week. As expected, the lists feature multiple members of Final Four teams. Champions Dallas Roughnecks lead the way with 4 entrants including 1st Team honoree Jimmy Mickle (pictured).
Breeze 2016 offensive leader Jeff Wodatch was named to the All-AUDL 2nd Team this week. Wodatch led the Breeze in goals and +/-, and was 2nd in assists and total points played while participating in all but one of the 16 games this season including both playoff games. He was a stalwart and top producer on an O-Line that scored 392 goals on the way to its best finish ever, with only an overtime road…
$5 clinic includes 2016 Breeze disc and a ticket to Breeze Opening Day 2017.
The DC Breeze and WAFC have partnered with YULA and elite players from the area’s best club teams to create a Middle School Clinic Series this Fall. Coaching instruction at the clinics will be performed by pros and other elite male and female players from around the region in the first series of its kind for the DC area.
Here are the Top 10 Breeze Players for Passing productivity during the 2016 season. To determine this list we considered several statistical categories along with the overall impact each player had on the game when the team had possession of the disc.
Three head-to-head games, two 1-point margins, one 2OT result, a 75-72 Breeze lead in overall goals scored, and a 2-1 win-loss advantage for the Rush. That was the regular season. And that 2-1 advantage was the difference between a home Division Title game for the Breeze and another brutal road game in Toronto.
Breeze Head Coach Alex Ghesquiere will lead top local women’s club team Scandal in a friendly against the traveling Women’s All-Star Ultimate Tour Monday night in Rockville.
Podcast host Greg Esser sits with Breeze veteran Glenn Poole to discuss the regular season, the two playoff games and season stats, and they speculate on the offseason and future of the Breeze.
