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Mac Flatball headed for an early morning showdown on Sunday morning with Rouse High School. After splitting four games the day before, the Mac attack faced a simple proposition: win or go home.

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Junior Hayden Stone waits for junior Jack Switzer to meet him with high five at the state competition. Photo taken by Conrad Stoll/ UltiPhotos.com.

Three straight wins, and the team would finish tied for second place at the 2017 Texas Ultimate Championships in Round Rock. In that first game, Mac dispatched Rouse, 13-2, to advance to the semifinals in its bracket. Awaiting Mac in the semis was Coppell High, the team that eliminated Mac the year before.

This year, however, it would be different, as Mac avenged last year’s loss, 13-6, to advance to May 14th final match.

In the final, the team faced an old friend and foe, Austin High, the team Stone identified as Mac Flatball’s No. 1 rival in the last issue of the Shield.

SFA had the early momentum, and then Calvin Moore threw the disc, and freshman Bryn Lewis made an unbelievable catch after the disc caromed after a Maroon defender’s leg. The reception led to a Mac Flatball score; junior Will Loewen called it the play of the tournament.

“Everyone was so hype after [Lewis’s catch], and that’s when things got rolling,” Loewen said.
Mac defeated SFA, 11-7, to clinch a second-place finish in a tie with Lake Travis, who defeated Mac by a mere point the day before. The only other team to beat Mac Flatball in seven games was Marcus, the team that won the tournament.

“We wanted to win state,” Stone said, “but Marcus had a really good team this year, and we
played well all weekend, so finishing second out of 20-plus teams was a victory for us.”

Stone said that he was very proud of the team for overcoming adversity on Saturday and bouncing back with some wins on Sunday.

“ We improved on our seed coming into the tournament, seventh to second, and we showed a lot of promise for next season,” Stone said. “Also, we finished highest out of all Austin teams in the tournament.”

—with reporting by Maddie Doran, photos by Gina Akin, Sylvia Zamora and Conrad Stoll/UltiPhotos.com 

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    online educationMay 21, 2017 at 9:03 pm

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