It’s allready been a few weeks since, but its definitely worth writing a few words about it: exactly one month ago, the Freespeedies played and organized the second Junior Indoor Swiss Championships. Knowing that the team is narrowing the gap between the top 3 seeds with every practise, the juniors were eager to perform well and deliver a good show for the friends, parents and clubmembers who came to watch some games.
After a good first day with only one loss to the title defender (Disc Club Panthers, Bern), the Freespeedies earned themselves the easier quarterfinal against number 3 from the other pool. The plan on offense was to practise for the semifinals and try to work the disc safely into the endzone. The defensive plan was also considered a preparation for the semis. The Coach demanded tight man defence and quick switching from D to O, trying to score with one or two passes. The execution of the plan was almost perfect. The Freespeedies won their Quarters with the highest score of the tournament! Semis were against Crazy Whelps of Stans. Despite a much lower age average the Freespeedies fought hard and kept the game tight to the end. At the score 5:7 and less than one minute to play, the team took all the risk and went for the quick score to create the chance to play for the 7 all point. Blocked in the first attempt the team got the disc back quickly and immediately took another shot, unfortunately with no more success than the first one. After a hard fought game the Freespeedies lost their semis, but showed the „old“ guys what they should be afraid of in the next years and probably played one of their best games in the history of the Basel junior team.
The Game for 3rd place was against the former all-time finalist, the HiJackers from Kerns. In an intense game both teams put their best players on O and occasinally tried to get a break with their strong players on D. The game started with both teams scoring their points easily. Mid game a few individual mistakes and a dropped pull allowed the HiJackers to get some breaks. Not able to take the momentum into the last phase of the game, the HiJackers gave away a 6:4 lead in the last two minutes. The momentum on their side, Freespeedies played a last strong man D to get the block on the second pass. A few passes and a smooth dump swing combination finished the game in favour of the home team. For the first time, the Freespeedies beat one of the former top 3.