July 4-5, 1998: Atlantis at Cape Fear
(Atlantis tournament #65)
Emil Signes
JUNE 24, 2013
Note of June 2013: I was not at this
event, and have nothing written up on this tournament other
than rosters and overall Atlantis results. Atlantis
entered 3 sides (men's, men's senior, and women sides); the
men's team lost in the QF to Elvis at the Opry, the senior
men's VII lost in the QF to Charlotte (presumably in an O-30s
bracket), and the women lost in the final to the Maryland
Stingers. Bob Davis was the manager and the senior's
coach; John Redmond coached the men (and played for them), and
Pete Steinberg coached the women.
Note of July 2013: I found an email Pete Steinberg
sent me as a report on the women's team. As it's a hard
copy I can't copy and paste,
so I will abstract below. - Emil
Atlantis Rosters (Atlantis Number, Name,
Club)
Men's Open (2-1-1)
400 Todd Baker, Blackthorn
401 Steve Bryant, Atlanta
Renegades
402 Jack Foley, Philadelphia-Whitemarsh
174 Kevin Gallant, Fort Lauderdale
403 Pete Ireland, Frederick
355 Martin O'Donoghue, Maryland Exiles
404 Kenny Orndoff, Frederick
99 John Redmond, Maryland Exiles
304 Pete Steinberg, Penn
State
405 Eric Wick, Chareleston
Men's Senior (3-1)
406 Ryan Baines,
Life College
407 Chip Crain,
Pelicans (FL)
408 Gavin Curtis, Boca
Raton
409 Aaron
Decarrio, Atlanta
Renegades
361 Troy Flanagan, Life
College
410 Tim
Johnson, Johnson City
301 Mike
May, Atlanta Renegades
411
Bob McCarthy,
Charleston
412
Brian Schultz,
Pelicans (FL)
144
Larry Sims,
Pelicans (FL)
Women
(5-1)
331
Lisa Huff, Philadelphia
381 Amy
Knox, Hartford
413 Jess
Metrocavich, Maulie
Maguires,
Morris
334
Ronnie Petzinger,
Morris
309
Inés
Rodríguez-Redondo,
Philadelphia
326
Heather
Stevens,
Hartford
414
Trish
Talarico,
Maulie
Maguires
From
Pete Steinberg
re the women's
team: "We got to the final but ran out of gas. We only
had 7 players
for the
weekend ...
We had a lot
of speed but
no real
playmakers.
Looking at the
team I thought
our best ploy
was to play
pressure
defense and
try to spread
the ball wide
as early as
possible.
Here are the
scores:
24-0
Cape
Fear / Tries:
Trisha,
Ronnie,
Brandi,
Heather / 2
con Ines
42-0 Sunshine
Club / Tries:
Trisha,
Brandi, Lisa
2, Ines 2 / 6
con Ines
19-5
NOVA / Tries:
Heather,
Brandi, Amy /
2 con Ines
12-5 Tidewater / Tries:
Brandi, Ines /
con Ines
17-12 West
/ Tries:
Trisha, Ines,
Ronnie
"Not sure about the score
against the
Stingers.
Heather scored
a try and Ines
converted.
"The team played really well. Even in the final we had
the Stingers
under a lot of
pressure, but
the players
had played all
the games that
day and because
of the
pressure that
we put on the
opposition on
defense it was
pretty
draining.
With just a
player or 2 extra we
could have
been very
competitive in
the
final.
Against the
West the
pressure never
allowed them
to get into
their offense
and they got
their scores
from broken
play. Against the Stingers we never allowed them to settle, but
we only were
able to put
pressure with
one or two
players, while
before we had
pressure with
5 or 6.
...
"I
think the
weekend made
me think about
how to develop
playmakers....
"It
was
a good weekend
and I am very
proud to coach
a team that
showed such
guts for the
weekend.
They really
enjoyed the
weekend.
It was a pity
that they were
so shattered
in the final
but I think we
proved that
putting
pressure on
the ball and
then really fighting
for the ball
in the tackle
is a great way
to play.
Against the
West, we
struggled in
the scrums
and lineouts,
but we hit
them hard, got
to our feet
quickly and
fought
for the ball...."