February 13-15:
Atlantis at Las Vegas Invitational
Men, Women, Boys,
Girls
(Atlantis
tournament #148)
Emil Signes
MARCH 3, 2015 (rev. March 10, 2015) - 11 PM
10-WU16-HENRICH Emily runs-DB pic
15-year old Emily Henrich running in a try for
the Atlantis U-16 Girls
The U-16 Division was cancelled, so they played in the Senior HS
Division
There they were 4-2 and the tournament "over-achievers" (Photo
by Dave Barpal)
10-BU16-NOBLE DMontae
steps-DB pic.jpg
D'Montae Noble was the MVP of the Boys U-19 Open (AKA HS)
Division;
Atlantis won the championship
Note: there are 3 Appendices to this report. Appendix 1 is a roster
of all 118 Atlantis players in the tournament, along with
relevant information. The players from all 10 squads are
listed. The squad numbers are a continuation of
a nearly 30-year list of squads beginning with Squad 1, the
first Atlantis team, runners-up at the 1986 Harvard Sevens.
Marcus Maffei, a coach to the Boys U-16, was a member of
Atlantis Squad 1 and is Atlantis player #6.
Appendix 2 lists scores
of every game Atlantis played at LVI, 55 of them. Appendix 3 lists links to
game videos that were taken and provided to us; the majority
of the games.
Atlantis had a lot of firsts to be proud of at the 2015 Las Vegas
Invitational tournament: the first time we fielded 10 squads, the
first U-16 teams, and the first LVI championship. With a
combined record of 34-21 we upped our nearly 29-year record to
772-333-11. As the self-appointed "Emperor" of Atlantis I
gathered a bunch of fabulous coaches and let them pick their
players and staff, and watched them as a fan.
We fielded 118 distinct players, 87 of them making their first
Atlantis appearance. Surprisingly, there were no "long time"
Atlanteans on any of the squads; Lauren Rhode, Atlantis #898,
having served the longest. But her first appearance came only 2
1/2 years ago at a local tournament in Bethlehem, PA.
Atlantis'
prolific participation needs to be understood within the
enormity of the entire LVI enterprise: the Las Vegas
Invitational Tournament comprised 20 distinct divisions with 270
teams (and therefore approximately 4500 players and probably
more than 1000 staff). Nearly 600 games - 593 to be exact
(including 51 15-a-side games) - were officiated by 120
different referees. They were played on 22 fields at 3
locations: both the Silver Bowl and Star Nursery fields were
within a short distance of Sam Boyd Stadium, but the third set,
at Heritage Park, was about a 20-minute drive.
Organizing the USA Sevens international tournament had to be a
walk in the park compared to this. Kudos to Jon Hinkin for
not only organizing all of the week's activities, but putting up
with a zillion inquiries regarding just about everything to do
with the tournament. I know because I think I asked half
of them. Well done, Jon!
Overall
Atlantis staff were Biddy Boyle, General Manager, and Dan
Currie, Event Manager, and I, as self-appointed Atlantis
Emperor. Dan organized our group dinner Thursday night;
Biddy and I traveled back and forth during the entire
tournament trying to keep tabs on everything that was going on
at all sets of fields. Atlantis played on 12 different fields
spread out among all 3 locations.
If you only had one team - or possibly a couple depending on
where they played - you could set up camp and hang out all
day. For us, mostly it was impossible to travel without
missing a game; often there were 3 or 4 of our teams playing
at the same time, on only a very rare occasion two at the same
time where it was possible to glance at one game then another
while standing in one place. And of course all fields
were backed up a different amount of time so scheduling what
to watch when was tough.
I knew all our teams were in capable hands and that I didn't
need to be there. But I wanted to be there; I wish I
could have seen all of them play all of their games... In the
end I probably saw at least part of more than 20 of the 55
games.
Everyone at
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Atlantis players and staff at our
dinner at Circus Circus Thursday evening February 12, 2015
Atlantis
Squad 210: Elite Men
Coach: Chris Ryan
Coach: Julie McCoy
Manager & Video: Bjorn Haglid
Trainer: Sean Borman
1-Men
Elite-LV2015-02.jpg
Atlantis Elite Men, Las Vegas
Invitational 2015
Front 2 rows: Beet McKinnon,
Massage Therapist and Sean Borman, Trainer, directly behind
Beet; Chris Ryan, Coach, Bjorn Haglid, Manager and Videographer;
Jules McCoy, Coach; Ty Elkins, behind Jules; Martwain Johnston,
Luke Markovich, Emil Signes, Emperor; Mitch Vannoy, behind Emil
Back 2 rows: Jim Rosato,
back left; Kris Raso; Bruce Dolan, Chris Schade (behind
Martwain), Glenn Thommes (behind Chris Schade); Chris Mattina,
Chris Frazier (behind Chris Mattina), Chance Hugh (behind Mitch)
Brief blurb on the team here.
Click on Atlantis
Elite Men at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Atlantis Squad 211: Men
Aces
Coach/Manager: Tom Feury
Coach: Omar Rivera
Staff
Photographer: KJ Feury (or just U-19?)
Videographer: Craig Chapman
2-Men Aces LV2015-02.jpg
Top Row: Omar Rivera (Coach),
Daniel Heisterkamp, Connor Mariani, Daniel Metcalf, Greg Voigt,
Ben Janssen, Brandon Solomon
Bottom Row: Joe Kelly, Demetrius Durham, Chris Saint, Blaze
Feury, Dom DeFalco, Mike Eife, Tom Feury (Coach/Manager)
Atlantis Squad 212: Elite
Women
Coach: Dana Creager
Stephie-Jo Edwards, Lady Everything Else **
Atlantis Elite Women, Las Vegas
Invitational 2015
Top, L to R: Josie Ziluca, Jess
Wooden, Lauren Rhode, CJ Hildreth, Ashley Perry, Elizabeth Rose,
Hannah Gauthreaux, Dana Creager (Coach), Emil Signes (Emperor)
Bottom, L to R: Cynthia Wright,
Stephie-Jo Edwards (Lady Everything Else **), Amanda Street (?),
Bria Bohanon, Kimber Rozier, Hunter Griendling
** The extent of Stephie Jo's roles reminds me of Pooh Bah (his
titles, not his attitude) in Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado
(don't know him? look it up)
(partial Stephie Jo duties = Manager, Videographer, Massage
Therapist, Van Driver, ...)
The team was composed mostly of
Atlantis Alumnae from the Mid-Atlantic area, although the
South, Midwest and Califonia were also represented. 4 were
participants in the ARPTC TM
residency program run by Julie McCoy.
Click on Atlantis
Elite Women at Las Vegas 2015 for a more
detailed description.
Atlantis
Squad 213: Women Open
Coach/Manager: Laura
Cabrera
Coach/Manager: Kate Turpin
4-Women
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Atlantis Women: Open
Division, Las Vegas Invitational 2015
Top
Row: Laura Cabrera (Coach), Kayla Cook, Abby Vogel,
Emily Azevedo, Rosie Russell, Kate Turpin (Coach), Brianna
Kim
Middle
Row: Meredith Nelson, Sky Knight, Amy Naber, Steph
Goetz, Rosa Valdes, Irene Gardner
Bottom:
Jess Lewis
Atlantis Squad 214: Boys
U-19 Elite
Manager: Stacy Foley
Coach: Jack Foley
Coach: Keith McLean
Staff Photographer: KJ Feury
Video: Stacy?
Top, L to R:
Keith McLean (Coach), Aedan Mangan, Alex Galantino, Chris Minor,
Connor Cassidy, Jimmy Ronan, Rob Iremescu, Jack Foley (Coach)
Bottom, L to R: Frank
Osterman, Jack McLean, Mike "Chicken" Dabulas, Jayden Demmy,
D'Montae Noble**, Royaal Jones.
Missing:
Stacy Foley, Manager (who took the picture)
(**D'Montae was added to complete
the short roster for the last day only; his HS squad finished
play the previous day.)
Brief blurb on the team here.
Click
on Atlantis
Boys U-19 at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Atlantis Squad 215: Boys
High School Champions
Manager: Matt Estes
Coach: Paul Sheehy
Coach: Rob Skalka
Top, L to R: Paul Sheehy
(Coach), Patrick Sheehy, James Lyons, Patrick Hesse, Bailey
Ogilvie, Aiden Perrenoud, Rob Skalka (Coach), Biddy Boyle
(Atlantis General Manager)
2nd row L- R: David Canonse, Aaron Gray, Joey Freeman,
D’montae Noble, Jacob Estes, Emil Signes (Emperor)
Front Row L-R: Joe Wilkins and Chris Marcelin. Manager
Matt Estes not in photo.
Picture taken following their championship win.
Brief blurb on the team here.
Click
on Atlantis
Boys HS at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Atlantis Squad 216: Boys
U-16
Manager and Coach: Greg Schor
Coach: Marcus Maffei
Coach: Lance Connolly
Videographer: Nassar Borai
7-Boys
U16-LV15.jpg
L to R:
Mike Weir, Lance Connolly (Coach), Chris Bortuzzo, Marcus Maffei
(Coach), Dan Bark, Adam Borai, Ashton McGovern, Garrett Lyons,
Ian Kilcullen, Chase Schor Haskin, Nick Aumann, Noah Geltman,
Dan Brown, Greg Schor (Head Coach)
Brief blurb on the team here.
Click
on Atlantis
Boys U-16 at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Atlantis Squad 217: Girls U-19 Elite
Atlantis Squad 218: Girls
High School
Manager
& Video: Mackenzie Lewis
Coach: Karl Barth
Coach: Billy Nicholas
8&9-Girls
U19&HS-LV15.jpg
Standing: Karl Barth (coach), Melanie Marotta, Dana
Alimena, Molly Polendey, Jojo/Johanna Pasutin, Grace Kiraly,
Nika Paogofie-Buyten, Mackenzie Lewis (manager), Catie Sands,
Ifeoma Agali, Kaleina Paula , Rob Courtney (trainer), Rachel
Fitch, Billy Nicholas (coach)
Kneeling: Mele Tausinga, Lia Hoyte, Meg Rose, Jodi Losch,
Sophie Pyrz, Loren Roundtree, Annakaren Pedraza, Ariana Lewis,
Seated: Nene Persinger, Malieti Haungatau, Maryjane
Pasioles
Brief blurb on the team here.
Click
on Atlantis
Girls U-19 at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Click
on Atlantis
Girls HS at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
Atlantis Squad 219: Girls
U16
Manager: Lisa Henrich
Coach: Ryszard Chadwick
Offsite Manager & Coach: Stacy
Mancuso
Videographer: Mark Nagie
Top, L to R:
Lisa Huff Henrich (manager), Jess Nagie, Alex DiMarco, Elizabeth
Wilson, Emily Henrich, Allie Mennella, Malery Billingly, Ryszard
Chadwick (coach)
Bottom, L to R: Erin Scott-Williams, Alie Ramage, Jordan
Cowan, Giovanna Ferguson, Megan Bird, Maya Grassi
Brief blurb on the team
here.
Click
on Atlantis
Girls U-16 at Las Vegas 2015 for a more detailed
description.
STAFF - include paragraph
-- Add
staff and staff numbers.--
SCHEDULE
Briefly mention selection & schedule (Emperor picked coaches;
coaches picked their staff and team, and staff decided the
schedule of their team's events.
SQUAD MAKEUP,
OTHER BRIEF COMMENTS
Note geographical makeup of different squads
Summarize
Dates of events (each squad)
Just about all participants were housed in the tournament hotel,
the Riviera. (Say something about Riviera?)
There was only one event which all participants - players and
staff - were asked to attend; several parents attended as well.
This was an Atlantis Squads Dinner at Circus Circus, a large hotel
across the street from the Riviera, on Thursday evening.
Great event >100 players! plus staff etc and parents ...
I've included the largest-ever Atlantis team picture; other
pictures from the event may be found below.
(find pix!)
Activities - brief sentence, then include under each team's
writeup. (e.g. U16 met Bokke - show clip, one of them born in
Jo-burg ... )
Games --
Show some action pix - mention championships, finals U-16 girls
accomplishments, also boys U-16- briefly; leave most to individual
team section.
Links:
Each team
Each appendix
