2023 Discflect Challenge Results
- DATE: 9/9/2023
- LOCATION: North Tonawanda, NY
- LEVEL: Local tournament
- TD: Buffalo Discflect
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Professional Division
SANCTIONED
PRO: Top teams
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
EIGHT
Josh Greenauer & Charles Rizzo
RUNNERS-UP
STALLION SURVIVORS
Eric Klavoon & Jon Sandino
3RD PLACE
J TOWN GREASERS
Matt Zakraysek & Connor Brogan
The 6th and final tournament of the 2023 Discflect Tournament Series took place at a familiar location, West Canal County Park in North Tonawanda, NY. This was the site of the first four official Discflect World Championship tournaments from 1999-2002. The weather was comfortable, and while the wind wasn’t crazy, it definitely played a factor.
The Pro Division featured a couple of returning teams from years past. Each team played 10 Pool Play Games. The top two teams finished with the same record of 9-1. Having split their head-to-head games, their PPR rating (Points Per Round) against each other broke the tie, with Stallion Survivors (Eric Klavoon & Jon Sandino) landing the #1 seed. Josh Greenauer & Charles Rizzo (Eight), a team that already won the June tournament earlier in the season, took the #2 seed. They also led the pack with two perfect games, including one against E. Klavoon/Sandino that went to triple overtime. In another tie that also resulted in a split series, returning teams J Town Greasers (Matt Zakraysek & Connor Brogan) edged out Slackers (Jim Daugherty & Kim Klavoon) for 3rd place.
There were two Win Shots (both slots) in Pool Play, one by E. Klavoon and another by Chad Cowell. As a side note, there was another shot that just missed; in a game where Zakraysek/Brogan already got 21, Daugherty/K. Klavoon needed a Win Shot. K. Klavoon threw it into the slot, but the disc popped out the top of the goal.
With the top two teams getting a bye for the first round of the Bracket, the remaining teams played a best of 3 series in Round 1. Both series were 2-0 sweeps. Zakraysek/Brogan (#3) defeated Matt Lafferty & Trevor Trethewey (Laffewey, #6), which included one overtime game, and Chad Cowell & Evan Sardo (Sweaty Discs, #5) took down Daugherty/K. Klavoon (#4).
In the best of 5 Semi-Finals, E. Klavoon/Sandino (#1) continued their hot play sweeping Cowell/Sardo (#5) in three games, with two of the three decided in overtime. In the other matchup, Greenauer/Rizzo (#2) defeated Zakraysek/Brogan (#3) three games to one. In the 3rd Place tiebreaker game, Zakraysek/Brogan (#3) beat Cowell/Sardo (#5) by a score of 21-16 to finish 3rd Place overall.
With two teams left, this set the stage for the best of 7 Finals between the two top seeds, E. Klavoon/Sandino (#1) and Greenauer/Rizzo (#2). Greenauer/Rizzo started off strong, winning Game 1 with a perfect game to take a 1-0 lead. E. Klavoon/Sandino rebounded to tie the series with an overtime win in Game 2. Greenauer/Rizzo won the next two games, including another overtime win to take a 3-1 series lead. E. Klavoon/Sandino threw a perfect game of their own in Game 5 to bring the series to 3-2. In Game 6, the game went to overtime where Greenauer/Rizzo won to clinch the series 4-2.
In doing so, Greenauer/Rizzo won their second tournament of the 2023 season. For Rizzo, it is his 4th win of the season, having won two each with Josh Greenauer (Eight) and Ajay Cybulski (Young Guns). Rizzo was crowned the 2023 PDFA Discflect Tournament Series Champion, finishing #1 out of all Pro players.
PRO: Final Overall Standings
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| Rk | Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | P | Seed | GP | W | L | W% | PPR | PG | WS | SLOT | TOP | OT GP | OT W | OT L | OT W% | OT R | |||||||||
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| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 1 | Eight | Josh Greenauer | Charles Rizzo | 30 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 408 | 176 | 4.64 | 20.40 | 4.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 2 | Stallion Survivors | Eric Klavoon | Jon Sandino | 25 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 378 | 161 | 4.70 | 19.89 | 4.24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 3 | J Town Greasers | Matt Zakraysek | Connor Brogan | 20 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 312 | 178 | 3.51 | 18.35 | 5.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 4 | Sweaty Discs | Chad Cowell | Evan Sardo | 15 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 297 | 153 | 3.88 | 18.56 | 4.78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 5 | Slackers | Jim Daugherty | Kim Klavoon | 10 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 179 | 121 | 2.96 | 14.92 | 5.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | PRO | Overall | 6 | Laffewey | Matthew Lafferty | Trevor Trethewey | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 11 | .083 | 185 | 131 | 2.82 | 15.42 | 5.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 |
PRO: Bracket Seeds / Final Pool Results
AMATEUR-MODIFIED Division
Amateur Division
SANCTIONED
AM: Top teams
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
FLIP N JAMMERS
Sara Mills & Jen Mills
RUNNERS-UP
BIG MAC AND SMALL FRY
Jeffrey Wardhaugh & Joseph Wardhaugh
3RD PLACE
SCOOTY AND FUDGE
Adam Cole & Aaron Cole
In the Amateur division, Pool Play consisted of three games against each team.
Leading the pack was Flip n Jammers, consisting of Sara Mills & Jen Mills, a team that finished second place overall at the 2023 Amateur Discflect World Championship. They ended Pool Play with a record of 7-2 to secure the #1 seed. Making their return for the first time since the 2019 Discflect World Championship, Scooty and Fudge (Adam Cole & Aaron Cole) tied in record with newcomers, Big Mac and Small Fry (Jeffrey Wardhaugh & Joseph Wardhaugh). Adam Cole/Aaron Cole won their head-to-head matchup by winning two of the three games against Je. Wardhaugh/Jo. Wardhaugh to claim the #2 seed.
Moving into Bracket Play, Round 1 consisted of a best of 3 series. In the first matchup, S. Mills/J. Mills (#1) defeated another returning team from years past, Tim Klavoon & Karen Klavoon (#4, Senior Disc Count), two games to none. Meanhile, Je. Wardhaugh/Jo. Wardhaugh (#3) defeated Adam Cole/Aaron Cole (#2) to advance to the Amateur Finals.
In the 3rd Place game, Adam Cole/Aaron Cole (#2) defeated T. Klavoon/Ka. Klavoon (#4) to finish the tournament 3rd Place overall.
The Amateur best of 5 Finals ended up being a family matchup, with S. Mills/J. Mills (#1) going up against Je. Wardhaugh/Jo. Wardhaugh (#3). S. Mills/J. Mills won Game 1 to take an early 1-0 series lead. In Game 2, it went the distance to 8 rounds, where Je. Wardhaugh/Jo. Wardhaugh won in a close game by a score of 17-16 to tie the series up at 1-1. S. Mills/J. Mills then won the next game to take a 2-1 lead. With just one more win needed, S. Mills/J. Mills won again in Game 4 by a score of 21-13, clinching the series 3-1. For Sara & Jen Mills, it is their first Discflect tournament victory, ending with a 12-3 record and 2.44 PPR. They are the first ever all-female team to win an official, sanctioned discflect tournament.
AM: Final Overall Standings
| Rk | Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | P | Seed | GP | W | L | W% | PPR | PG | WS | SLOT | TOP | OT GP | OT W | OT L | OT W% | OT R | |||||||||
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| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | AM | Overall | 1 | Flip n Jammers | Jen Mills | Sara Mills | 20 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 273 | 224 | 2.44 | 18.20 | 7.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | AM | Overall | 2 | Big Mac and Small Fry | Jeffrey Wardhaugh | Joseph Wardhaugh | 15 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 223 | 231 | 1.93 | 14.87 | 7.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | AM | Overall | 3 | Scooty and Fudge | Aaron Cole | Adam Cole | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 168 | 192 | 1.75 | 14.00 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9/9/2023 | Discflect Challenge | AM | Overall | 4 | Senior Disc Count | Tim Klavoon | Karen Klavoon | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250 | 152 | 188 | 1.62 | 12.67 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
