Twenty three Flying Horsecows invaded Club Sectionals held at Cincinnati last weekend.

Oberlin ultimate went 3-3 over the two-day tournament and turned in some good performances and crazy cheers.

"Our cheers were amazing," Fedota said. "They employed the Potato Cannon. Our cheers worked so much ass, we had to tuck our shirts in."

According to junior John Fedota the potato cannon propels potatoes approximately five stories in the air using PVC piping, AquaNet and fire. It is a weapon so dangerous that the team only trusts co-captain seniors Jim Woodroffe and Nachie Castro to use it. Woodroffe invented the cannon some time last year.

As all ultimate groupies know, after each game both teams perform cheers, which can be just as important to team morale as a victory, especially after being slaughtered by a bunch of thirty year-old club frisbee players.

Saturday, in the first-game the Horsecows whipped Miami of Ohio University 13-5, before falling 13-2 by a powerful North Coast Club team from Cleveland. According to fifth-year Matt "Brady" Messeinhelder, the veterans put in a valiant effort in the loss.

The next two games were confidence builders for the Cows. The team held off Tutti from Cincinnati, 13-8 and destroyed Dayton University 13-4.

Against Dayton, first-year Andy Thumper had the layout of the day. He laid out a good 10-15 feet in the air over his opponent's shoulder.

"It was the sweetest air," Fedota said. "He was a 746, not quite a 747. The ground shook beneath him."

In the last game of the day the team fell to Black Lung, a club team from Kentucky, 13-8. Oberlin showed a lot of good stuff in the game. "We gave them a game they weren't expecting," Meisenhelder said.

Sunday, a smaller Oberlin team took on Thumper, a club team from Columbus. Many Cows left after Saturday's games to do some homework. The depleted team was stultified on offense, but showed some stuff on defense.

Fedota summed up the tournament experience, "The veterans showed that we didn't lose that much from last year and none of the first-years did anything stupid."