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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 7A Quidditch Tournament turns magical game into serious sport ed one bit,” B’Shalom said. In the books the snitch is a little golden ball charmed to speed around the playing area until one of the teams’ seekers manages to catch it. In real-life quidditch, the snitch - worth 30 points - is a ball stuffed into a sock stuck to the back of a neu- tral player’s shorts. The per- son playing the snitch comes onto the pitch 18 minutes into the game, running from and grappling with the seekers. Once the snitch is caught, the game is over. The team with the most points wins. Nothing about quidditch is particularly whimsical. There are no wands, no cloaks, no Patronus spells cast on the Jamie Hale/The Oregonian pitch. This is a rough-and- The Portland Augureys play the Western Washington Wyverns at the first Portland Quid- tumble sport, one that man- ditch Tournament at the 53rd Avenue Community Park in Hillsboro, on Dec. 5. dates use of mouth guards and banned wooden broom- Students at Middlebury always thinking in the back ter,” but it runs by the same sticks after they began to &ROOHJH LQ 9HUPRQW ¿UVW of your mind, ‘I’m playing basic rules. shatter in play. People walk brought the game to life in quidditch, this is so cool.”’ Players known as chas- away bloodied, bludgeoned 2005. By 2010, U.S. Quid- Still, there’s a smidgen ers score points by tossing and itching for more. ditch became a formal orga- of disappointment knowing the primary game ball, the The uninitiated have a nization, today standardizing this isn’t authentic quidditch TXDIÀHWKURXJKRQHRIWKUHH tendency to smirk, Augurey rules for the nearly 200 rec- - that the players aren’t ac- hoops on the opponent’s end player Jeff Chatteron said, ognized teams nationwide. WXDOO\ PDJLFDO EHLQJV À\LQJ RIWKH¿HOG'HIHQGHUVFDOOHG asking if quidditch is some- The teams are made up of through the air on enchanted beaters, can stop their prog- thing like Harry Potter cos- players young and old, fans brooms. But once you pull ress by nailing them with one play. of the series and folks who your head out of the “Harry of two red rubber balls, called “We’re like, ‘no, no, think simply enjoy playing the Potter” universe, this Muggle bludgers. Each goal gets you rugby,”’ he said. “Think rug- game. version of the sport becomes 10 points, but the real points by but cooler.” “Part of the point of hav- a real treat. come with catching the gold- Ruggers might take of- LQJ TXLGGLWFK LQ WKH ¿UVW The game deviates a bit en snitch. fense, but the man has a place was capturing the mag- from the way witches and “The sporting aspect (of point. Put quidditch on the ic,” B’Shalom said. “You’re wizards play it in “Harry Pot- quidditch) can’t be understat- ground, and it really does By JAMIE HALE The Oregonian PORTLAND — “The ¿UVW WKLQJ SHRSOH XVXDO- O\ DVN LV DERXW WKH À\LQJ´ Benji B’Shalom, captain of the Portland Augureys, ex- plained. As in, do the broom- sticks stuck between every DWKOHWH¶V OHJV UHDOO\ À\" ,V WKHUHUHDOO\PDJLFLQYROYHG" +LV DQVZHU" 1R VDGO\ WKHUH LV QR À\LQJ QR PDJLF no Harry Potter in real-life quidditch. “People come out the ¿UVWWLPHDQGXVXDOO\WKH\¶UH looking for that novelty,” he said. Once the novelty wears off they start to really play the game - that’s when the real magic happens. The Portland Augureys DQG¿YHRWKHUWHDPVFRPSHW- ed - “broomsticks” and all - at the Portland Quidditch Tournament in Hillsboro, the DUHD¶V ¿UVW RI¿FLDOO\ UHFRJ- nized quidditch competition. If you’re not familiar with J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Pot- ter” series, you might not know much about quidditch, a magical sport played by the witches and wizards who in- habit the author’s universe. Ever since the books became popular, fans have tried to make quidditch a reality, evolving it from college cam- pus novelty to serious sport over the last 10 years. Seaside hoop-shooters PoYe to distriFt ¿QaOs WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH-RUGDQ:HVWHU- KROPVHFRQGSODFH+D\GQ(GZDUGV SEASIDE — Seaside Elks Lodge No. 1748 WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH&DVK&RUG- held the local Hoop Shoot Contest Dec. 5 at HUVHFRQGSODFH/XNH7R\RRND Seaside High School. The participants were WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH-XVWLQ0RU- the top shooters from the previous week’s con- ULVVHFRQGSODFH-DFNVRQ%DVVHWW tests held at Broadway, Gearhart and Seaside The Elks Hoop Shoot provides a charac- Heights schools. The winners will now advance ter-building, competitive experience for youth to the District Contest on Feb. 6 in Toledo. as they learn the importance of respect and The local winners in the girls’ divisions are good sportsmanship. The program is free to all as follows: contestants, and the Seaside Lodge helps spon- WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH0LFNH\%ODFK sor contestants and their families at every lev- second place tie, Sayla Morris and Kiana el of competition. National winners will have Thornburg. their names inscribed in the Naismith Memo- WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH$EE\1RI- rial Basketball Hall of Fame, and two Nation- LHOGVHFRQGSODFH-RVO\Q5REHUWV al Champions will receive the Getty Powell WR\HDUVROG¿UVWSODFH(PHUVRQ Award for most baskets. /DQGZHKUVHFRQGSODFH(PPD0H\HU For information, go to www.elks.org/hoop- The winners in the boys’ divisions are: shoot or call 503-738-6651. The Daily Astorian resemble rugby, with play- ers running with and passing RIIWKHTXDIÀHEHIRUHJHWWLQJ slammed by either a bludger RUDQRSSRQHQWÀ\LQJWKURXJK the air. At the Portland tourna- ment two Augurey players received yellow cards for physical play, including one for a rough tackle that left an opposing Western Wash- ington Wyvern absolutely ÀRRUHG,QWUXWKWKDWEUXWDOL- ty is paying proper homage to Rowling’s creation - remem- ber that game of quidditch in “The Chamber of Secrets” when Harry broke his arm, WKHQORVWDOOKLVERQHV" Novelty sports don’t tend to live long, but quidditch might be serious enough to last longer than most. The Portland Augureys have practiced twice a week for the last two years. They travel to northern Washington, Idaho and California to compete. They had to pay big money to Hillsboro Parks and Rec- reation to keep the lights on RYHUWKH¿HOGDWWKH3RUWODQG tournament. They take it seriously, and plan on playing as long as there’s interest in the team. Recruitment has been up and down, but the Augureys ben- H¿W IURP WKH WUXH PDJLF RI real-life quidditch, B’Shalom said: “It turns nerds into ath- letes and athletes into nerds.” Fishermen wrestlers to host 4-way meet The Daily Astorian The Astoria wrestling team is set to host a four- way dual meet Wednesday, with the action set to start at 5 p.m.. Three Washington schools will take part, including Il- waco, Mark Morris and R.A. Long. The Fishermen will also be the home team for a Freshmen/Novice meet at 4 p.m. Friday, and will com- pete in the annual Wahkia- kum Tournament Saturday. The Fishermen are com- LQJRIIDWKLUGSODFHWHDP¿Q- ish at the Warrenton Tourna- PHQWODVW6DWXUGD\³WKH¿UVW time we earned a team trophy in quite a few years,” said coach Roy Sanchez. Astoria’s Tyler Ranta won the individual title at 132 pounds, while teammate Juan Jimenez placed second at 106 LQWKH¿UVWWRXUQDPHQWRIKLV career. Kaden Gilbert took sec- ond at 182 (losing to Knap- pa’s Andrew Goozee, the fourth-ranked wrestler at the 2A level). Devon Keiner added points with a tie for third at 220, where Bronson Holthu- VHQSODFHG¿IWKDQG$QGUHZ Poplin took fourth at 285. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 6:15 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 6:15 p.m. Boys Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 8 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 8 p.m.; Ilwaco at South Bend, 7 p.m. Swimming — Seaside at Scappoose, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball — C.S. Lewis at Jewell, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — C.S. 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