Acappella is a summer club team with strong Maple Grove ties. The newly renamed club ultimate frisbee team was established in 2012 from the remnants of Banana Slugs Ultimate. They made great strides in 2013 bringing together a young core group of players from Winona State and St. Mary's. This season they have returned more organized and motivated than ever before. This season they've added four former Crimsanity players and added several of the top players from Mankato's Blue Skunks.
Mark Waananen was the first player of Maple Grove origins and has been heavily involved with the organization. He recruited former Captain DJ Rekstad who played with Acappella twice last season. This year began with Mark already on the team. DJ signed in early March and Nate Haines and Zach Benton signed a week later. Cullen Garves was the fourth former Crimsanity player who signed in late March. Zach and Nate were both recruited by Mark, Cullen by his Mankato teammates that had signed on earlier, and DJ made a statement by signing his older cousin Dirk Meyer to the team. Dirk has been a participant in several MGDC events, played two years in the Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association (MUFA), and will bring elite athleticism and speed to the team.
Apart from the Maple Grove signings, Acappella extended its reach by securing top players from Mankato's Blue Skunks. Headlining the Blue Skunks signings include Rosey, Hobbs and Cole. This team has brought back a core group of Experience-Winona State's Ultimate Team-players that have improved and developed another year's worth of games and chemistry. Besides the core Winona State Players, Acappella has brought in a second college pipeline in Mankato, a high school pipeline in Maple Grove, and possibly another in Minnesota's Ugly Duckling squad. Acappella rival Shinigami was the past team of choice for the Ugly Ducks, but they will not be returning for the 2014 season.
This team is very young and appears to have the talent needed to be a decent sectionals participant.
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