The exciting Quidditch season continues, this time with Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff. The match was rather short lived. Gryffindor fought hard; both chasers Chloe Thompson and Noel Waldgrave scored against Hufflepuff. Their beaters were on fire as well. Lysander Summers hit both seeker Elliot Briar and chaser Jordan ‘Jordie’ Harris.
Hufflepuff, however, didn’t go down without a fight. Beater Tilly Drage hit Fylnn North. Chaser Rene Tolifau scored the only goal for Hufflepuff that day; elder brother and Gryffindor Chaser Solomon ‘Sully’ Tolifau must be proud. Jordan took the quaffle next, managing to keep hold of it despite Lysanders’ valiant effort to take him out as he approached the hoops. Before Jordie could recover to attempt a shot, Seeker Elliot Briar took a sudden turn, most likely following the path of the bludger that had flown past him. He flew after it and secured both the snitch and the win for his team. The match may have been short, but it was exciting.
The next game was Ravenclaw versus Slytherin. The game started off surprising, with a kiss between captains Lars Van Houten and Blake Irons. Certainly unexpected, though I personally thought it was a little sweet. Once the teams were in the air, Slytherin Chaser Jasper Night took hold of the quaffle. The skilled chaser took on keeper and captain Lars Van Houten and managed to score the only goal of the game.
Ravenclaw wasn’t silent for this match, however, as the Ravenclaw Beater Juniper Zumwalt hit both Jasper Night and the Slytherin Keeper, Mordred Cavanaugh. Of course the reigning champion Blake Irons caught the snitch with ease, ending the game before Ravenclaw could score a single point.
The champions bout between Slytherin and Ilvermorny was definitely exciting! So much happened. The Ilvermorny team was hardly dull. The best chasers on the field today were foreigner Lucas Ames, who scored five of his eight shots, while Slytherin Jasper Night scored four of his six shots. As far as beaters go, the Ilvermorny team were certainly more skilled. Aj Ari especially stole the show. With a total of ten hits, Aj singlehandedly took out star seeker Blake Irons and chaser Indira Khatri.
His co-beater, and one of the co-captains, Eli Carter, proved to be almost as deadly. He scored eight hits, though two were against his own teammates, with one hit to Lucas Ames and one to keeper and co-captain Adam Everett. Everett certainly held quite the personality. He openly mocked chasers that failed to score, despite his poor performance of only catching three of the eight goals thrown at him. Slytherin keeper Mordred Cavanaugh held a better rating, catching 6 of the thirteen shots thrown to him. While Mordred caught just under half of the shots thrown to him, Everett barely blocked ⅜ of his goals, screaming like a petulant child at his seeker and his beaters, once to try and set them onto chaser Jasper Night and again to scold Carter for hitting him.
Despite Ari’s and Ames’ outstanding performances, outmatching both our chasers and beaters, Slytherin took home the cup. After Ari took out star seeker Blake Irons and alternate seeker Ruben Right was taken out by two hits from Carter and the final blow that came from Ari, Jasper Night took a hit from both beaters before catching the snitch and securing the win for Slytherin. With a captain like Everett tearing down such a formidable team, is it really any surprise Seeker Hope Thompson didn’t catch the snitch?
Perhaps the Ilvermorny team will return under better leadership to take on the Hogwarts champions. Will Ruben Right be able to uphold the mantle of Blake Irons and secure the Slytherin championship next year? Or will Ravenclaw seeker Minnie Calida take the field by storm in her final year? Will Flynn North emerge as the new champion? Or will Hufflepuff Linden Cullen return to take Elliots place and elevate the Puffs to victory?
