Y42 Ravenclaw Try-Outs

Sawyer Carnahan

Sawyer Carnahan

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Kris
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Interested in Somebody
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12 Inch Whippy Holly Wand with Mermaid Scale Core
Age
06/2040 (21)
Sawyer would be the first to admit Ravenclaw hadn't exactly had the smoothest season last year with every game lost without a single point scored but at least it meant they couldn't exactly get any worse, right? He wasn't expecting any miracles for his last year as captain but the team had been a haven for him when he'd been lonely during his early years at school and he still wanted to leave it in good form once he actually graduated. Maybe at the very least win a single game. Reasonable expectations.

He shifted back and forth where he was standing in front of the gathering players, giving them a tight smile as he rechecked the equipment and a few assorted school brooms he'd pulled out from the gear shed. "Right, uh, okay guys. I'm Sawyer, Ravenclaw captain, hello, let's go ahead and get started," he said, clapping his hands together to try and get the players' attention. "Returning players go ahead and get warmed up and then do what you can to work with those trying out. I want to see how we all work as a team to find a good fit," he said, moving to stand by the box holding the game balls. "For new players and anyone trying out, go ahead and give your name and the position you're trying out for before joining us in the air. Cool? Cool," Sawyer finished with a nod, releasing the balls and throwing up the quaffle so they could get going.

Chaser@Branson Archer
Chaser@Niklaus Eliot Easterling
Chaser@Xiuying Huang
Beater@Sutton Spencer
BeaterAVAILABLE
KeeperSawyer Carnahan
Seeker@Hamish Reid
AlternatesAVAILABLE

OOCOut of Character:

Welcome to Ravenclaw tryouts!
  • Returning team members must post an attendance post to retain their spots.
  • New members or returning alternates please have your char state their name and desired position before posting your tryout RP
  • First years interested in trying out require captain's permission to post so please PM me for more information
  • Any other questions, please feel free to PM me!
Good luck!
 
Sefina waved at Sawyer sheepishly as she arrived to the pitch. By some miracle, her parents hadn't figured out a way to keep her from playing on the Quidditch team. Her grades were still atrocious. Getting back on her broom was the only thing she was looking forward to with returning to school. She wanted to learn what she was interested in on her own time.

"Sefina Drage, trying out for seeker again," she announced as she swung her leg over her broom. It felt silly announcing it. Hopefully, she could secure her previous spot as an alternate, since Hamish was pretty much guaranteed the spot. Any excuse she had to chase the snitch was enough for her- she didn't need the title.

Kicking off from the grass, she searched the pitch, dodging to avoid bludgers that were sent her way. She tried to steer away from the chasers when she could, since she didn't want to interfere with their tryout. However, the universe had other plans, when she noticed the snitch hovering next to a chaser's ear.

Leaning into her broom, Sefina shot across the pitch like a bullet, closing the distance between her and the chaser. She managed to both catch the snitch and avoid sending the chaser to the hospital wing. Holding up the snitch for Sawyer to see, she then released it, hoping to catch it again. Really, she was just treating this as another practice.
 
Hamish had enjoyed his time at home. The castle was just always a bit much. He was still determined though to keep his place on the Quidditch team. He showed up to try-outs, smiling at Sawyer. He took to the air, grabbing the snitch a few times just to keep on top of his game, and hoping the snitch wasn't so elusive again this season.
 
Michael had enjoyed Quidditch. He thought. The one game he'd played had ended by the time he'd got in the air, but at least training was fun. Though he wasn't sure he wanted to keep playing chaser. Either he was bad at it or Sawyer was too good a keeper. Either way, he wanted to try something a bit different this time. So he'd been practicing with a cricket bat over the holidays, trying to work on his batting. Which was totally different to playing beater, but at least it helped.

"Hey," he started, still getting used to his voice being a bit more off. "Michael Watson, uh, I'll play anything," he admitted - he was still new enough to be flexible and he was growing a bit more to change his movements - "but I'll try out as beater." He gave Sawyer a wry smile as he mounted up. At least if he could take out the opposition seekers they'd have better odds of winning, too. It took him a few attempts to get into the groove, swinging and missing a couple of bludgers, getting hit by one or two, but soon enough he got in the feel of it, having more success and hitting one or two other players (as much as he attempted to keep bludgers away from the seekers, he might've hit one instead). His arms ached by the end of the tryouts, but he felt pretty good about it.
 
Valeria enjoyed many many parts of Hogwarts but the team sports was one of the things she liked most. It was something to do and with other people. It was always fun and she enjoyed sitting on the bench with none of the pressure of an actual game. She arrived at the quidditch pitch for the try-outs for the third year in a row. She knew exactly how this went and was glad to see Sawyer was still the captain. She knew most of the other players but she was a little friendlier with him...just a bit. And perhaps that was all one sided. She waited till he finished and then stepped forward, giving a bright smile. "Valeria, beater," she didn't need to say again, she was sure he knew.

Valeria got up onto her broom and shot up into the air. She had her beaters bat and began immediately getting to work. She'd never been in a game but she had some experience of it. Some experience of being on a team, she could manage this just fine. She had played wuidditch. Her flying was smoother than the year before, the practices and the practicing had made her better at it. She was quicker and more confident. She swung her beaters bat with more precision, but she wasn't always hitting things. SOmetimes she was on target and the bludger then was also but more times she was on target and the bludger went in the wrong direction, but she managed to hit a couple of people over the try-out. Eventually the try-out was ended and Val really just hoped she'd done enough to stay an alternate. ​
 
Branson arrived at the quidditch pitch and was ready. He was ready for another season and was very very hopeful that they might just manage to win it. He got on his broom when instructed, taking to the air to get in the necessary practice as others tried out.
 
Xiuying was always excited when it came to Quidditch. She loved Quidditch and couldn't wait for another year of it. She walked onto the pitch, listening to what the captain was saying before taking off on her broom, and practised for a bit. She also tried to help out with any possible new teammates.
 
Rory had always felt like he was cursed with high expectations when it came to him playing Quidditch. Both his parents had played at various points during their school careers so the first time he picked up a broom it was assumed he would be good. He had been far from natural but he had managed to work hard to become not only competent but confident enough in his own abilities to try out for the house team. There weren't many open spots but with a few players graduating soon he figured it would be a good opportunity to get an alternate spot and work his way up.

he made his way out onto the pitch and clutched one of the school brooms while he waited for the tryouts to begin. He hadn't wanted a broom of his own as it felt too much like jinxing his chances. When it was his turn to step up Rory clutched his broom and stepped forward. "Rory Styx, trying out for Chaser," He walked past the captain and mounted his broom to begin his tryout. He had a problematic start having his first two goal attempts saved but he managed to settle his nerves and scored his remaining attempts, though his final shot was dangerously close to being saved. Rory returned to the ground and fell back in with the rest of the group until the tryout was over.
 
Sutton had realized how rough of a season they had had previously. She hoped this year would be a little more, well competitive. She was going to try harder than ever, hopefully getting the hang of her beater position more. She would at least try not to squeak every time she hit the bludger. Now that would be progress. The young Ravenclaw girl entered onto the Quidditch Pitch, smiling as she saw Sawyer again as the captain. She was excited to see who else would be trying out to join their team. Sutton listened to the small speech before mounting her broom and starting to warm up, keeping an eye on those who were trying out.
 
OOCOut of Character:
Heads up! Tryouts will be closing in approx 48 hours! First years, please PM me if you're interested in trying out.
 
Lilly wasn't sure why she was doing this. She did like thee flying lessons the school had provided, but she was way too shy to talk to anyone of the team about joining. Over the break she had decided to open up more and seek out new people to meet and make friends with. Lilly shrugged and walked over to the pitch. ''Lillian trying out for beater or something'' She muttered not very loudly. She hadn't exactly decided on the position, she wasn't very good at chasing, but beating and keeping were both fine.

She had a broom from the broom cupboard and went into the air. Since she had said she wanted to try out for beater she borrowed a tattered old beaters bat from someone and went into the pit to protect the seekers that were trying out and to make sure that others were hit by a bludger. She wacked some of them away and managed to even get a couple of hits in. She wasn't the best or fastest, but she wasn't the worst either. She smiled and hoped by making the team she would also make some new friends.
 
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