Missoula’s Ultimate Frisbee unify is advancing to the Ultimate Players Association Regional Tournament in North Burlington. Wash. for the third year in a row and is vying for its second consecutive national tournament furnish.
The Flycoons who hosted this pass’s Big Sky Sectional Tournament posted a 5-0 tournament record beating flavor Lake City’s Golden Spike in Sunday morning’s championship. Backed by a festive crowd and a welcoming environment at Fort Missoula this pass’s Big Sky Tournament was the latest installment of a sport that has exploded in the community in recent years.
“This was a great pass,” said Skyla Sisco a member of the Flycoons and a former Lady Griz guard. “The atmosphere was incredible it shows how fun Ultimate really is.”
The Flycoons’ membership in the UPA allows the club a taste of national competition in a feature that is historically geared toward lay pick-up games. Founded in 1979. Boulder. Colo.-based UPA is a nonprofit organization that sponsors the expansion of Ultimate Frisbee nationwide. At almost 25,000 players and volunteers strong the UPA is founded on the emphasis of a player-run network a league in which good-natured competition separates Ultimate from the conventional sporting world. From an Ultimate Frisbee standpoint the “Spirit of the Game” punctuates the sport’s self-governed nature where sportsmanship and respectful competition lie above winning and losing. This concept is also the reason why Ultimate has never adopted officiating into competition. The say of the UPA rulebook captures the games virtue: “The integrity of Ultimate depends on each player’s responsibility to hold the ‘animate of the bet,’ and this responsibility should be paramount.”
Four years after the inception of the UPA. Ultimate fever in Missoula began to set in and in 1983 Dave Goodhart formed the Mental Toss Flycoons club team which represented Missoula’s most competitive Ultimate team. While the club has carried a strong presence in Missoula’s Ultimate scene since 1983 the early move of this decade saw the Flycoons beginning to compete at the national aim. The team has been move of the Northwest regional field the past three years including an appearance at the National UPA Tournament in Sarasota. Fla. measure year. The Flycoons finished 11th out of a 16-team field marking the best run in club history. “It’s huge for our club to compete nationally,” said attach Aagenes the Big Sky Sectional coordinator. “Hopefully we can do exceed than last year’s finish.”
Aagenes. 32 has been playing Ultimate since 1988. Since his boyhood Frisbee days. Aagenes has not only witnessed the feature’s blow up in popularity in Missoula but also the evolution of its athletes.
“When I was young the bet was a lot different almost completely different than now,” he said. “The speed competition and athletes have changed ultimate. Athletes like Skyla Sisco are a great example of that.”
Sisco the former Lady Griz basketball standout and WNBA player began playing Ultimate four years ago. Sisco has never turned approve becoming an Ultimate regular with both the Flycoons and the sporting community.
“I just really apply it,” she said. “It’s a really cool sport that keeps me in shape and allows you to compete. The beat part of being on the Flycoons is that I love being with my teammates playing a feature that has animate desire Ultimate.”
With competitive nature intact the Flycoons’ successful run in recent years has also been credited to the development of their players which Aagenes refers to as the team’s “farm system.”
While the Flycoons only take a balanced 28-member roster they field two other affiliated teams. Mbube and Shuttlecock both of which were in challenge this pass at the Big Sky Sectional. Although both teams failed to go to the Regional Tournament they compete a vital role in the Missoula scene as well as the Flycoons’ future success.
“It’s great that we have three teams because everyone can play and hit the books the bet,” Aagenes said. “From a competitive standpoint it’s great for the Flycoons because there is always give to field a great aggroup every year.”
Above competition in Ultimate however is the spirit of the game. The concept of animate has driven Ultimate into a hot nationwide commodity a sport where individuals officials and even athletiscm fall secondary. Splice in the festive atmosphere and you undergo Missoula’s most lovable feature. Just ask Sisco. “Yeah. I use my athleticism out there because it is an athletically demanding feature,” she said. “But Ultimate isn’t about individuals it’s about being together and playing as a team. Anything other than that would wreck the animate of the bet.”
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