Ultimate Frisbee Comes to OHS

By OHS Torch reporter Collin Miller

            Ultimate Frisbee is a sport not played by many and definitely new to Olympia, but with new Guidance Counselor Alex Castillo and his knowledge of the game, OHS will begin to experience the Ultimate in Frisbee.

            Beginning in January, the kids who wanted to try Ultimate could, but it would come with a cost. Practices happen every Friday morning at 6:30 and go until 7:45.

            Practices usually start off with a little warm up throwing and some passing drills. Once the blood is flowing, they begin playing. Limited by practice space because of the weather, the practice matches can get intense.

“I enjoy ultimate but the morning practices is not the best,” said Junior Jake Eichellberger

With the weather getting better, they decided to practice outside for once. Wind is definitely a factor and that's something they had to adjust to.

“Inside practices are lit, outside its way more challenging obviously because of the wind,”said Senior Triston Ballinger.

Coach Castillio started promoting the tourney April 6th passing out flyers. The team is scheduled for a tournament on May 7th at Olympia. The opponents will be announced at a later time.

It takes seven to field a team Olympia has enough to play but are in need of some extras to keep the players better rested. All in all, Ultimate Frisbee has proven to have brought a positive impact and an extremely amusing appeal along with it through its introduction to Olympia.