Sports and clubs are a big part of White Station. Almost every Spartan is involved with at least one extracurricular school event. Every year new clubs are made, and some years, a new sport is added to the athletics program at White Station. A few years ago, Ultimate Frisbee was thrown into the athletic program.

The original “frisbee” was nothing more than a tin pie plate from the Frisbie Pie

Company located in New Haven, CT. In the early 1940’s students from Colombia high School started playing catch with these pie tins. In 1948, a man by the name of Fred Morrison developed a plastic version of the disc which he called the Flying Saucer. The Wham-O Manufacturing Company bought the patent from Morrison in 1955 and renamed it the Frisbee.

Today’s, is played between two teams of seven players on a large rectangular field. A goal is scored when a team completes a pass to a player standing in the endzone they are attacking. Players cannot run with the disc. When you catch the disc you must stop running and try to throw it to another player. If the disc hits the ground, intercepted, or knocked down by the other team, then the opposing team takes possession. The defending team attempts to stop the team with the disc from making progress up field by marking them. The theory is that the offense won’t want to pass to a player who is being marked closely, as it’s likely to result in an interception.

Regardless of the difficult rules, Ultimate Frisbee has risen in popularity at White Station High School. The more people try it, the more they enjoy the sport and invite others to player. So if you are skeptical, just go watch the Spartan Ultimate team play. If you are interested in playing, go take a swing at Ultimate.