Ultimate Masters
head to nationals
Local team top of the Northwest
The Big Sky Masters will be traveling to
Sarasota, Fla. over Halloween weekend for the Ultimate Players Association
National Championship.
The all-men’s Frisbee team looks to better
its impressive debut performance of a year ago when they finished third in the
Masters division.
Ultimate Frisbee is a taxing sport and
these guys, aged 33 and older, are the best, fittest players in the region.
Big Sky Masters is a Ketchum-based team.
All 24 players are current residents of Sun Valley or have lived and played here
in the past.
Kavu sponsors the team.
To get to nationals, the team turned in
yet another stellar performance at the regional tournament held in Corvallis,
Ore., winning the Masters division.
At that event, Team Big Sky rose to the
top of a vast field offering the best ultimate players from northern California,
Oregon, Washington, Western Canada and Idaho.
Two teams are picked from the regional
tournament for nationals. Team Big Sky will be joined by Team KWA of Seattle,
last year’s national champions.