KFC-Where’s the chicken?

By Davis Sutton

            Playing Ultimate Frisbee is one thing, starting a Frisbee club is another. Lucas Fritch sr., started what is known as KFC- Kennedy Frisbee Club.

            “I’m the founder, I really like Ultimate Frisbee. I hope to play college, and I want to go pro,” said Fritch.

            Ultimate Frisbee is a unique sport that not many people know about.

 “Ultimate is a sport played with two teams, one Frisbee; you pass to teammates, and try to get it into the in zone. You can’t move with Frisbee in hand,” said Jake Wilding sr.

One tip from Fritch is to learn how to throw a flick, and to throw with both hands. A flick is a forehand throw.

            Ultimate Frisbee is tough when there is wind present. “You need to know how to keep it low, throw it fast, and with a lot of spin,” said Fritch.

            Fritch said he thinks the school needed an Ultimate Frisbee Club, and that anyone can come out and play.

KFC is planning on lowering the players down to a team of about 15. So they can compete against teams from Linn Mar, and Xavier.

            KFC hopes to practice indoors over the winter, where they can hope to find the top athletes to play on the team.

 KFC usually plays on Sunday afternoon at the top soccer field at Harding Middle School. They usually get a turn out from 15-25 competitors, and they play anywhere from three to six games, to seven points.

            “Ultimate is a little like football and soccer, but it really isn’t like any other sport,” said Wilding.

This is a story I wrote about the Kennedy Ultimate Frisbee Club. For this story I interviewed Jake Wilding one of the best ultimate players, and Lucas Fritch who is also one of the best ultimate players and the founder. This was a fun story to write because I got to meet new people, and this story was all on my own. Even the part of coming up with my own story.