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Sports

Ultimate Afternoon Break

Flying disc players grace fields of Marion Park.

Coordinated men arrive Wednesday and Friday afternoons to play pick up, ultimate  at Marion Park.

You should see the athleticism as they stack, catch and roll, as they fling the 175 gram disc. This game combines the best of basketball, football and soccer and is fun to watch!

Ultimate — called ultimate Frisbee for many years before it was shortened — is a relatively new sport, started in Maplewood, N.J. in the late 1960s. It was originally introduced as football Frisbee with as many as 20 players on each team with very few rules.

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The game has evolved over the years, with official rules, and was accepted as a medal sport in the 2001 World Games.

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