feature story / 39 TURN THE WORLD ARO O�TCL,1 � . . � n - � � EST.1963 § �..-0. c:; ,VI'I'IWS See Montclair's progressive education in action. Group Tours November 2nd 9:30-11:00 am December 7th S O M A D U L T S C H O O L . O R G 9 7 3 . 3 7 8 . 7 6 2 0 The with pulitzer prize winner MARK MAZZETTI MARK MAZZETTI is Washington Investigations Editor for The New York Times, a job he assumed after covering national security from The Times’ Washington bureau for 10 years. Olivia Woodruff (left) in action on the field. fair-minded. But team parent Jeremy Singer points to how fun the game is for spec- tators. “This is a sport where you see athletic plays because the disk hangs [in the air]. That means there’s plenty of time for fun layouts and plays.” Despite their spirit and consistently good results on the field, the Sparkle Motion team has challenges. They don’t have a dedicated field on which to play, so they can often be found at New Waterlands “playing between baseball fields,” says Phillips. And fields aren’t the only resource Sparkle Motion has to work for. Al- though equipment expenses are mini- mal, “travel expenses add up quickly. Plus the team needs to pay a fair wage to the coach who runs daily practice after school in both the fall and spring [as well as] travels to out-of-town tournaments on many weekends,” says team parent Anne O’Malley. So this coming season, as we revel in our community’s role in 50 years of ultimate, remember there’s another team for our community to take pride in. Come watch Sparkle Motion in ac- tion and you’ll see it’s not just a game. It’s all about spirit. Adrianna Donat is a freelance writer who lays out in Maplewood. n