The History of Fresh Elite

In the beginning, we had no idea, no experience, and no real skill. As freshman we named ourselves the Fresh. None of us had really every played before. None of us knew what was ahead of us.
It all started out playing pick up frisbee. Reed Crosby then decided to get a team together to have some fun in our freshmen year. Composed of mostly 7th floor and some 6th floor teammates in the Q Hall of Desert Towers, we had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Even though we had no experience, we did have one thing: Raw athleticism. Many of us practiced out on DT fields learning how to throw the backhand, forehand, and hammer.
On the way to our first game, we lamented the fact that we had signed up in the upper division. Our fears changes to confidence when we went undefeated as freshmen in the regular season. In the tournament we went to the championship game. We lost to Lonestar, but in that time, it was double elimination. We won the losers bracket in memorable style as Tom Stock floated one over the Yellow Jackets fingertips right into the hands of one of our teammates (I can't remember who caught the winning catch). In the championship game one again, we put up a good fight but ended up losing 10-6.

                                                                     (Fresh 2005)

(Fresh Reunion Tour 2008)

That might have been the end but in the Fall 2008 Ryan Bingham and Sam Tillman got talking one day in the cougar eat and decided to get the team back together, so they drew lots and Sam was the one to go early and sign up the team. The team played under the name Fresh Reunion Tour (Sam, really? what kind of name was that? ha)  We added a few players notably Guillame (who actually lived in the Q Hall freshman year), Phil Sagers, and Jacob Jones. Though, we lost a few games, we still had some raw athleticism. We came in 4th place this year, after dealing with really windy and snowy weather.
                                                                                                                                                                                      

(Fresh Elite 2009)

                                                                           In our 3rd season together we played under the name we carry now-Fresh Elite. Josh Sillitoe served as captain. This year Scott Ellingson, Trace Farmer, Gordy Nielson (all from our Q Hall freshman ward),  Sarah Preece, and Taylor Bradham joined the team provided necessary fresh legs and great talent. In the second division of the tournament for the 3rd time we sought the coveted T-shirt. And we could smell it, we could almost touch it. It was the championship game. A place we had been before. Trailing early on by 3 or 4 points we came back to lead 8-6 when the game capped at 9. None of us will forget, however, the sad ending. We lost 9-6 to Y Not Bruce.

We have come a long way together. Not many teams have played together longer than we have played together. This year may be our best year yet. Our passes are crisper, our defense is stiffer, and our pose is greater. Will we win the championship this year? Will we be placed in the top division for playoffs? One thing is for sure: We have enough talent, friendship, and athleticism to play with anyone. Right now at the we end the season 4-1, our only lose coming from Dream Catchers 9-11, even though we came back from a 1-6 deficit. However, our first game we beat Fearsome Freshman/Casino Rangers 12-2. Our second game was against Dream Catchers. Our 3rd game we beat the 5 man team Baka 12-8. Our 4th game we beat Up/Team Elizabeth 11-5. And in our most recent game we beat Awesome Forces 12-3.
This means we have scored 56 points while giving up 29 points this season.
May we always stay fresh.