Our 20-somethings group held last night a dodgeball tournament for all those kids in our church from grade 7-12. We had twelve teams, each with two captains that were in the 20-somethings. Except of course for the team of old people, that believe or not, came fifth out of twelve.. Not too shabby.. Each team had some awesome uniforms, and I mean awesome. Best costumes by far went to Andrew and Barb, who took the time to so fake blue fur onto all of the sleeves and collars of their yellow tanktops..not to mention Andrew showing in a green outfit that made him look a bit like Donatello.
We started with a round robin. Each team played four games, which consisted of playing as any games as you could within the eight minutes alotted. Two points for a win in each single game, none for a loss. So the key was to play as many as you could.
We picked the kids schoolyard style after having the referees throw the balls at us captains to determine the order of picking. Getting off to a bad start, I was the first eliminated and thus the last to pick, but somehow we managed to pick up a AAA baseball player with our first pick. The rest of our team consisted of my co-captain Amanda who ended up being a lot better than I was, a more petite girl, Cody, who was most often the last to be hit, and Jared, the tournament director. I must say, we had a pretty solid team.
In our first match, we managed to win 6 games, to the other team's 0. However, in our second game, we went up against Reuben's Rowdies, a team that consisted of three of the hardest throwing captains, another AAA ball player, and a younger kid who wasn't bad himself. We knew we were in tough.
In the first game, they had us down to one player, Joel, and they had all of theirs left. Joel did not give up, and preceded to eliminate every single player from their team, giving us the win. That was the only highlight though, and we lost four games to one.
In our last two games, we did very well, and won five games to two both times. This allowed us to be the number one seed, going 17-8. Reuben's team took second, going 14-4.
We played the number four seed, Team Ballseye, the team of Rob Brown and Josh Carabin. They were a worthy opponent, but we knocked them out quickly three games to zero.
Reuben's team beat Zac's Zanies to meet us in the finals. The one team we didn't want to play.
I would say we held our own for the most part, but it was evident that they were stronger and more dodgy, and they beat us in three straight, becoming the first Annual Super Fun Dodgeball Tournament champions.
I was disappointed, but with their degree of stackedness, I thought our team did pretty darn well.
And now, I must somehow relate dodgeball to life.
In dodgeball, you must have a view of everything around you. You have to see every ball coming at you, and more importantly your groin, and you must find a way to get out of the way of them, no matter what you have to do.
In life, the balls represent the ladies, and I represent me. It appears I'm better at playing the dodgeball of life then the game itself.
Similarly, in dodgeball if you catch a ball that an opponent has thrown, he is out. In life, when lemons are thrown at you, you grab them, and you make lemonade. Or so I've heard.
So there you go, a couple of life lessons for you.
But I have one more. If you are playing dodgeball, did get hit in the cajones. It hurts real bad.
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