The Mount Ida College Athletic Center was full of people who
came to cheer on their favorite teams as the 2013 Mustang Dodgeball
Tournament was underway on Thursday night. Nine teams took
the court in a single elimination contest and all were in top
physical form to make a push for the championship.
This was the third year of the annual Mount Ida dodge ball
tournament, but the first being run by the sport management
department. The Sport Practicum II class organized the entire
event, with funding from the Mount Ida Intramural department, and
they did not disappoint. Teams were encouraged to wear
original and creative uniforms, music was blasting, referees were
wearing official striped shirts and even the dodgeballs used were
the official dodgeballs of the governing sport. It was a very
exciting event and everybody involved was ready to go.
Team America, headed by Chaz Strom was bounced from the
tournament in the first round, but that didn’t stop the team
from taking home the best uniform prize; each received a pair of
neon ADIDAS socks. Each team that made it to the final four
round was awarded with an official 2013 Dodgeball Tournament
T-Shirt and when it got down to the finals, that’s when the
real heat was being thrown.
The stage was set on center court for a back and forth battle,
consisting of 5 double switches (when one team catches a ball and
one of their players is able to come back to the court) and
finishing with a 4 on 1 firing squad. The Dodge Fathers, lead
by Ryan Richardson, had a 3-2 player advantage before two straight
caught balls by Puppin Studs set up the final 4 on 1
showdown. Kevin McKeon, of the Dodge Fathers, was running for
his life and trying to come up with a miracle by catching a ball to
help turn the tides back into his teams favor, but 4 balls coming
at you at once is a hard thing to overcome. It didn’t
take long before Puppin Studs was being rushed on the court as they
celebrated their championship. Puppin Studs consisted of
captain Zach Davis, Jon Berry, Zach Rosen, Corey Gelbstein, Joe
Galante and Shaun Royce.
