Dodgeball Round 1!

    Last weekend was the start of intramural dodge ball. I had signed up weeks before not knowing what to expect or how it worked here. I just thought it might be fun. I signed up for two teams since i heard there are only about four games per team. 
    We got to War Memorial Gym and realized that most of the team wasn't able to make it.... Not a good start. We ran around collecting people to play on our team. Finally we have enough players, so we go to sign up. Our team was kind of early, so we watched a few rounds of other teams playing. It was so intense! Most of the teams were frats, and they were so serious. In a way it was intimidating but still looked so fun.
    The team we were to be playing was called "The Ducks". Finally when they showed up,we all started to laugh. The Ducks were a team of 4 fat guys and 1 in shape guy. They all wore yellow shirts and headbands. 
    The first round starts and ends in thirty seconds. We won. Fortunately for them, we had to play the best out of 5 games. Next round starts. We win again. Then the third round starts with delay, because another of their players showed up. Somehow this team beat us on the third and fourth round. 
    It all came down to the fifth round. The whistle blew, and everyone grabbed a ball. For the next three minutes there was a continuous volley of dodge balls. It was hard to tell who was winning. We would hit their player, and they would hit ours. It was a continuous trade off of players. Though they couldn't move fast, they still threw pretty accurately. 
    Last two minutes of the game, and their was only one of our players and one of theirs. Their player was incredibly funny to watch. We don't know how he lasted so long. Lets just say he was a big target. He was also exhausted. He tried to call for time outs, but they were not allowed. He also tried telling the ref that he was getting sick. Our player was beginning to get angry because this kid hogged all the balls. Finally the opponent threw the ball as hard as he could, and SOMEHOW our player caught it right infront of his face. He threw it on the ground in victory and we all cheered. 
    Altogether, dodge ball was really fun. I am looking forward to playing again this weekend. I hope we will end up playing another team like this one.