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Glenwood dodgeball tourney raises funds
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The final game began and the faculty team, named Corporal Punishment, showed their winning attitude in a pre-game huddle.
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The faculty team, led out to center court menacingly by teacher Vince Carnevale (left), played a fierce game with the eighth-grade team.
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After winning their dodgeball game against the eighth-grade team, Corporal Punishment took a team photo, holding up their index fingers to show their “#1” status. Even with such fierce competition, the whole event was for a good cause, raising money for the American Cancer Society.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Devin Curd extended his body for a fierce throw of his dodgeball toward the other team.
By SARAH FOOR
It’s not often that students can throw something at their teachers and get away it.
But on May 16, throwing soft Nerf balls was actually allowed, and encouraged, during Glenwood Middle School’s sixth annual dodgeball tournament to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
The tournament began months ago to prepare for the end of the year final face-off, where after-school games were contested to find the best teams in each grade. The concluding tournament, held this year on May 16, had the student teams battling each other, with the winner facing the faculty team.
“Dodgeball is a passion here at Glenwood and it seems like we have a school that is great at it,” shared Glenwood principal Anthony Alvino. “It’s a fierce competition, but we try to make it fun, because it’s for such a great cause.”
The homeroom that raised the most money for American Cancer Society received prime seating on the bleachers and the highest individual fundraisers sat in thrones for the game.
High energy music echoed throughout the gym and the dodgeball teams received a dramatic entrance with a smoke machine and strobe light.
The game for the final student team ended with a sudden-death match between sixth-grader MaKenzie Kondas and eighth-grader Alexis Downie. Downie brought the eighth-grade team to victory for the game to set up a match against the faculty team, named “Corporal Punishment.”
The three-round final match concluded with one win from the eighth-graders and two wins from the teachers, making Corporal Punishment the champions.
The entire event raised $4,150 to donate to the American Cancer Society.
There were hard-hitting dodgeballs being thrown at the tournament, but teacher Amber Collins said there were no hard feelings after the game was over.
“The Nerf balls look scary whizzing across the gym, but they’re actually quite soft when they hit you. It was all in good fun for a great charity,” Collins shared.