Friday, July 22, 2016
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students in Jan Zorman's class took part in the prison ball tournament on June 1 at Robinwood Lane Elementary to try and beat the other fourth-grade classes.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students in fourth grade at Robinwood Lane Elementary threw foam balls at each other during the prison ball tournament on June 1.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Jeff Hammerton's fourth-grade class played Jan Zorman's fourth-grade class in the first round of the prison ball tournament on June 1 at Robinwood Lane Elementary.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Saidali Kodirov prepared to throw the ball during the prison ball tournament at Robinwood Lane Elementary on June 1 between the fourth-grade classes.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students in Jeff Hammerton's fourth-grade class competed against the other fourth-grade classes at Robinwood Lane Elementary on June 1 in the prison ball tournament.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.All of the students in fourth grade at Robinwood Lane Elementary gathered with their teachers, Jeanette Tamulonis, Jan Zorman and Jeff Hammerton, after playing in the prison ball tournament on June 1.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The students in fourth grade at Robinwood Lane Elementary participated in a prison ball tournament on June 1.
Every year the fourth-grade teachers – Jan Zorman, Jeannette Tamulonis and Jeff Hammerton – have their classes compete against each other in a prison ball tournament to see which class comes out victorious. Each class competed against each other once and then the two winners competed against each other for the first place spot. This year, Tamulonis’ class came out on top.
Prison ball is similar to dodgeball. The goal is to get the other team out by hitting them with a foam ball. If someone gets out, they have to stand out of bounds and can only come back in if they catch a ball one of their teammates throws to them.
“When people get out, I like to tell them they’re out, it’s fun,” said Cianna Johnson-Rivera, a fourth-grader.
“My favorite part is when I get out then I catch a ball to get back in, and when I hit people,” said fourth-grader Donovan Angelo.
Many of the students were eager to play against Hammerton because they finally had the opportunity to throw balls at him to get him out. All of the teachers joined their students to try and make their class the winner.
Some students said when they get out on the field they like to trash talk to distract the other students. If the students are distracted, it’s easier to get them out.
“I only got out once,” said Tristyn Gilmer, a fourth-grader.
The tournament is during the end of the year to allow the students to release some of the energy they had throughout the school year. The students anticipate the tournament for weeks and plan out different strategies to help them win.