If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

The senior class has been crafty in finding new ways to fund raise money after dances got taken away their junior year. The events they plan aim to intrigue the student population in Franklin into joining the fun. Since last years senior class of 2009 attempted dodgeball the year before (making it a big flop) the senior class of 2010 thought they’d give it one more shot before flushing the idea down the drain.
Students in the leadership class, senior Rachael Lapping and Kirsten Overlie, took on the challenge of being the master minds behind the event. “The crowd didn’t turn out like we hoped it had but the teams and enthusiasm were great.” Referee Domingo Urrutia Jr. said “Dodgeball is a great idea and everyone loves it. I think we should try it again in a month now that we know what to fix about it.”
There were eight teams: B.B.U, rocks and minerals, black swag, those 1 kids, top flight haters, mimes, the killa bees and the geeks. Each team had to dress up or face the consequences of being disqualified. There were four games to determine the four teams who would continue to the winner’s bracket and determine who would go to the loser’s bracket. Each game went on for 5 minutes and if the amount of players on the court was the same at the end of those five minutes, there would be a one minute sudden death time.
In the end, it came down to black swag and top flight haters, who dueled it out to the last second. In the end, black swag took the trophy and the title of the first winners of the dodgeball competition. Their team consisted of Shoni Schimmel, 12, Gibson Vanvlack, 12, Bubba (Charles) Aguilar, 12, Isaiah Moses, 12, and Daniel Bowers, 9.
There was even a surprise for the winners! Each player was rewarded $10 dollars as a prize. With that kind of money, who wouldn’t want to join in the fun?
Another tournament is expected to be held next month which will include student teams, teacher teams and parent teams. Tune into the school bulletin and the Franklin post to hear for more information!

by: Bergen Rueck