Richard Greatti
Reporter
November 19, 2004
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Students race past each other during Wednesday night’s dodgeball game to avoid getting hit. |
-Photo by Andrew Stauffer |
Dodgeball. The favorite — or not — of
elementary school yards across America. The salvation of the little guys who
always got picked last in football. It’s always been a favorite for many kids.
Thanks to intramural director Tae Norwood, this once reminiscent game became
available as an intramural on Nov. 7.
“The idea originally arose from watching the movie “Dodgeball,” which aired a
couple of months ago,” Norwood said. “[I also recall] my experiences as a youth—
I can honestly remember having some great times playing dodgeball both
individually and in a team setting.”
Each team consists of six to 10 players, a minimum of six on the court, with one
female required to participate at all times. The games take place in the field
house on the gym floor which will be divided in half, using the already existent
basketball and volleyball markings. Two rubber kick balls, roughly the size of
soccer balls, are used as the players’ equipment.
“It’s exciting to get together with other students and enjoy a ‘friendly’ game
that we all loved throughout our elementary years,” Deke Bowman said.
Norwood has recently joined the staff at Milligan this year and is also the
assistant basketball coach and assistant Resident Director for Webb Hall. He
graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Green Mountain College in 2000 and a
master’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2004.
In the future, he plans on developing as many new ideas for intramurals as will
be accepted and enjoyed by the students. According to Norwood, some of the new
intramural ideas will include paintball, billiards tournament and a bowling
tournament.