By Meghan Poff, Claire DeFrancisci, and Chase Gosman

Last night at the intramural dodgeball tournament, the Student Council was able to raise $480 for Saturday’s dance marathon.

Health teacher Julie Hutson, who came up with the concept of a dodgeball tournament,  said for the first year of the event, it was very successful.

“I was happy that I was able to give students the opportunity to do something that they want to do and would have fun with,” said Hutson.

In the co-ed division, the teacher team won the championship.

Although math teacher Rebecca Cambron was hit early in the first game, she claims to have carried the team to victory.

“I took one for the team in that first one. But I will have you know that Jason VanBuren was later eliminated due to my throwing expertise,” said Cambron.

In the boys division, the championship went to Team 5 and 3/5, which consisted of seniors Chris Glotzbach, Jordan Thompson, Jacob Glotzbach, Quinton Miller, Shane Missi, and junior Kyle Neafus.

Chris recalls the final moments of the championship game.

“It was the third round and some versatile calls had gotten the teams heated up. It sparked a rivalry and we ended up meeting for the championship game. It was me against three of them, and I started calling people out. Then it was down to me and Mike Springer. I faked a throw and he fell to the ground, cowering in fear. In the fetal position. I hit him right on the head. It was an instant classic,” said Chris.

Two all-girl teams, The Purple Cobras and Average Joe’s, battled it out as The Purple Cobras scored early victories.

“It’s really been a team effort so far,” said sophomore Brooke Hinton.

Cambron suspects that with the popularity of this year’s tournament, the student council will be even more successful next year.

“After a long school day, dodgeball is a fun and good way to take out your aggression on kids that give you evil looks in English class,” said Chris.