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Dodge this: the second annual Dodgeball Championship tournament |
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Written by Morgan Kriz
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 |
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 Be afraid.
Stephany Arroyo and Co. at the Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe are.
Last year the club’s inaugural Dodgeball Championship tournament — brainchild of staffers Mindy Carbajal and Ben Visnyei — started by word of mouth and on game day 13 teams of six to 10 players each showed up to perform the five Ds of Dodgeball (if you haven’t seen the movie, that’s “Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive, and, um, Dodge”).
“We’re a little scared,” the club’s manager of donor development confessed last week. “We were a little overwhelmed.”
Rightfully so. One little Dodgeball Championship tournament brings in a lot of polyester and spandex.
Saturday’s second annual Dodge For a Cause Dodgeball Championship promises more polyester, more spandex, as well as cheap 1980s headbands for every player.
“We have every eighties headband color,” Arroyo said. “Three hundred of them.”
Carbajal and Arroyo expect 15 to 20 teams to sign up for tournament play this year. A couple of which are coming from Oakland and SLOTown (San Luis Obispo)...
“People have been hounding us for a year to bring it back,” Mindy Carbajal said. “That speaks for itself.”
Another sign of the dodgeball tournament’s popularity is reflected in the costumes teams wear to compete for the coveted Most Team Spirit award. There is also the Championship title, or if your team is pathetically unskilled at the game, the last place trophy (last year, it was a can of Spam with a figurine glued to it).
Of course, what’s a dodgeball tournament without some spirited, but friendly, trash talk. This philosophy was reflected in Arroyo’s response questioning the ethics of being an event organizer playing on the championship winning team in 2006.
“I just happen to be a spectacular dodgeball player,” Arroyo answered, dodging the original question. Her response did not go unchecked.
“Stephany Arroyo is going to get a faceshot,” Carbajal threw out in the Boys & Girls Club office during a phone interview Monday.
The tournament is sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe and We Ain’t Saints Productions.
Quick Hits
What: Second Annual Lake Tahoe Dodgeball Championship
When: Saturday, Dec. 8, team check in 9 to 9:45 a.m. Games begin at 10 a.m.
Where: Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe, 8125 Steelhead Ave., in Kings Beach
Fees: $200 team entry fee, 6 to 10 players per team, all players must be 18 and older
Deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 5 (that’s today, but we know most of you will register on game day)
Where your registration fees go: The Boys & Girls Club will select four club member families who will be supported throughout the holidays with food, clothing and gifts. Remaining proceeds will be funneled back into club programs.
Afterparty: Trophy presentation At the Crystal Bay Casino. All Dodgeball tourney players 21 and older wearing the wristband are entitled to $1 Pabst Blue Ribbon beers and $2 Budweisers
Yes, dodgeball has a few rules
Below are the basic dodgeball rules from the National Amateur Dodgeball Association. House rules at the Boys & Girls Club tourney may supersede the following…
The equipment
The official ball used in tournament and league play will be an 8” rubber-coated foam ball.
The game
The object of the game is to eliminate all opposing players by getting them “OUT.” This may be done by:
1. Hitting an opposing player with a LIVE thrown ball below the shoulders.
2. Catching a LIVE ball thrown by your opponent before it touches the ground.
Definition: LIVE: A ball that has been thrown and has not touched anything, including the floor/ground, another ball, another player, official or other item outside of the playing field (wall, ceiling, etc.)
Boundaries
During play, all players must remain within the boundary lines. Players may leave the boundaries through their end-line only to retrieve stray balls. They must also return through their end-line.
The opening rush
Game begins by placing the dodgeballs along the center line — three (3) on one side of the center hash and three (3) on the other. Players then take a position behind their end line. Following a signal by the official, teams may approach the centerline to retrieve the balls. This signal officially starts the contest. Teams may only retrieve the three (3) balls to their right of the center hash. Once a ball is retrieved it must be taken behind the attack-line before it can be legally thrown.
Timing and winning a game
The first team to legally eliminate all opposing players will be declared the winner. A 5-minute time limit has been established for each contest. If neither team has been eliminated at the end of the 5 minutes, the team with the greater number of players remaining will be declared the winner. In the case of an equal number of players remaining after regulation, a 1-minute sudden-death overtime period will be played.
Time-outs & Substitutions
Each team will be allowed one (1) 30 second timeout per game. At this time a team may substitute players into the game.
5-second violation
In order to reduce stalling, a violation will be called if a team in the lead controls all six (6) balls on their side of the court for more than 5 seconds.
— Source: www.dodgeballusa.com
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