Je Dodge Returns!

Tonight was the first game in our new dodgeball season! We have a modified roster but the same old name (Je Dodge Bien) - we just switched up some of the old french players for some new french players. It all works out! We showed up a-blazing tonight and had a good game in our new, middle of the road, division. We were much better matched to the team we played tonight and ended up tying them. Unfortunately, the game coordinator (GC) wouldn't let us play one more round in order to settle the game with a win or loss.

The team we played was composed of mostly rookies and were fairly good sports, although they were a little lacking in knowledge of the rules. There was one incident that really annoyed me: we had three players on our side and two on their side, and the GC paused the game for a second to clarify a rule. When the game came back into play, there was only 1 player on the other side. I asked 'How come they only have one player now?'. Right then, this jerk (who turned out to be the captain) jumped out from hiding behind the GC and hit me with a ball, to get me out. I couldn't believe it! 'Can you do that?' I asked, because he was nearly out the door and out of play when he did it. The GC said 'There isn't really a rule against it.'

So I was out. But quite angry about it. It really just comes down to bad sportmanship. Too bad the spirit scores in dodgeball can't relect that. It's a -1, 0 or +1 system, and if you give anything other than a +1, you have to write up a written report. Darn.