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CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
Yesterday the UPS guy brought a wonderful surprise gift from Laura and Harvey, who live in Blue Dog, Cajun, Mardi Gras country.
There are toys and lots of bandanas for Benni, Mardi Gras beads by the tons for the whole gang, and the most wonderful book for me.
The book is "The Other Side of the Painting", by Wendy Rodrigue, wife of the "Blue Dog" artist, George Rodrigue. It's a treasure and I'm going to love reading it.
Thanks so much, Laura and wonder dog Harvey, we love and appreciate so much your thoughtfulness and terrific gifts.
(photo, left to right, sort of: Swoop, BB, Simon the kitten, Hazel, Liam Lamb goofing off on his back, and Karen.)
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
10x10 stained glass and mirror on wood base. The mirror turned green when I took the picture. Doesn't look bad that way, but doesn't show the mirror effect.
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
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CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Normally you wouldn’t associate Angry Birds with Hotdogs or Nachos and Coke. But add five rubber balls and It’s Not What You Think, and you have Camp Casey’s 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament, which occurred Oct. 13 at the Carey Fitness Center.
The team sport that most elementary through high school students do during physical education in the states isn’t just for kids anymore. Although the sport has been around for years, it had a resurgence after Vince Vaughn’s 2004 movie “DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.”
Dodgeball has spread throughout the United States. Colleges have intramural leagues and local community sports centers – such as Washington D.C.’s Arlington Athletic and Social League – have recreational and competitive leagues.
The U.S. National Dodgeball League, which includes the Pittsburgh Punishers, the Houston Bounty Hunters and the Seattle Bluedogs hosted the 9th annual Dodgeball World Championships in Las Vegas this August. The championship brought together teams from Japan, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
In Area I, nine teams took on the dodgeball challenge laid down by the Camp Casey Better Opportunities for Single (and unaccompanied) Soldiers, or BOSS, program.
In the true spirit of the dodgeball movie, some of the teams took to the court in “unique” team uniforms.
“We were going to do the whole 2-I-D shorts thing,” Pfc. Robert Ferguson, of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, said in a reference to the 2nd Infantry Division. “But, we went to the Exchange and found some Angry Birds costumes and thought ‘Why not?’”
And thus team Angry Birds was hatched.
Another team that dressed for the tournament was from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Manchus.”
“My buddy plays dodgeball in college and they wear all yellow with white head bands,” said Pfc. Cody Crutchfield, team captain for the Manchus.
"So I was like, we are the Manchus, so let’s get our black Manchu t-shirts, black shorts, and the captain will wear black head and wrist bands, while his pawns wear white,” he said.
Just because a team opted to wear a “unique” uniform didn’t mean they didn’t take the competition seriously.
Crutchfield’s Manchus, who found out about the tournament just hours before it started, were serious about winning.
“You have to pick the people you think are good athletes and know how to throw and jump… they have to be agile,” said Crutchfield, who evidently picked his team wisely, as they took first-place in the tournament.
“We wanted to give the Soldiers something fun to do on the weekend,” said Spc. Crystalyne Matthews, BOSS representative for Company B, 302nd Brigade Support Battalion. “It was an inexpensive event for everyone involved, it didn’t cost a dime to participate in or set up.”
Matthews said that during the tournament some of the participants said they’d like to have more dodgeball tournaments scheduled, possibly even a peninsula-wide competition.
“This is a great idea and will allow them to have fun on more than just one day,” Matthews said. “We are always looking for ideas on what to do, so if someone has an idea of an event they would like BOSS to do, they need to contact their unit BOSS rep, or every Wednesday, we have a meeting at the Casey CAC at 3 p.m. and they are more than welcome to come. They can not only give us their idea, but also find out what is going on at Camp Casey.”
How Now, Blue Cow was one of three fiberglass painted cows comissioned from the local artist George Rodrigue by Neiman Marcus during the 1999 Chicago Cow Parade, when the cows grazed in the store's Michigan Avenue flowerbeds. After the parade, they went to auction, where they made $150,000 for the American Cancer Society. In 2007 the Dixon Gallery and Gardens Museum in Memphis display this cow during its Rodrigue retrospective. The cow then traveled to the New Orleans Museum of Art for the 2008 exhibition, Rodrigue's Louisiana: Forty Years of Cajuns, Blue Dogs and Beyond Katrina, and today sits with one of Rodrigue's other cows in the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel lobby.
Internationally acclaimed artist, George Rodrigue, was born in the heart of Cajun Country--New Iberia, Louisiana. Rodrigue was best known for his paintings of Cajun folk life until his Blue Dog, whose image is based on his deceased dog Tiffany and inspired by the Cajun legend of the loup-garou, a werewolf-type dog, catapulted him to world-wide fame in the 1990s.
Everything in Japan seems to have a mascot. Narita Airport had one that looked like an airplane. Tokyo Tower had one that was a little disturbing.
This one is Rafukun, the little blue dog mascot for Fuji TV. He's framed here by two crazy American tourists who were in Japan on their on thier honeymoon.
You can recognize crazy American tourists by the fact that they flash the "V" sign in every picture thier in.
Rafukun was posing outside the world headquarters for Fuji TV which is on the island of Odiaba in Tokyo Bay. Odiaba is the largest man made island in Tokyo Bay and it an amazing planned community that's seen a few booms and busts. Now it's mostly a live/work playground for the population of Tokyo. While there we also saw Venus Fort, the Sega Joypolis, and had what I think was the best sushi on the trip.
Precious Jessi The Wonder Dog, giving you her blue view! LOL! While it's most often my over-arching intention to keep it real, sometimes the opposite is irresistable, just like our sweet puppah!!! All that is warm on Jessi is cool in this version, and all that is cool, is warm. I can't help myself! I love it, and I love her so much for putting up with me. I really think she is enjoying getting her picture taken again. She's getting into it, and she was being really still for this shot, as though she was in the moment with me. Love ya Jessi Girl! XXOO!
I also like this crop because in a way, the eye could go either way if you didn't know the dog. I tried to leave a clue as to where her nose is, and of course there is a clue as to which side is the inside corner of the eye, but as I look at it, I can also see a sad eye looking to the left instead of straight at us. Magic eye Jessi! LOL! For the record, the center of Jessi's forehead is to our right in this shot. Hugs and thanks for viewing!
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