Not in the Face

Last night we played our first dodgeball game for the Hoboken Rec league. Well, it actually was a scrimmage because the organizers of the league had some scheduling issues so last night's series of games did not count against our record.

We have about 15 people on our team which comprises of both Loyola friends and Jets friends. But together, we are known as team Not in the Face.

The rules are pretty simple - try to hit people on the other team and try not to let the ball hit the ground - or you - for your team. You can use a ball to block a ball and if you catch a ball thrown at you, the person who threw it is out and a person who got out on your team is able to come back in. There can be a max of 6 players on each side playing at once and for this league, there must be at least 2 girls at the start of the round.

Let's just say we are glad last night was only a scrimmage - we played a team who has played over the last four seasons so they were quite good and seemed to be very strategic. We took some notes and are ready for our next game in a week or so.

Walking to the bar after our defeat...

It will be a fun way to spend some fall nights and hopefully we will do well and even win - which will help our charity of choice, iMentor.

So maybe my mantra over the next fews should be "dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge."