Emma (grade 12)
Luwan BC program’s dodgeball competition is a school tradition which is held every year. This year, the student council decided to hold the competition on November 15th. All six house teams competed with each other and the winning team got to play against the teachers!
Dodgeball is a popular activity in North American elementary schools, high schools and even universities. However, dodgeball isn’t popular in China, so I will introduce the rules first. Every match is limited to 20 minutes, and every team needs to have 8 players, 3 girls and 5 boys. Five balls are lined up in the middle of the playing area. After the match begins, players need to rush in and grab the ball. Once the players get the balls, they can begin to try to hit the players on the other side. If a player gets hit by a ball or goes out of bounds, s/he is eliminated. Also, if a player catches a ball from opposite team, the player who threw the ball is eliminated and one team member can come back into the game again. The goal of the game is to eliminate the members of the opposite team. All the students were really excited, especially the grade 10s. After a long period of games, finally the winner was the Green team! So they fought against teacher’s team as the final battle.
“I don’t believe that we can go into the final battle and beat the teachers!” said Jayla, leader of the green team. All the BC students came and saw the game and everyone was excited. Mr. Chang was full of preparation. He even took off his shoesm saying: “I think this can help me to run faster and avoid the ball easier.” When the game began, all the teachers grabbed the balls as quick as lightning, so the green team needed to avoid the balls in order to survive and fight back. However, the teachers didn’t give this chance to the green team, their throws were fast and sharp. Their first throws got many students out of the game, so only Price from grade 11 was alive. It’s no surprise that the teachers won the game easily. “Teachers are really good at this game and their throws are really tight, so I have no chance to avoid quickly. All of this happened in just in a second,” said Price.
In general, all the students enjoyed in this competition and they look forward to having more chances to attend these kinds of events in the future.