Dawson Reveals the History of Dodgeball

The school hosted its annual dodgeball tournament from Monday, May 17 to Wednesday, May 21. Since its creation in 2005, the dodgeball tournament has undergone multiple changes.

“My goal was to find a schoolwide activity that would get everyone involved,” said Cristy Dawson, Assistant Principal and dodgeball tournament founder.

According to Dawson, the first dodgeball tournament lasted for 5 days and consisted of 44 teams. Furthermore, the administration could not fill the brackets and had no rules or procedures set.

“As time went on, however, the brackets started getting more sophisticated as more teams started signing up,” Dawson said.

However, the increase in participation resulted in the emergence of a different trend.

“[I was worried about the tournament] becoming male-dominated,” Dawson said. “We made the “one girl per team” requirement to combat that.”

Dawson also helped start both the school’s kickball and powderpuff football tournaments in order to boost female involvement.

As for the future, Dawson does not envision many changes.

“[The tournament] is fun and fabulous as it is,” Dawson said. “People get really into it, the costumes are great, and there’s nothing else like it.”