Dodgeball

Dec 12th, 2007 | By Bruce Goldfarb | Category: Outdoors, Sports

Every Thurs­day night at 9 p.m., dozens of aspir­ing Patches O’Houlihans gather at the bas­ket­ball court next to Hill­crest Ele­men­tary School in Catonsville for a pick-up game of dodgeball.

For two sweaty hours, spon­ta­neously formed teams side up and com­pete for the dis­tinc­tion of.….well, there is no dis­tinc­tion. Any­body who shows up is wel­come to play — at your own risk.

In Octo­ber, dodge­ball moves indoors to the nearby Blooms­bury Field House.

The games are orga­nized by the Bal­ti­more Dodge­ball Alliance, which has a core team good enough to go to the national dodge­ball cham­pi­onships in Las Vegas in Sep­tem­ber of 2006. Yes, the nation­als. In Las Vegas. Sound familiar?

Hill­crest Ele­men­tary School
1500 Fred­er­ick Road
Catonsville
map/directions

Blooms­bury Field House
106 Blooms­bury Avenue
Catonsville
map/directions

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One Comment to “Dodgeball”

  1. Jimmy says:
    October 28, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    It’s been a while so I just wanted to let every­one know Bal­ti­more Dodge­ball is alive and strong play­ing in the Blooms­bury field­house from 9pm-11pm every thursday.There is a one time reg­is­tra­tion fee of $10 that can be paid at the door any thurs­day and we’re always look­ing for new players.

    This Thurs­day is Hal­loween dodge­ball come in cos­tume and if it’s your first night you only pay $5 (and yes that’s for the full season).There will be music,candy,snacks,drinks(non-alcaholic)and oh yes…DODGEBALL.

    Spe­cial prize for best costume!

    Hope to see you there. :-)

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