The Obituaries were down 11-0 when the final buzzer sounded. Meaning a sudden death "overtime." It's not really overtime because obviously we'd lost the match. But to finish out the game, the remaining players line up along the back and start a new game. First person out, that team loses.
And Laura Bernheim, a new arrival for the Obits and online content producer for the Courier, hit a girl on the ankle to give us the win. Meaning we lost 11-1.
I know Dodgeball is supposed to be fun and just a good way to get together and play a game... but gosh darn it, I want to win. Just once. Don't get me wrong, I have a great time playing. I break a sweat, run around and throw kick balls at people. What could be more fun than that? But it still sucks to lose. I think it's just the competitor in me or something. I remember feeling like this my first year of high school wrestling when I went 0-10. Then started my second year of wrestling 0-8 before finally getting a win.
So, besides the plastic trash can that found my fist after I got out during loss #11, I decided to take my frustration out through my camera. (No, not on my camera, through my camera)
I went right from Dodgeball to a girls playoff soccer match between undefeated Terrebonne High and New Iberia.
And I proceeded to shoot the hell out of that game and get a couple awesome shots that I'm really happy with.
In the long run, that's better than any Dodgeball game. (but I still want to win)
