Sixteenth Ephrata Dodgeball Tournament Fall 2019
Dodgeball for Diabetes celebrated the sixteenth annual Dodgeball Tournament, crowning three champions for the Fall of 2019. The tournament featured thirty-three teams comprising of over 221 players all of which came together to to have fun, while raising money for Juvenile Diabetes.
The Tournament, designed to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes, raised over $6,700.
The Champions of each circuit are listed below, but in my mind the real winners are the teams that raised more than the minimum required amount.
Locally one team raised $835 on their own, and for their efforts, members of the "Super Soccer Dodgers" received a bundle of dodgeball clothes and memorabilia. Also earning top honors in the Senior Circuit "Orange Crush" raised $501.
Congratulations, and thanks to all that participated, and all that helped.
The Fall 2019 Ephrata Champions
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The Brackets
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How it all went down
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Rookie Circuit
In the Rookie Circuit, Beat the Heat (5-1, 11-5) came out victorious with a 2-1 win over the Dodgefathers (4-3, 10-8). In the semi-finals the Dodgefathers knocked off previously undefeated the Disco Ninjas (4-1, 8-4) by the count of 2-0. While Beat the Heat defeated the Ballerinas (2-4, 6-9) in the other semifinal. -
Junior Circuit
In the Junior Circuit, the Bikini Bottom Ballers (4-3, 10-8) did the unprobable, losing all their pool play games and winning the Championship turning back Balls to the Wall (4-2, 10-6) two games to one. The Bikini Bottom Ballers upset two undefeated teams on their road to the Championship, slipping by Blackout (3-1, 7-4) two to one in the quarter finals, and dropping The Superior Seven (4-1, 8-4) in the semifinals. Balls to the Wall stunned previously unbeaten Skillz Killz (4-1, 9-2) in their semifinal match 2-1. -
Senior Circuit
In the Senior The Chad's (8-0, 16-0) eliminated the bracket busting, The Bustin' Bananas (4-4, 8-10) two games to zero, The Chad's made quick work of Hard Targets (4-3, 9-7) on the way to the Finals. The Bustin' Bananas defeated the Bot Killers (5-1, 11-4) in the semi-finals. The Chad's were the only team to go unblemished in the tournament, not losing a single game.