Tag: Sports

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Softball Navy — 17 / Orange — 12 Lime — 18 / Blue — 13 Gold — 22 / Green — 9 Silver — 17 / Hunter — 16 Red — 19 / Purple — 17 Volleyball Red — 42 / Blue — 33 Orange — 25 / Gold — 45 Lime — 27 / Silver — 45 Green…

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The pinnacle of Team Day is the long-awaited obstacle course.  All teams ran the 13-event obstacle course in hopes of completing the course in the least amount of time. Throughout the course, campers were bombarded with color run dust. And the 2014 Obstacle Course consisted of:

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Following Bible study this morning, all teams rotated among six activity stations, including: Through the Hula Hoop — each member of the team stood in a circle with their arms linked and had to pass through a hula hoop without breaking the circle   Frisbee Bridge — using half of the volleyball court, each member of  a team had…

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Fan-favorite event Air Raid took place on the lower sports field this afternoon. All teams entered combat and dodged obstacles as they attempted to cross the finish line without being struck by a sniper’s sodden ball. Once each soldier crossed the finish line and deposited his/her life (a golf ball) into a bucket, they continued to run to return…

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Sr. Week introduced a brand new event today: ultimate Frisbee (which is similar to soccer, but played with a Frisbee instead of a ball). A team scored a point once a teammate passed the Frisbee to a fellow-teammate in the opposing team’s end zone. The event got rave reviews, although many admitted it was very difficult due to constant running. During…

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The big event finally arrived this afternoon: CANOE HEATS!!! Each team launched their canoe from the bank of Lake Shakamak two-by-two. Throughout each rotation this afternoon, two teams competed simultaneously and maneuvered through a heart-shaped course of buoys, complete with optional bonus buoys to shave off one minute from the total course time for each buoy successfully completed (maximum…

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With the entire campground gathered on the lower sports field after breakfast this morning, yesterday’s top 5 tug of war teams competed in the Tug of War Championship Tournament. First off, the Lime team out-pulled the Silver team. Next, Purple went on to beat the Orange team. Lime then pulled against the Gold team, and Gold outlasted Lime. In…

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This afternoon, the volleyball court was converted into a larger-than-life Battleship game board. Large tarps were hung across the volleyball net to obstruct the view of the opposing team’s battlefield, each member of the opposing team chose his/her position and laid down on their battlefield, and the shooting team launched water balloons across the net in hopes of hitting…

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