Marble Falls sophomores dominate dodgeball tourney
MARBLE FALLS — A chance to help the Chess Club might have been just a cover for the opportunity to prove which class is best at dodgeball at Marble Falls High School on Oct. 7.
In the end, the sophomores defeated the juniors in the tournament final and were crowned champions.
PHOTO: Marble Falls High School students Blanca Fonseca (left), Sarah Stripling, Tiffany Winters and Karina De La Hoya hoist the dodgeball tournament championship trophy the sophomores earned by going 4-0 during the event at the high school Oct. 7. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
PHOTO 2: The victorious Marble Falls High School sophomore class dodgeball team includes Keelan Gamble (laying down); Keith Jerome (kneeling, left), Steven Petrosky, Ben Stripling and Austin Ellis; James Bryer (third row standing, left), coach Aidin Parnell, coach Mike Stripling, Tiffany Winters, Sarah Stripling and Blanca Fonseca; Ty Coffey (fourth row standing, left), Jordan Wright, Lane Bingham, Garrett Winslett and Mitchell Mullinix. The school held a dodgeball tournament Oct. 7. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
Sophomore class president Sarah Stripling, who served as team captain, drafted each member of the sophomore team, mostly boys.
“A lot of them I picked because they played football or baseball,” she said. “Guys are physically dominant over girls.”
Stripling, who is a triplet, drafted her brother Ben, which didn’t bother other brother Mike.
Instead, the trio celebrated with their classmates after tournament director Chuck Woods handed a trophy to the sophomores.
“Originally, there were 10 (players),” Stripling said. “Then I moved it to 15.”