Over 100 Staples High School students spent 3 hours last night dodging the police.
It was hard to tell who had more fun: the kids or the cops.
These dodgeball players are actually Players: Staples Players. Two days after closing “Mamma Mia,” they (and a graduated ringer) headed to the fieldhouse for the time of their lives.
The event was the annual “Dodge a Cop” dodgeball tournament. Organized by Staples’ Teen Awareness Group and the Westport Youth Commission, in collaboration with Westport’s Police Department — and held in the dodgeball-friendly fieldhouse — it raises scholarship funds for Chris Lemone’s children. The founder of TAG died 4 years ago, age 49.
Some teams were coed. This one was loaded with Staples athletes.
Nearly 2 dozen teams competed. Each included at least one police officer. Staples staff and community members served as referees.
When Dana Seymour is not a referee, she is a Staples security guard.
Despite an evening of hurling balls at each other, no arrests were reported.
Like athletes everywhere, there was some fidgeting during the national anthem …
… and then the games began. (Photos/Dan Woog)
