To LA and back

This last weekend Stacey, Chris Bell, Trenton Andersen and myself ventured out to California to partake in a Dodgeball Tournament hosted by the Las Angeles Dodgeball Society at the Ricardo Montalban theater. A theater that was purchased by Nike to host an assortment of events. From what I understand, Nike has taken an interest in the Las Angeles Dodgeball Society and has acted as a partial sponsor to their events.

We only venture out of Tucson for three tournaments: The National Dodgeball League World Championship and Convention in Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon State Games Tournaments in Phoenix and the occasional NDL Tour Stop in Orange County. So what got us out to L.A.? We have been invited to their events many times but due to lack of funds, inability to get time off work or school, it was constantly put off until after some last minute adjustments, we managed to take four of our guys to meet up with three of our Californian friends to partake in some glorious Dodgeball, LA style.

The cost was an whopping $3.00 with access to an open bar, live music and all the Dodgeball camaraderie one can ask for. We lodged in LA Dodgeball Society Founder Michael Costanza's home where I was able to pick his brain for a good two hours on the ins and outs of his organization.

Although the prize was an opportunity to design your own custom Nike shoe, our team took third. We were allowed to play in the Stay Puffed Marshmallow League (which we will have to emulate) and I even found myself reffing a couple of games which (reffing aside) gave us more than our money's worth.

The entire two day outing was both fun and inspirational. No doubt more ammo to use while we re-organize and re-shape what has come to be known as Tucson Dodgeball.