He aimed right for Alara. The ball smashed into the wall right next to her face. He reached down and took a golden ball (yellow) and flung it at her waist. The ball was like a swooping hawk and curved up and up until it made contact with Alara’s face. They broke out laughing but Alara scurried to the back so she wouldn’t get out. Kaeden caught a ball and sent it flying at his 7th grade friend Owen, he tagged him in the foot. As Alara was standing in the back of the room (which in dodgeball at SMS is pretty much a human wall),Kaeden seized the perfect moment and slotted the people. Out of all the spots Kaeden could have hit Alara it greeted face. He ran over to make sure she was fine because he had hit her twice. Alara was perfectly fine, she told Kaeden “it didn’t even sting”. So Kaeden continued with the game. Right before the bell went off Glass fired a fastball randomly. It pounded Alara in the face at close range. It was like getting shot by a sniper at close range. The News Team checked in with Alara and she was not too shabby.
All the evidence is there that dodgeball is changing. Schools have switched from hard dodgeballs made from rubber to plush pillows shaped in a ball. The result of the pillows is that kids can drill each other in the face one foot away without any pain. On the contrary is dodgeball weakening or adapting to a newer generation. Only time will