Wow what a Saturday! We met in the parking lot this past Saturday morning to car pool to Attica, IN to the Paintball Barn. However we were not in a barn at all, but on about three different course setups. I had only been paintballing one other time in my life which was like 8 years ago so I didn’t know what to expect. After we signed the forms and got our gear setup Jared Tribbett and Rob Arnett chose teams. Coach Anderson was the first pick and I was the second pick and soon enough the teams were talking trash to one another. The first field was like a junkyard and Coach Anderson’s team disposed of us quickly, but we rebounded with a win in the second game. We were playing last man standing and being the last guy on your team usually meant ducking and dodging paintballs from two or three directions. Tony Conway lucked out at the end of the second game as I flanked what I thought was only one person’s position. I ran right by Conway to shoot Hugo who I thought was the only person left in the game. So as I unloaded point blank on Hugo, Conway unloaded point blank on me!

            We played another course that had trails and forts in an overgrown area for two games that was fun, but more people got shot at close distances because it was easier to hide in the brush and so forth. By the end of the day everybody seemed to have at least a few welts and bruises on them. Coach Lamplot had a nasty bruise as he took one to the bare skin on the neck. The last couple games were the freshmen vs. the upperclassmen and coaches. As much as it hurts to admit this the freshmen won the last couple games. Overall it was a ton of fun and I think everyone could have stayed out there all day. I would have to say Tony Conway probably made the most kills and that Rob Arnett took the most punishment and probably would have took more if he wouldn’t have started threatening teammates as he got shot. This is something that we plan on doing every year now and is well worth it as the team had a blast together!

            Season kicks off for us in under a week now and the team chemistry couldn’t be better after a week of camp this summer, the start of school, the service project, and going paintballing together the team is close knit and should make for a fun year! The Coaching Staff couldn’t be more excited and happy with the effort and work put in thus far.

Coach Irwin

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