The Heart to Heart dodge ball tournament was November 22nd, at Fair Grove High school. The tournament raised money for the Heart2Heart Outreach ministries. The Heart2Heart Outreach supports the Fair Grove backpack program.  They also helped the backpack program hand out 16,450 meals to Fair Grove children and  families in 2013.

Each team can have up to six players, and each player must pay $5. Extra lives can be bought for $1 each to get a player back into the game. Extra lives could not be used after the two minute whistle signalling the last two minutes of the game. The tournament has two age brackets. The 12 and under bracket had 6 teams, and the 13 and up bracket has 3 teams. The 12 and under age group had check-in at 10 am and games started at 10:30 am. The 13 and up age group had check-in at 12 pm and games started at 12:30 pm.

The game rotation for the 12 and under age group was double elimination. Each team played at least two games which were ten minutes each. depending on if the team won or lost those two games depended who they would play next. Both the Flame Throwers and the Dynamites won all three of their games and faced off in the championship in a five minute game. The Dynamites beat the Flame Throwers by two players. First, second, and third places teams got trophies.

The 13 and older age group each played each other before going to placement games. All of the games for this age group were seven minutes. The third place team was the Cowboy Church of Fair Grove Two, the second place team was the Cowboy Church of Fair Grove, and first was the Mavericks.

Chad Anderjaska played on the second place team of the 13 and older age bracket. Anderjaska commented, “My favorite part of the dodge ball tournament was being able to support the Heart2Heart campaign and have fun.”  Anderjaska also said that his team played in tournament because it was a fun way to raise money for a great cause.

Bryce Bettis was a volunteer worker for the tournament. Bettis volunteered to get service hours for NHS. Bettis said, “It was a fun to watch the games and hang out. Also the adults freaking out was pretty funny.”