The Draft

Last night we held the 4th Annual Sports Camp Counselor Draft. The draft is held each year prior to our trip to Kings Dominion. During the week the campers were asked to join together with 3 or 4 other campers to form a team they would like to travel with around Kings Dominion. They came up with a name for their team. Some of the names included; Platypus Norwals, The Stars, The Foxy Stonecrabs and The Rabid Bunnies. Yes, rabid...The team then had to choose several counselors they would like to have as their chaperone. The chaperones were put in order of 1st choice, 2nd and so on.

After our evening games, the camp enjoyed pizza at the Barbee and then everyone headed to Slane Lecture Hall. Each counselor eligible for the draft had his name placed on the large board at the front of the hall. The names of the camper teams were on index cards. Coach Alexander chose a card, read the names and then the team assembled in the front of the room to determine which counselor from their list they would draft. The first team chose Ade Oyalowo. He was the first pick of the first round. I believe that's two years in a row. Ade must really be a fun guy. You could hear cheers from the team that picked first, but heavy sighs from a lot of other teams! He must have been on the top of many lists...

Prior to the beginning of the draft we held a "dance off"... last year an impromptu dance contest took place, so we decided to run with it again this year. Each time a counselor gets drafted, a special song is played as the counselor decends down the steps to meet his new team. This is why we had the music, thus the dance contest. This year one camper from each conference was chosen to represent the conference. The camper then came up to the front of the room with the other three contestants. They all danced to the same song. At the end of the music the entire camp voted on who should compete against counselor/coach Landrus Lewis in the final dance off. The finalist was chosen by how loud of a cheer he got. Well, not sure how it was determined because the cheers were incredibly loud for each camper. Did you know your kids can dance? Wow, I mean... we really saw some moves. These guys are not shy. In the end it was a little guy from UVA that competed against Landrus. He was amazing!

All in all last night was a lot of fun. I'm glad I only had to put one little (pseudo) camper to bed. The coaches must have had their hands full because these guys were wound up by the time it was all over. Fortunately today is a sleep in day.

We're really looking forward to the 4th of July festivities. Today we travel around the sports fields and courts for the 4th of July competitions which are individual based on age group. In the late afternoon we head to the pool for volleyball, swimming, tug of war match and a cook out with burgers and stuff! It looks like it's going to be a fabulous day.

Yesterdays scores:

Morning
Basketball
Michigan - 32 Stanford - 24
Football
Virginia - 36 Miami - 13
Hockey
Texas - 5 Texas AM - 4 OT
Lacrosse
Duke - 6 Notre Dame - 4
Soccer
LSU - 2 ( 3-0 PK ) Ohio State - 2
Softball
UNC - 4 Penn State - 2

Afternoon Games
Basketball
Texas - 22 Stanford - 21
Football
Michigan - 13 Ohio State - 0
Hockey
Miami - 2 Virginia - 1
Softball
Penn State - 10 Notre Dame - 0
 
Evening Games
Basketball
Miami - 32 Ohio State - 7
Football
Notre Dame - 13 Duke - 12
Hockey
Stanford - 7 Texas - 1
Lacrosse
UNC - 4 Virginia - 1
Soccer
Texas AM - 2 Penn State - 1
Softball
Michigan - 11 LSU - 1