Students from the East Greenbush Central School District competed in a Charity Kickball Tournament on Sunday at Howard L. Goff Middle School, raising $441.00 for the Rotary International Clean Water Project. The event was sponsored by the Student Advisory Council.
The Curve Balls from Red Mill won the kickball tournament championship with an impressive 5-0 record.
Ten teams of elementary students competed through four rounds of games.
The Curve Balls from Red Mill won the championship with an impressive 5-0 record, and defeated the Water Boys from Bell Top 13-10 in the championship game.
Special thanks to the many parents, students and staff members who assisted with the event, especially:
- Monica Walsh for organizing the brackets and coordination prior to the event
- Columbia Athletic Director Michael Leonard for providing all of the kickball equipment
- Goff Middle School Head Custodian Andy Smith for opening the building, setting up and taking down tables and chairs and garbage cans
- Each of the principals for helping student captains organize their rosters ahead of time and for promoting the event
- Sue Clarke for taking photos at the event and for assisting at the registration table
- Lisa Gabriel for assisting at the registration table
- Kim Turner for assisting with score keeping
- Kevin Leyhane, Meagan Asenbauer, Jeremy Dudley, Mark Seibert and John Caporta for supervising the games