Bubble soccer game raises money for Make-A-Wish
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Students reach for a free T-shirt during the games.
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Freshman Charlie Steiner takes a hard hit in the freshman versus sophomore game.
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Sophomore Taylor Douthitt and freshman Maxine Matl clash against each other during the first game of the bubble soccer tournament.
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Geometry and Algebra teacher Joel Morton and Pleasant Hill Elementary Principal Mark Koller go after the ball in the faculty versus administration bubble soccer game. “It was way more exhausting and a lot more work than I thought it was going to be,” Morton said.
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Geography teacher Carlos Martinez kicks the ball into play during the administration versus faculty game. “It was awesome, but you couldn’t really apply any soccer skills,” Martinez said. “It was more survival of the fittest.”.
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Make-A-Wish stars with students’ names were used as the tickets to get into the game.
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Senior Lindsey Johnson and junior Landon Skinner fight over the ball in the third round of the bubble ball tournament, juniors versus seniors. “I wasn’t really focused on the ball, I was just focused on running into people and knocking them over,” Skinner said.
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March 14, 2016
Student Council hosted a bubble soccer game to help raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation during Advocate, March 9.
The game was held tournament style with freshmen vs sophomores, juniors vs seniors, and faculty vs administrators with each team having five players. Freshman and sophomores tied while seniors won 5-1.
“I enjoyed knocking people down,” senior Jenan Mahmoud said. “It was low key fun getting knocked down.”
The players were in plastic bubbles, including their heads, with only their legs free to kick the soccer ball. Attached to the bubbles were straps to wear on your back as if it were a backpack. The game was supposed to be held on the field, but due to the weather it was held in the gym. Each team had about 10 to 15 minutes to play, although the faculty didn’t finish their game because of time constraints.
“I believe the game went well, depending on what side of the bubble you found yourself in,” Geography teacher Carlos Martinez said. “It was a lot of fun of fun since teachers can be very competitive. I loved how everyone went bouncing around regardless of how much momentum you had. I couldn’t stop laughing and this was in difficult within the space of the bubble. All in all we had blast and would be glad to play next year if given the opportunity.”
Students paid $1 to attend the game, receiving a Make-A-Wish star as their ticket. Those stars are now hung up in the hallways to recognize everyone who went and supported the game. Student Council raised about $500 with the charity fundraiser.
“I enjoyed watching the game,” freshman Cameron Casares said. “It was so funny watching people get knocked down, and I hope we do it again next year.”
All of the money is going to three Leander children to help grant their wishes. Grant, age 3, has cancer and wants to go to Disney World; Wyatt, age 8, has cystic fibrosis and wants to go to Disney World; and Katie, age 9, has epilepsy and her wish is to go to Great Wolf Lodge.
“I feel very appreciated towards having the opportunity to represent the organization as well as our school,” senior Emma Seymour said. “I love that even though it was a fun event there was deeper meaning behind it, it could make kids life worth living. I think that kids with cancer or any disease deserves more than just a wish because of what they have to go through, so the fact that I got to do something as small as play a game to help raise money for them was awesome.”
