We headed to Grand Rapids and we excitedly got off the bus; not quite sure what fun we were in for! The 3 Mile project is a huge building that was full of so many awesome things to do! We soon found octaball, movies, basketball, volleyball, videogames, food, and reball.
Reball was definitely the most popular activity of the night. It is similar to paintball except that the paintball marker shoots a small rubber ball, instead of the standard paintball. Since reball is more commonly played in close quarters, the velocity the marker fires at is also turned down. Does it hurt more than paintball? Not really… It only hurts if you get shot close up; you are more likely to end up with a bruise rather than a welt. The game is played with two teams on either side, and the goal is to eliminate the opposing team. It is played for three to four fast paced rounds. The field that we played on had small inflatable bunkers. The first game was a ton of fun!! It was all the guys that usually play airsoft with Ryan Cashler against anyone brave enough to take them on. The airsoft guys lost the first round when their strategy failed, but dominated the last two rounds, winning the game! However, they were not even close to being the ultimate players that night. The best by far, were definitely Mr. Langdon and Mr. Payton. Their strategy was to run around in a crazy manor and blast people with reballs. It worked!
After all of the activities at the 3 Mile Project, the high school again loaded up onto the buses and we were headed off to That 70’s Dough. When we arrived at the restaurant, we all ate pizza and ice cream. We even got a few weird stares from people because of our crazy outfits! One of our buses had broken down as we were eating, so on our last bus ride back to school, we had to fit the entire high school on one bus! As we arrived back to school, everyone was pleased to see all the 70’s themed decorations and snacks that had been set up. Everyone met up in the chapel and we learned how to do a dance called the Hustle. (It’s harder than it looks) Then, all the classes sat down in groups and we played Minute to Win it. After, we played a game called President, where each class had to pick a person to be their president to hide somewhere. If your class president was found, your class had to help the class that had found your president. The sophomores ended up winning the game and they were the overall winners for the games for the night. After all of the hustle of the games and activities, everyone got snacks, got a beanbag and sat down to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Overall, the Fall Party was a blast; the seniors did a great job planning it. I cannot wait for my class to plan our Fall Party next year!
- William Lipscombe and Lauren Hutchison, Juniors
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