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Here’s one I didn’t see coming. Picked up my alumi magazine (how do they always know where I am) to discover that my modest teacher’s college turned into Ball State University is #1 in…wait for it…quidditch! That’s right, quidditch.
These are games in 2012. Gosh, gee whillikers, go Horcrux! That’s the team name.
RECENT GAMES
Ball State University 260
Miami University of Ohio 20
Ball State University 110
Eastern Michigan University 40
Ball State University 120
TCS Chimeras 0
Ball State University 140
Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs 50
Ball State University 120
Eastern Michigan University 30
Turns out there is a national Quidditch Championship, the first was in 2007 in Vermont.
Irony was not a real big component of campus life at Ball State when I was there in the late 60’s, but it’s there now. Look at this.
Quidditch team plays despite weather conditions
Ball State’s team finishes second at home tournament
By Dylan Buell
Published: Monday, April 11, 2011
Updated: Monday, April 11, 2011 03:04
DN PHOTO DYLAN BUELL
“Freshman John Lenderts (wearing the green headband) watches the Quaffle soar through the hoop to score for the Ball State Horcruxes. In a tournament hosted by Ball State and Purdue, Ball State managed to take second place.
Despite the chaotic Indiana weather, the Ball State Horcruxes took on the Illinois State Redbirds for an early win but a defeat in the second match of the day.”
The old alma mater has, for the first time in a long time, made this alum proud. Plus, when I read this article I discovered another one about protests against Chick-Fil-A. Go, guys and gals. Get’em.
