Last Saturday, November 14th, a local church group called 6:33 held a dodge ball tournament hosted at Camp Bethel in Wise from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Two students from Burton participated in the tournament., Mazzy T. and Kacie C., along with the local church group from 6:33. The tournament was held as an outreach for the middle and high school students in Wise County. Highlands Fellowship Student Ministries, the church that sponsors 6:33, were responsible for the idea.Attendees needed a team of 6-8 people to participate; if your team didn't quite meet the numbers needed, event organizers would add your team to another team that couldn't meet the standards either. There were two divisions, each consisting of nearly five teams. There were roughly four high school teams and four middle school teams. Middle school teams only played middle school teams so that the event would be fair, up until the overall championship game. The high school teams played teams of all high-schoolers, all adults, or highschoolers with two to three adults.
There were three championship games in total. There was one for the two highest ranked middle school teams and one for the two highest ranked high school teams. The winner of those games won their division and then the two champions played each other to determine the winner of the overall tournament. Although the middle school team put up an excellent fight, they were beaten by a combination of high school students and adults. The members of the 7-0 winning team were: Burton students, Mazzy T., Kacie C.; Wise County students, Micah E., Sam S.; and 6:33 leaders Nathan M., Brittany G., and Phil T. The only other Norton City Schools participant was Harper McCall. His team won their division and lost to the high school division winners in the championship game.
The 6:33 service is held every Wednesday night at 6:33 at Burton High School's auditorium for the high school students around the area, and on Sundays at 10:00 AM at the auditorium for middle school kids in the area.
Written by Mazzy Tomko