Controversial Finish to Field Day
By Nolan Geraghty
Chieftain Staff
Another safe successful Field
Day is in the books, although there
was some controversy.
The annunced winner was St.
Brendan, which defeated St. Padre Pio in a tug-of-war tie-breaker.
However, Padre Pio had more points
when Segment Two concluded.
Coach Joe had predetermined that if
the score was within ten points, there
would be a tug-of-war event to make
it more interesting. Brendan won the
tug-of-war, claiming the championship.
After the event, it was brought
to Coach Joe’s attention that the tiebreaker was not announced before
Field Day started. After careful
consideration, it was determined that
Brendan and Padre Pio would be
crowned co-Champions.
Of course, both sides had a case
to declare themselves champions,
but ultimately this was the best way
to decide the winner. The rest of the
Bands finished in the following order: St. Sebastian, St. Leo, St. Raphael
and St. Max Kolbe.
After Segment One, it was still
a close competition. Brendan led,
even though they only came in first
in three of the 21 competitions. In
Segment Two, Padre Pio won three
events out of six to tie it up.
We also witnessed history this
year, as a record 26 repetitions
were put up by Cole Gellatly in the
Mighty Mouse challenge, which is
always a crowd pleaser.
And, of course, it wouldn’t be
Field Day without dodgeball. Every
game this year came down to the
wire. Padre Pio, led by Brian Cosgrove and Brandon Penoyer, was not
able to defend its dodgeball championship, falling to Pre