The dodge ball tournament had officially begun, when tragedy struck. During the game, senior Dondre Mitchell injured himself. Seniors, Bryce Rose and Tanna Miller were there to witness their friend get hurt.

As the tournament started, Miller, who was the coordinator, was on the sidelines while Mitchell was playing.

“I really didn’t know what to say. I just saw him punch the wall and he looked up. I thought it hurt pretty bad,” said Miller.

Rose, who was participating in the tournament, was on the sideline when Mitchell hurt himself.

“At first, I didn’t know he broke his hand. He just hit the door really hard and went to the locker room and he came back in and like couldn’t see his knuckle on his hand anymore,” said Rose.

During the tournament, Mitchell got injured and had to get put out of the tournament.

Trainer Trevor Volkland, who was sitting at the gymnasium, witnessed Mitchell’s accident.

“Calmly as always! Watched his reaction, and let him handle it himself for a few minutes, until I inquired what was wrong,” said Volkland.

When Mitchell got injured, he sat out for the remainder of the tournament.

“I got out towards the end. We were in the championship game and I thought a guy stepped on the line, but no one else did. It kind of made me mad and I punched the door. I didn’t really know it was broken. It didn’t hurt that bad. So I went back and tried to play in the next game and then afterwards, I went over to Trevor, and he told me it was broken,” said Mitchell.

After the dodgeball game, Mitchell had to wait until he recovered from his hand injury before he could be able to use it again.

“I didn’t stay home from school because it happened over winter break. Then, I got the cast right before we came back to school. I just wore the cast. I didn’t have to go to rehab because it wasn’t that bad,” said Mitchell.

Despite Mitchell’s injury, all teams still managed to learn a valuable lesson. When it comes to a dodgeball tournament, if a person gets out, that person has to deal with it in a reasonable way.