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SOCK WARS

This is a wild and goofy game but great fun. Each teen should bring three pairs of socks WITH THEIR NAMES CLEARLY ATTACHED TO THEM. Using a rope and a tarp, divide the room in half, as high up as you can go. Put half the teens on each side of the divider with their socks rolled up, like baseballs. On the word GO the teens throw the socks over the divider as fast as they can. This round is only 45 seconds, so they must move fast. While they are throwing, toss in two beach balls, and tell them they are worth double points. Give them a ten second warning and then say “stop”. Count the socks on each side of the divider. The team with the least number of socks – and beach balls – wins. Second round is 1 minute, third round is 90 seconds.

FOLLOW THE FREQUENCY

This is best played in a gym. Get four of the scooters, the kind RAZOR makes. You may set up soft obstacles at different parts of the court. Choose four pairs of teens from the audience, and put a blindfold on one teen in each pair. The teen without the blindfold will be the guide to the one who is blindfolded. Each guide is given a different noisemaker (whistle, bike horn, etc.) The blindfolded teen is told the particular noise he should be listening for. At the word GO, the guide leading tries to direct the blindfolded teen around one object and then to find a prize designated just for his team. The crowd can start yelling and making noise to add to the confusion. The blindfolded teens should race on the scooter to find a hidden object in the room! The fun is in the teens trying to discern where their particular sound is coming from!

SHOOT AND SCORE

This is a twist on yesterday’s trivia game. In this game, held in a gym, if your team gets the answer right, you get one point, but then a selected teammate gets to go to the line and shoot a free throw. If he gets it right, you get a bonus point. It’s a combination of the cerebral and athletic. The first team to correctly answer the question gets to go to the line for the shot. .