"If you can dodge a wrench... you can dodge a mom" - Hit 2004 movie 'Dodgeball', paraphrased

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Dodgeball is usually just a game, but in Bowling Green on Friday night, it turned into something bigger: Moms versus Sons.

Inside the gym at Ephram White Park, dozens of dodgeballs flew across the floor as families gathered for the annual Mother-Son Dodgeball Night. The event, now in its fourth year, gave boys and their mothers the chance to laugh, sweat and, of course, compete.

“It’s just a lot of fun because they get to come in here and throw balls at each other and just have a really good time,” Leah Sperlin, an organizer said. She added that the sons usually prefer to face off against their moms directly, saying, “It’s crazy.”

Parents say the matchup is more than just a

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