Ball Ball

A sport played with two a ball. Sometimes played during leisure, but also organized by the Ball Ball League between different schools in the area. Due to the large amount of interest in the sport, Hippocampus has two main teams they use to compete in the official Ball Ball League: the Campuses and the Hippos.

## Campuses

### History

The Campuses, created in 1969, were the first official Hippocampus team certified by the Ball Ball League, although there were many attempts beforehand, such as the Frontal Lobes of 1934 and the Neurons of 1956, which all failed because the players couldn't handle TWO whole a ball like they thought they could (these teams instead switched to playing Ball, the sport equivalent of Ball Ball's weird cousin). The first decade of the Campuses' existence didn't go as well as they hoped, with a total of 11 wins, 76 losses, and 3 ties between 1969 and 1979. In 1980, however, the arrival of eventual 3-time Ball Ball League MVP Flora Winters led them to quick success, winning a total of 5 Ball Ball Championships in the next 6 years (their one loss the 1981 semifinals being because *GREG* had to slip up and score in the opponent's Score Area 🙄). This unprecedented level of winning has never been replicated by any team to this day, and sparked many more Hippocampus students to join Ball Ball. In the late 80's, there were no more championships for the Campuses, but now they were consistent competitors with players like Samantha Ballson and Arnold Palmer. They took a slight dip in the 90's, with the Hippos overshadowing them, but the 2000's brought another championship to the Campuses' name due to players like Florian Clement and Flip Flauppe. Since then, they've again stayed fairly competitive each year, earning one final championship in 2012. However, with new prodigy Rachael, they may be easily on the verge of another.

## Hippos

### History

In response to the amount of students inspired by Flora Winters, there had to be another team started to handle all of the talent that couldn't fit on just the Campuses. Also, the Campuses' constant cries of "We'll wipe the *Floor-a* with you!" at their opponents got really annoying really fast, even within the school. In 1980, the Hippos joined the fray, led by Lupin Winters. They won a championship in 1981, after Greg's st*UPID ASS IDEA THAT LOST THE CAMPUSES THE FUCKING GAME* kicked the favorites from the tournament. They did fairly well, getting to the semifinals pretty often, but usually lagging behind the Campuses. They started trending upwards in the early 90's, and getting Harvey and Beatrice Griffinstone in 1995 and 96 respectively helped them dominate, winning 3 championships during the 7 seasons between 1995 and 2001. They went back and forth with the Campuses as the best team of the school in the 2000's, where they won 2 more championships. In the 2010's, though, they clearly surpassed the Campuses, winning 2 championships in the decade with Claire Griffinstone, who's been carrying on her parents' legacy. Along with this Griffinstone, a strange new student in Amora Winters showing amazing potential is giving hope for the Hippos to win their 8th championship, which would surpass the Campuses for the first time ever.