{"id":14102,"date":"2013-02-26T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=14102"},"modified":"2013-02-26T11:37:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:37:32","slug":"patton-students-school-faculty-on-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=14102","title":{"rendered":"Patton students school faculty on court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14106\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PattonHoop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14106\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14106\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"PattonHoop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PattonHoop-300x285.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers and faculty from Patton Middle School had a tough time keeping up with members of the Boys and Girls Eighth Grade basketball teams during the annual student-faculty game, Friday. The event, which packed the school&#8217;s gym, raised money for the school&#8217;s Parent-Teacher Organization.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 It seemed like a slam dunk.<\/p>\n<p>Match up a bunch of grown adults \u2014 some with impressive playing experience \u2014 against a bunch of eighth graders on the basketball court. While it was all in good fun, last Friday night\u2019s Patton Middle School\u00a0 faculty versus student game was pretty much a blow-out.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it took a dubious scoreboard \u201cmalfunction\u201d in the closing minutes to make what had been a 30-plus point deficit a tie game.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The surprise? That the eighth graders, members of the Patton basketball teams, totally schooled their their teachers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14105\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PattonHoffman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14105\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14105 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"PattonHoffman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PattonHoffman-300x263.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patton Middle School principal Tim Hoffman sports a unique hairstyle, Friday night, in keeping with the fun spirit of the school&#8217;s Family Fun Night.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What wasn\u2019t a surprise: a packed gymnasium at Patton for the event, which raised money for the school\u2019s Parent Teacher Organization.<\/p>\n<p>The game featured split quarters, five minutes for the boys team to take on male teachers, followed by five minutes for the girls&#8217; team to take on the female teachers.<\/p>\n<p>The game was light-hearted \u2014 school principal Tim Hoffman sported a giant wig at points during the game \u2014 and featured performances by the school\u2019s dance squad. Enormous banners, created by the school\u2019s geometry students, hung from one end of the gym, supporting both the faculty and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 It seemed like a slam dunk. Match up a bunch of grown adults \u2014 some with impressive playing experience \u2014 against a bunch of eighth graders on the basketball court. While it was all in good fun, last Friday night\u2019s Patton Middle School\u00a0 faculty versus student game was pretty much a blow-out. 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