PENSACOLA---Every year Milton Bradley holds the Crossfire Championship in Pensacola, Florida. Last year, Pat Tillman won the crown as Crossfire World Champion, an accomplishment he called, "Sweet and victorious." This year he was defeated by fellow United States Countryman, Stevie "Light Fingers" Thompson.
The Object of Crossfire is to get one of two pucks into the opponent's goal by shooting metal ball bearings into them. The newer version of the game is dome shaped which enables each person to have infinite ammo as the ball bearings rest in the person's caddy, waiting to shoot and defeat the opponents in moments.
Since the inception of this board game in 1971, there have been few as good as Tillman, but when interviewed about the loss, Tillman replied, "I met my maker." Stevie Thompson, his friends call him "Light Fingers" due to his quick shot, is an 8-year-old boy from Laner, Wyoming. When asked why a boy his age is playing a game this old, he responded,"In Wyoming, games are hard to come by, there are sports, but nothing comes close to pulling the trigger and really killing the other guy."
Thompson plans to show his trophy off in Ms. Willard's 3rd Grade Class, during his weekly show and tell.
Comments (1)
So true to how our society is becoming. Still, it is really funny about showing the trophy to his third grade class. Nice touch.
Posted by Leah Thrasher | August 27, 2007 3:37 PM
Posted on August 27, 2007 15:37