Dodgeball Tourney Rings Up Big Support For Toms River PD

TOMS RIVER, NJ — There were the Average Joes and Team Globo Gym. There was Duck Duck Goose and In Da Face. There were businesses — Home Depot, Down The Hatchet, Big Dodge Energy.

But there was one thing that stood out above all at the first Toms River PBA Dodgeball Tournament in the gym at Toms River High School East on Friday night: the community support for Toms River's police department.

The dodgeball tournament, created by Toms River Police Officer Sam Sutter, was designed as a fundraiser for officers participating in the Police Unity Tour, which travels from New Jersey to Washington, DC, each spring to honor fallen officers. Each officer participating in the tour must raise $2,200.

Sutter and a group of other officers and volunteers worked to put the event together for the Toms River PBA 137 and on Friday night, 50 teams took the floor for a night of dodgeball, supported by various area businesses and organizations. The Toms River Elks Lodge 1875, Crunch Fitness, Structural Solutions and Accent Landscaping each provided financial support, while a number of other businesses provided raffle prizes and other items. Capone's Pizza sold pizza at the event, and there was face painting, a bounce house and a balloon artist.

Take a look at some of the action from Friday night in the photo gallery at the top of the article.

Toms River PBA photos are below.

You can see the adult championship match between Manchester PBA 246 and Big Dodge Energy — won by the team from Manchester, which came out to support their brothers and sisters in blue — in the video below.

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