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Stackers come from seven states to
compete in tourney
By
Lynn R. Parks
Seaford & Laurel Star
 At
10 o'clock Saturday morning, the Mid-Atlantic regional tournament
in sport stacking got underway in the gym at Laurel High School.
By 5 in the afternoon, organizers were presenting a trophy to
Steven Purugganan, the 10-year-old Massachusetts boy who won all
three individual events. Not only did Purugganan win in all
events, he may have set world records in all events. "He is the fastest
sport stacker on the planet," said Garrett Lydic, a physical education
teacher at North Laurel Elementary School and the advisor for the
Laurel Sport Stacking Bulldogs.
Purugganan will be among
the competitors at April's world sport stacking championships, to be
held in Denver. Lydic hopes that at least eight of the 110
children in the Bulldog sport stacking club will also be able to attend
the championships.
One purpose of
Saturday's tournament was to raise money for the trip, which Lydic
said will cost between $500 and $600 per student. "We also wanted
to promote the sport, and to give the children experience in
competition," Lydic said. Sport stacking involves stacking plastic
cups and then taking the stacks down, all in predetermined order.
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